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. Stéphane Cournoyer

    I will try to ride my bike for at least 100km

  2. chris scutter

    Easy zone 2 recovery run. :)

  3. Szenteleki Gábor

    Intervall running training

  4. David Bones

    Today I did my biggest training ride (175km) before Ironman Cairns in 3 weeks. Tomorrow long run 2.5 hours then bring on taper!

  5. Jens Holmstrup

    First “long weekend” of the year;

    Saturday: “long bike ride” – very windy
    Sunday; 20K moderate run – and afternoon recovery with chocolate milk + watchin Giro on the couch :-)

  6. Jared F

    First Tri of the season. Would love from new gear.

  7. Wagon

    Hitting the trail for some morning sun

  8. Jeroen V

    I wil run a 10 miles on sunday.

  9. Daniel

    training for a ultra

  10. JUAN ANTONIO FERNANDEZ LORENZO

    Me he aventurado a 3 horas de ciclismo con rachas de viento de 100km/h, ….cerca de Tarifa.

  11. Bogdan

    Family time on Saturday, but I have a bike ride planned for Sunday.

  12. Witek

    While traveling to Cracow I reordered trainings and doing two 10k on Saturday and Sunday

  13. Mihkel

    Lots and lots of disc golf. Perfect weather for faffing about in the woods.

  14. daniele

    Last long run before a 100km I will run next week.

  15. Issao

    I’ll race my first duathlon (5/20/2.5).

  16. Thomas Wylie

    Gentle run for an hour this morning, then a carb-fasted zone 2 ride on the bike this evening. Targeting those sweet metabolic gains!

  17. Sergio

    Saturday: first relatively long run since half-marathon in mid April.
    Sunday: forest walking with family.

  18. Ged equi

    Epic turbo session hitting the hills of Mallorca on fulgaz.com and a not so epic run session.

  19. Tony West

    Very varied weekend. Saturday; 6km run, a calf testing run for an injured friend (she’s testing, I’m timing), 2km swim, a couple of of RPM spin classes, then a PT/run/massage session with my coach in the arvo.

    Sunday is a day of rest, going to football with on of my daughters.

    Be nice to have a shiny new watch for Gold Coast Marathon in July.

  20. Bouke

    Saturday bike ride with my girlfriend & today I rode the local mtb trail :)

  21. Matthew Brown

    Did a 25K on Saturday and planning a 5K on Sunday.

  22. Michael Weston

    Taking my bike off the Kickr today for the first time this year and going for a quick spin in my local woods. Loved riding with TrainerRoad this winter but the great outdoors beckons!

  23. Iona

    A Park Run and a lot of gardening

  24. Oleg

    I will be running ship from Kingston port (Jamaica) to dumping ground and back.
    Same fro the next 10 days- no break

  25. Andrew Peel

    Sick so running will have to wait a few days?

  26. damien

    I hesitate between mountain bike ride or runnig 10 km in the hills

  27. Matt

    Besides chasing my kids around, I’m running the EX2 trail relay on Sunday with my fast brother in law and much faster nephew :)

  28. James F

    Climbing training on the bike

  29. Edwin

    The weather in Holland now is perfect for a 40k bike ride and climbing a local aquaduct (hey, I have to find an alternative for mountains here..) a few times with my wife, so that is what we’ll be doing!

  30. Alex L

    Watched some of the ultratrail Aus and some hiking. But didn’t get any running in myself

  31. Troels Jakobsen

    Did bikeintervals saturday and will have a nice little spin in the countryside with my wife and eldest son later sunday.

  32. Phil

    Quiet weekend – painting the house takes priority

  33. Kiri Self

    I did half a 750m swim race but it was too chilly to continue once my chest siezed up! I shall run later instead.

  34. Shai

    I do a lot of running for the next triathlon
    Shai

  35. Ilya

    1/2 marathon on Sunday!

  36. Ola

    Running the world’s largest half-marathon, Göteborgsvarvet – http://www.goteborgsvarvet.se. Simple as that!

  37. Jan

    Although it may not be athletics in the core, I’ll be playing a game of field hockey in a few hours. Lots of short sprints and tactics. And of course a couple of beers afterwards for the essential evaluation ;)

  38. Jens Einar Kielland Vaskinn

    16k run on Saturday and 50k ride on Sunday.

  39. James

    I’ll go for a nice little round round the bay with a friend

  40. Paul Lee

    Hi Ray
    Hilly 100km road in beautiful Wicklow Ireland on Saturday followed by many pints of Guinness and then an easy few hours MTB on Sunday…… la vie est belle Paul

  41. Karl

    Will probably do an easy 90 minute ride on the bike today.

  42. Stefan Gutehall

    As usual my weekends are for recovery and most of Saturday will be spent in Supermarket and kitchen preparing for dinner with friends.

  43. Anthony LoSasso

    I caught a cold! Blah! So I’m just going really easy this weekend: short runs, easy bike rides, no swimming. Thanks!

  44. This weekend is quite busy, started on friday with a multibrick with uphill bike and crosscountry run (times 3). Saturday was a bike in the morning and an afternoon run. Sunday is easy, first openwater swim in the season (12 degrees Celsius outside!) and a nice 2 hour bike ride with some high intensity intervals :)

  45. Joris

    No training, only a fishing trip to the Brokopondo Lake in Suriname.

  46. Stuart Brown

    Going for a brief ride out in the Surrey hill, maybe 50 miles. 2 kids has massively reduced my riding time sadly!

  47. Nicholas

    Lots of long walks around the campground I am staying in.

  48. Gavin

    parkrun Saturday
    26k of hills on Sunday

  49. Slowmo

    80km road race

  50. Richard

    Preparing for first ever HIM, so bike on Saturday followed by transition run, then a long run on Sunday. Followed by a bbq in the English sun (if it stays!)

  51. Stella Yeung

    Yoga and a spinning session

  52. Javier

    I will go cycling through tramuntana mountains in Majorca…

  53. Lisa Appelson

    Bike and run in the park!

  54. Michael D

    From Winter to Summer in 2 weeks in Warsaw: Pleasure of running longer. 46 km this week same plan for next 7 days.

  55. Jazzar

    Some leisurely walking. Nothing fancy.

  56. Tim

    After a brief brick yesterday, today is a 3 hour jaunt around a mile loop in Brooklyn, woohoo.

  57. Michael YWT

    Attending my first cycling race [very excited!] and keeping up with my triathlon training… Enjoying each and every moment!!!!

  58. Sebastiaan

    Planning a summer of biketouring in Eastern Europe. Besides, not moving much due to a sprained ankle.

  59. Daniel

    This weekend it’s a 2h45 bike ride, followed by a 1h15 run the next day.

  60. Serban

    I can’t do a thing this weekend, working at a festival, but in my mind i am doing an iron man… :-)

  61. Lukian

    Working and injured so nothing but, 10 hours shifts are adventurous enough.

  62. gingerneil

    Parkrun with my girls on saturday, and then core team timing at junior parkrun on Sunday morning! My own running is picking up a little after 5 weeks off with injury.

  63. Thomas Mann

    Yesterday a 20km bike ride and today another and mybe a little run.
    And later on i am watching crossfit, the regionals in the USA and i am pushing some weights myself!! :)
    A nice weekend everybody!!!

  64. Tami

    A year in my meniscus has me dream of the days when I can run again.

  65. Knut K

    Running in NY :)

  66. Solar

    Raking the winter leaves for 4 hours, great workout.

  67. Sam Morris

    Awesome ride to Safety beach and back in Melbourne Australia.

  68. Frank Satira

    Hopefully getting out for a short ride on Victoria Day holiday here in Toronto if weather cooperates.

  69. Steve Aitken

    A couple of run/rides with our 2 year old. He’s ripping my legs off at the moment!

  70. Gerald

    Just some plain swimming.

  71. I will be figuratively running around all weekend with family for my daughter’s high school graduation! And, I plan to get in a literal run this weekend as well. :)

  72. Liam

    I’ll be doing a mud run this Saturday (Tough Mudder South East Queensland), and then a nice long, fairly easy ride along the coast on Sunday.

  73. Stefan

    Sat I already did a 18k easy run, home from office
    Sun I plan to do a 25k again easy. Hope I’ll manage this time in daylight ;-)

  74. Andrey

    Would love to go running but have some issues with the right leg. So it will be a slight MTB session.

  75. Tim Hezemans

    Some hard bike work and my first open water wetsuit swim of the season! It is still quite chilly here in Holland ;)

  76. James

    uber driving for my kids has left little time for personal athletic adventures. Bike looks mournfully at me each time I go by…

  77. Koen

    Nice outdoor ride enjoying my new powerpod

  78. Mark W

    Rode 30kms on the Kickr on Sunday afternoon, nice indoor ride :)

  79. Andrew C

    Went to ride a scratch race…which turned into a surprise handicap…..which turned into an impromptu TTT. Good fun.

    • Dsoler

      No athletic adventures for me this weekend, but may be I could go for a short run on Monday.

  80. Wayne

    As usual I will ride our tandem both Sat & Sun.

  81. First a 90 minutes ride before I have to move 7 yards of mulch. Then a 5k run on Sunday for some speed work.

  82. Joe Nartker

    I’m running a 5 mile trail race at a local park.
    Thanks.

  83. Sofie Sleeckx

    Yesterday went on a nightly biking ride. Today I’ll try to go running if not to many patients enter the emergency ward.

  84. Aaron Ainsworth

    xterra trail race 20k

  85. JB

    I am definitely going for a long steady ride and some run with my girlfriend afterwards :)

  86. David Reiland

    I am going to run on the beach a few times this weekend then relax!

  87. Tobias

    On Saturday I did a 10k run. On Sunday I did a bike ride with about 70 km and 1000 m of elevation.

  88. Richard Roberts

    A couple of long runs with the hounds, and possibly even some zwift, if the DIY permits.

  89. Justin Valentino

    It may not be all that athletic; but playing a round of Golf with my daughter and then spending all weekend with her cheering on the ladies at the LPGA tournament in Williamsburg.

  90. Sam Lundry

    I’m in the process of training for Dirty Kanza, so I’ve got my last big gravel ride to do this weekend.

  91. Chris

    10K run Friday, Saturday off, and another 10K run this morning. This afternoon I get to mow the lawn!

  92. 8

    hum…
    just some long stretching in front of the tv while trying to get past that lousy cold…
    stupid weather !

  93. Ivo

    A threshold run with 4 times 10 minutes hard pace in Saturday. Planned long run on Sunday canceled.

  94. Marcie Mann

    Getting in some nice runs now that spring has finally sprung!

  95. Sebastiaan

    Easy long run by the riverside today (10k or so) and the sun is out!

  96. Patrice Dupuis

    I start my specific training for my first marathon of the season! 18 Km long run on this sunny day!

  97. Brad

    Enjoying beautiful weather, while logging some running miles

  98. Jim Baker

    Cycling and long run

  99. S Michael

    This weekend’s athletic adventures will be squeezing in a few runs between sideline duty as a soccer dad at a weekend tournament.

  100. Les

    About 50kms ride today