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In Depth Product Reviews
You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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Have some fun in the travel section.
I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2024 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
Just completed a recovery run today. 2 hour ride with beautiful weather tomorrow.
Cycle + run and continued IT band work to heal my injury. Currently headed to the farmers market with my german shepherd.
Rest day today — just running errands (literally!), and off to a long trail run tomorrow in the oakland hills!
Clubride with WTC Zammel
Cycling around a lake, and first hike of the season in the Alps!
No athletic adventures for me for now. Got my shoulder fixed up by a surgeon after a bike crash.
25 miles bike ride Sunday morning!
brick training: biking of 100 km with short running intervals
Chasing down an ice cream van…..
Going for a post-party bike and run on Sunday!
Will work hardly on my IT band injury recovery, with Return to Run workouts outside, because the weather is finally beautiful!
Just came out of shop upgrading my skateboard from usual skateboard to cruiser, so I will be skateboarding until my legs start falling apart.
This Sunday I’ll be mostly interested in running the RunForestRun trail in Gasselte (NL)
Rest day today. Tomorrow we will hike in the Alps. 1000m elevation and 14km distance.
Thanks Ray!
Scouting for short 5km race in Oman (42C) and pool drills tomorrow
Going to check the Ironman 70.3 Barcelona enjoying the good weather!
racing the Versailles Triathlon on Sunday !
Just back home after a looooong cycle ride – 208km.
So no more adventure for the rest of the week-end :)
studying from dawn till dusk and trying to decide which wetsuite to buy during the breaks inbetween.
Running today, bike/run brick sunday.
The adventure of the week was my first half marathon… Just a try, alone as training, was intended to be a slow long run and ended as my first half :) pace below any decent pace but the target was to do it. Rest of the weekend will be recovery.
It’s a long weekend in Canada which means a long ride Saturday, run Sunday, and bonus long ride on Monday! :)
Long bike ride
Tomorrow I’ll do my very first Triathlon. Sunday may 21st in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. 800m / 34km / 7.2km.
Hey,
Saturday a swim workout and bike intervals 10×30,30. Sunday long bike session >100km with hopefully good weather.
stuck at work this weekend so only some crossfitting
Perfect timing, Ray,
I am just home from Bilbao Triathlon, and my 920XT refuses to boot (the boot cycle of death!) I am trying all sort of hard resets and button combinations, but the thing seems to be gone for good.
Sooo, this 935XT would make me so happy!!
A few hill repeats on the road bike!
Cycling on local trails.
Speculating while my wife does a 70.3.
10k with the toddler in the BOB
Running 45min Fartlek today after work and 7 miles tomorrow. All part of my Chicago Marathon training and not considering the Virgin Gorda Half Marathon next Saturday. And yes I want a 935!
Cheers from the BVI
30 minutes run today and 10 miles bike tomorrow
Sitting on the couch because of a running injury
I am going to take a nice long run tomorrow if the rain stops. Five inches and counting over the past few days!
Nice long run in the sunshine:) and doughnuts
A nice 5hr long training run as preparation for the upcoming Lakeland 50 event in 2 months time.
Short morning ride with friends.
Riding my bike, enjoying the weather, and BBQ with family.
A 935 would my a wonderful addition to my training!
Headed today for first outdoor ride this spring, followed by easy transition run. Tomorrow a wetsuit swim in pool! And the best of all, it’s first warm day for this spring :)
Mountain bike this afternoon, road or gravel ride Sunday.
Going for a run along the Hudson River Walkway, enjoying views of the Manhattan skyline.
recovery weekend :)
Surfing and a couple treadmill runs.
Next morning i’ll be running my routine 10km, with an aim to achieve it below 40 minutes. Currently still hovering around 50 minutes.
Headed out to the Berkeley hills to beat the crazy heat today :)
Trying to work out how to put a podcast on my gear s3 so I can go run the cliffs of moher trail.
Long easy run
Zwift for me, raining outside and injury recovery :D
Long brick – tapering soon for Ironman in June
Ran 9+ miles this morning in training for a marathon at the end of July.
100k bike ride, finally the spring is here in the north!
Running a mountain half marathon.
Workout done–recovery ride after a wet windy bike to work day.
Trying not get blown off my bike with this midwestern wind, as well as getting the dog a good hike as well.
run ~7k on trails
bike ~30k on paved paths & roads
dig up and plant my garden
Orienteering competition on Sunday.
Long run on Sunday will probably be about 18 miles.
Hoping to pedal lightly on the trainer, three weeks after a crash and rib injury.
Forrest Gump style rain, thunder, & cold today so I punted the morning run and did an extra long swim instead. Tomorrow is a long road trip so I will be lucky to get a walk in. Kind of a blah weekend here.
I’ll probably go for a run in the park, maybe do some Cross fit type exercise too.
Mountain biking and running this weekend!
More snow on the ground, so Zwift it is!
Saturday: recovery run from my 5k race. Sunday: long run!
My last weekend in Boston so I’ll be hitting the esplanade for a long run!
Unfortunately, I am stuck inside wishing I was riding the Almonzo.
Recovering some of the miles I did not ride this week b/c I was traveling: likely a 50-mile bike ride in flat Buenos Aires :)
5 Mile run with the Wife and weimaraners!
First race for my new club tomorrow
Swim, bike, run and do it all again.
Riding with panniers, fast.
A well deserved rest weekend, counting down the days till ironman brazil on may 28!
I’ll do a relaxed 10K+ run around the lake, in the park, thinking about FR 935 :)
Moscow Half Marathon tomorrow!
This weekend we did the inaugural “Surf, Turf n Tar” Half Marathon in Rosscarbery, Cork, Ireland. Some of the best fun I’ve ever had running.
It had roads. It had a pontoon bridge across a sea inlet. It had cliff paths, dunes, a castle, forests, fields and more sand. Sooo much soft sand. It alternated between blazing sun and lashing rain.
Both calves seized up but it didn’t matter.
And then we got home and realised the medals were made of chocolate. A perfect end to the day.
First real mountain bike ride of the year – woohoo!
This weekend I biked for 30 KM and run 10K in the evening. I am preparing for my first onlympic triathlon. So I will be more than glad for a new watch :)
We are planning a MTB trip with a couple of friends, about 20/30 k
Would love to win, biking around town with my daughter in the trailer this weekend.
50 mile ride, rain or shine.
Just an easy ride while I recover from clogged sinuses
saturday: went for a (road) ride to the country side. and was attacked by buzzards. helmet FTW.
sunday: going to ride the mtb + relax
Sunday: four hour road ride
I had an outdoor run and accidently I missed a turn and run into a field of dry thorn. It was as bad as it sound.
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Charity 5K’s both mornings (Disabled Children Saturday and Breast Cancer Sunday). Half is coming up. You can’t have enough t-shirts.
My husband preparing for his triathlong in two weeks and I join him with walks and support (preparing food :)
This weekend GF novecolli 205km 3850 d+!!!!!
Out for a run with my 7 year old cycling….he sets a tough pace though!
Hi I am cooking 40 pizza in Napolitan brick oven (does it qualify as strength training or HIIT?) after that I am going open water swimming.
15 miles of bridge repeats today, 50k tomorrow.
I’ll go for a fée short runs as I’m recovering from injury.
Did a nice 30/-mile bike in the morn – off to a fundraiser run this afternoon. Finally some great weather in the Boston area
Today I’m going to tackle the epic KOM on zwift! Then tomorrow take it easy with a recovery bike ride.
did a 5 km training run today with some 30 km of cycling tomorrow. exciting, exciting
Saturday and Sunday bike ride.
Taking the kids out in the bike trailer and hopefully taking my 3-year old rock climbing if we get enough time and weather permits.
Weekend bike touring for me!
Let’s see, maybe some cycling tomorrow.
Long run yesterday, and easy run today. Plus biking around the city :-)
Sidelined again… so yoga for me.
Going to ride a 135km race with my handcycle tomorrow. It looks like the weather will be perfect. Finally summer here in Sweden!
I’m running Saturday evening and biking Sunday. It’s going to be a couple warm mid-80s workouts!