The Day in May DCR $500 Gadget Giveaway!

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It’s a day in May.  No, not May Day.  That, according to Wikipedia is May 1st.  Rather, it’s May 20th – which I reason is 20 times better than May 1st (albeit, less awesome than May 5th).  Why’s it better?  Because I’m giving away gadget awesomeness.  I originally planned to give away the Garmin FR935 GPS watch, the backorder is basically down to almost nothing.  But then I figured – you can choose anything you’d like.  Perhaps you’re more of a cyclist, or you just want a large pile of compression sleeves instead.  Your choice.

Speaking of coverage – if you didn’t see my tweet yesterday, there’s a BOATLOAD of sales on right now (both from Clever Training as well as others).  The best deal being 30% off the Garmin FR735XT GPS watch.  But also some solid 20% off deals on power meters, trainers, and 25% off on Suunto gear.  The full details are here!

In any case, the winner will get a $500 credit to CleverTraining.com, my most excellent partner in this giveaway crime.  By supporting the site through Clever Training you also can save 10% on basically anything they sell (or get points instead).  If you win, you can use that credit for anything from the GoPro Hero5 Black to that Garmin FR935, to a random pair of socks to the PowerTap C1 power meter, or heck, even towards a new trainer.  With that kind of credit, the world is your oyster (except…they don’t sell oysters).

How to enter:

Simply leave a note about what athletic adventures you’re up to this weekend.  Easy as that!

Oh – and you’ll likely avoid the SPAM filters if you’re more detailed than just the word ‘run’.  Nobody likes to get sandwiched between two pieces of SPAM. Got all that?

Good luck!

The giveaway entry period will run through Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 until 11:59PM US Eastern Time.  Winner will be selected randomly.  One entry per person.  The selected product/products will then be ordered immediately and shipped immediately, assuming they’re in stock.

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7,467 Comments

  1. Chris Cooper

    I’ll be playing soccer with my daughter and heading up to the mountains for some hiking. Perfect weekend for both!

  2. Sam Jessula

    I’m racing a 1/2 marathon tomorrow, with a 1:30 goal.

  3. Heather

    Saturday long run and Sunday bike ride. Thankfully the temps dropped for the weekend!

  4. Piero

    This morning 70km around Lago maggiore under a rain looking for sun , tomorrow it will be better (hopefully 😉

  5. Cesar Digby

    Indoor trainer ride— as persistent lousy rain dictates here in the Midwest

  6. Brian

    Saturday: rest
    Sunday: either cycling about 30 miles or 7 mile run

  7. Mike

    Cape Wrath marathon. A fantastic and beautiful run and an extremely friendly race.

  8. Torsten

    A Workout on Zwift on Sunday evening. Family has its time this weekend.

  9. Ranjan

    Going for a run with my 8yo son to augment half marathon training!

  10. Visiting family, so I get to try an all-new 10 mile run I’ve plotted on mapmyrun. Counting a decent weather. Cheers.

  11. Jesper

    A bit of bodyweight training Sunday.

  12. Henning Petersen

    I managed to run 15k with my baby daughter in the buggy today, and I’ll see if I can squeeze in something tomorrow, too.

  13. Pedro Navarro

    Ohlone 50k!

  14. Planning longest run since end of 2015 – 10 miles in preparation for Inverness Marathon (my first) in September.

  15. Roger Parenteau

    Just returned for an 85k loop around the lake. MTB tomorrow, then back to the road on Monday!

  16. Stefani

    A long run and some happy cycling

  17. Kobra

    Today, no tonight: 5h+ birthday party;
    Tomorrow: surely rest
    –> training continues then next week.

  18. Matt

    Dog event this morning, then training run tomorrow (ugh, heat!)

  19. Alexandru Dragan

    Running, running, running. Is the thing I’ll do today because tomorrow I’ll work. This evening I plan a long run in the park around my area…

  20. Timothy Jeffcoat

    Getting into the swing of things with training for my first ever triathlon.

  21. James

    Heading out on my first imperial century! Should be a hoot.

  22. Ihsan

    a nice trek with the kids,

  23. Gustav Lothe

    Just discovered a new 12k loop right close to my house. Think it will be my new training round 🙂

  24. Joel Engström

    Weekend is family time so short but effective; swim intervals today and 40/20 on the bike tomorrow.
    /joel

  25. Rafael Castillo

    Went out for an 8 mile run just now. Sunday I’ll probably do a 10k on the track as well as hit the weights at the gym.

  26. Lisa

    I’ll be doing a nice little no pressure run on the curragh trying up retrieve my running joy post marathon. Maybe it’s over the next hill?

  27. glbr

    I tried to improve my 5000 m track PR this weekend, but failed miserably. By more than one minute. Dunno what happened.

  28. Raul Magadia

    Cheaha Challenge Gran Fondo Century Sunday May 21-UCI Gran Fondo World Championship Qualifier, the only qualifier in the USA.

  29. AndiT

    35 km hike tomorrow! Can’t wait, first weekend of the year when the weather will supposedly be good (i.e. no rain).

  30. Alex

    Two runs, one tempo run already done and tomorrow a speed workout or long run, dependent on temperature.

  31. Gryphon

    Doing the e-Fondo Pretzel route on Zwift.

  32. Ian Fox

    Sunday bike ride in valley forge park

  33. Rocketman

    I think a run in the sun just for fun with my hon.

  34. Fabian

    Just a little workout on Sunday.

  35. Marie

    5k mud run! Super stoked.

  36. Cédric

    Just a 12h race tomorrow.
    Let’s hope I’ll make it to the 120k 🙂

  37. Jeff Singer

    Simple 7 miler adventure this weekend and the rodeo! Yee-haw!

  38. Charly

    Easy 90 minutes today – still recovering from a successful R2R2R trip!

  39. Andrii Kuzminskyi

    Ironman 70.3 St.Pölten on Sunday.

  40. Stephan T

    I´m going to ride my bike and I´ll try some new routes expand my veloviewer max square 🙂 And if the weather is nice tomorrow, some rock climbing may be possible…

  41. Dave

    Ran 8 miles yesterday. 2-3 hours on the bike this afternoon then another min run on Sunday before starting the busy work week.

  42. Spencer oswald

    My whole family is sick but we hope to go on a hike. Got to get that vitamin D. Hard to come by here in Seattle!

  43. Paul in Kirkland

    Road ride today, maybe mountain bike ride tomorrow. It’s sunny in Seattle for the first time in forever – gotta take advantage of it.

  44. Jay Thomas

    I will probably take a short bike ride. Thanks for your wonderful reviews.

  45. Farhan

    Hiking to Everest base camp…

  46. Ness

    I am remodelling my kids rooms… that’s quite a workout.

  47. Shan Sharif

    Trainer road workouts and a swim

  48. Ryan Jordan

    Completing the week 3 Italia Mission on Zwift, 30 km ride.

  49. Helen Sharif

    2k swim and 2 hr bike

  50. Going to do a Roparun training. Run 1.5 km at competition level and then walk 1 or 2 minutes and repeat that about 10 times. The Roparun is an estafette run from Paris (or Hamburg) to Rotterdam (NL) aiming to collect money for palliative care to people with cancer. There are a about 350 teams of 20 people each of which about 250 running from Paris. My team starts 2 june at 12:42 from Parc Départemental de La Courneuve Aire du Vents (Parc De L’aire Des Vents), l’Avenue Maréchal Leclerc de Haute Cloque, 93400 Dugny (next to le Bourget). Come over to say hi and see this massive event 😉

  51. Mark H

    I’m hoping to get out for a run on Sunday, and/or maybe just a casual ride with the kid today.

  52. FredC

    Just a classic long run training!!
    Thxs!

  53. Eyal

    Oh…this weekend will be devoted to packing and moving to a new apartment. I hope I can find my running gear for a quick run in between tasks…

  54. Mark Donnelly

    It’ll be a slow comeback from an injury run for me!

  55. Runningbezz

    Big East Middle Distance Triathlon, Sunday morning.

  56. Ash

    It’s my birthday today and we’re off to climb the Sleeping Giant!

  57. Walter Guerra

    Swim/Cycle/run :))))

  58. Fabio Campos

    A 4h run…

  59. Matt S

    Referee some semi pro soccer games.

  60. Stanislav

    My thirth marathon! It will be mainly on roads, and I hope a lot of fun!

  61. JackT

    Currently washing my bike and getting ready to a pasta-party?
    On Sunday, finally starting the tri-season doing 1/4 IM in a beautiful town located in the northern part of Poland.

  62. Ryan

    Just beginning training for a few trail runs I signed up for his fall.

  63. Matt Yoder

    Hiking the Napali Coastline in Kauai

  64. Mark

    Going for the first SUP adventure this weekend

  65. I’m going to swim for the first time since my ACL reconstruction surgery last year!

  66. Kevin

    Going for a bikeride in the Ardennes

  67. Mike T

    saturday, tennis match
    sunday, short run and maybe the gym

  68. Darren

    medium run and lifting. Thanks.

  69. Christoffer

    Going for a run with my girlfriend and try to escape for a small bikesession 🙂

  70. Malik idbeis

    A little recouperation after last weekend’s hockey tourney in Minnesota. So maybe just spin the legs out on the trainer and some golf before hitting the ice again on Monday! Also, chasing two kids under 5. If that doesn’t qualify as athletic…well you’ve never chased kids around.

  71. Attila

    slow 30k run in 3h

  72. John Mosey

    Drinking at a wedding followed by an early morning 5 hour ride!

  73. Andrew

    First sunny Saturday in Seattle since… August? Taking the R5 out for a long spin, spending some quality time out on the road in the warm sun! Stoke level is high

  74. Chris Clancy

    Showed up at a rival running group today, running long tomorrow with my group! ?

  75. TR

    I’ll probably go easy with some running, since it was my bd and I’m still recovering lol.

  76. Lars Johansson

    Open water premiere of the year today, about 3.5km, followed by 10km running. Not tired pain but rather tired happy now. Perhaps something more tomorrow.

  77. Emma

    Long run was today. Medium long tomorrow. And a trip to ikea (which at times I wonder if I can switch out for at least a recovery run!).

  78. J K Brennan

    Just got back from the gym in the building and now off for a short brick.

  79. Kris Van Rossem

    a simple recup bike ride tomorrow morning. I hope it doesn’t rain

  80. Luana

    I have a hula show and I’m on the last run of Week 3 of Couch to 5k. Good times, good times

  81. Jasper

    Watching the Giro!

  82. JASON

    MTB Ride Sunday Morning and 4 mile run shortly after.

  83. Teemu Makela

    Heading to gym now, and then some running tomorrow… recovering from Friday’s race.

  84. Charles Schwartz

    Running and cycling! 17km done this morning in a run, tomorrow a 60-90 km bike ride. And then back to the pool. 🙁

  85. Arthur Guth

    I will climb my bead! I’m exhausted!

  86. Philipp

    Going for a bike ride with my Kids after Work. And perhaps I do a run on sunday.

  87. Nick Marsh

    Remarkably little. Managed 10 miles on Thursday, longest since my leg injury kicked up into earnest, but need to rest it otherwise I’ll just make it bad again. Perhaps 6 miles tomorrow?

  88. EMILIANO MANON

    After 4 months recovering from broken ribs I’m going back out for a run to get ready for my second half marathon.

  89. I went for a run this morning. Nothing special, just over 5 miles at an easy pace. It was my first run after having a mild surgery, so happy to be getting back in the groove. Maybe tomorrow I will head out on the bike, I have been limited to the trainer for a couple of weeks.

  90. Greg Klimaytis

    Couch surfing and a tv marathon, taking a recovery weekend

  91. Seth Frankel

    Riding out to the Bloemendaal tomorrow for a first long ride of the season. Hoping
    for sunny skies.

  92. I’ll will be taking my granddaughter to water polo and watching her play (she’s the goalie). Maybe get a bike ride in if I’m lucky.

  93. Sam S

    Final long run before my first marathon next weekend!

  94. Scott Letendre

    Working to get back into decent running shape. Long run this weekend!

  95. Ulf Eriksson

    A nice run in the sunset in Brela Croatia with my wife and a swim in the clear water.

  96. Arbra

    A 22k trail run.

  97. Don van D.

    Next part of my 10K programm 🙂

  98. Fabio De Gaspari

    gravel ride in Tuscany

  99. Michael Wolfsteiner

    After struggling with injuries most of the year so far I am going for my first 20 mile long run in 2017 tomorrow.

  100. goobo

    after longish ~100km ride in the storm today it’s only a recovery ride tomorow (