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. SinOak

    Just completed a recovery run today. 2 hour ride with beautiful weather tomorrow.

  2. Liz zelie

    Cycle + run and continued IT band work to heal my injury. Currently headed to the farmers market with my german shepherd.

  3. dan tsai

    Rest day today — just running errands (literally!), and off to a long trail run tomorrow in the oakland hills!

  4. IVAN

    Clubride with WTC Zammel

  5. Ivan

    Cycling around a lake, and first hike of the season in the Alps!

  6. Yury Y.

    No athletic adventures for me for now. Got my shoulder fixed up by a surgeon after a bike crash.

  7. Carlos Martinez

    25 miles bike ride Sunday morning!

  8. Adam

    brick training: biking of 100 km with short running intervals

  9. Carl

    Chasing down an ice cream van…..

  10. Andrew

    Going for a post-party bike and run on Sunday!

  11. JP Lopes

    Will work hardly on my IT band injury recovery, with Return to Run workouts outside, because the weather is finally beautiful!

  12. Ainars Klavins

    Just came out of shop upgrading my skateboard from usual skateboard to cruiser, so I will be skateboarding until my legs start falling apart.

  13. This Sunday I’ll be mostly interested in running the RunForestRun trail in Gasselte (NL)

  14. Harald

    Rest day today. Tomorrow we will hike in the Alps. 1000m elevation and 14km distance.

    Thanks Ray!

  15. Ricardo Lucas

    Scouting for short 5km race in Oman (42C) and pool drills tomorrow

  16. Gabi

    Going to check the Ironman 70.3 Barcelona enjoying the good weather!

  17. francois mazuel

    racing the Versailles Triathlon on Sunday !

  18. Feuildur

    Just back home after a looooong cycle ride – 208km.
    So no more adventure for the rest of the week-end 🙂

  19. TriAbel

    studying from dawn till dusk and trying to decide which wetsuite to buy during the breaks inbetween.

  20. Erik Herou

    Running today, bike/run brick sunday.

  21. Alessandro

    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.

  22. Peter Speight

    It’s a long weekend in Canada which means a long ride Saturday, run Sunday, and bonus long ride on Monday! 🙂

  23. Long bike ride

  24. Thomas Widmer

    Tomorrow I’ll do my very first Triathlon. Sunday may 21st in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. 800m / 34km / 7.2km.

  25. Christian

    Hey,

    Saturday a swim workout and bike intervals 10×30,30. Sunday long bike session >100km with hopefully good weather.

  26. ryan dalman

    stuck at work this weekend so only some crossfitting

  27. Fran

    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!!

  28. Erika

    A few hill repeats on the road bike!

  29. Gavin

    Cycling on local trails.

  30. Daniel Sheldon

    Speculating while my wife does a 70.3.

  31. Ger

    10k with the toddler in the BOB

  32. Sergio Dantas

    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

  33. Daniel Brime

    30 minutes run today and 10 miles bike tomorrow

  34. Andy R

    I am going to take a nice long run tomorrow if the rain stops. Five inches and counting over the past few days!

  35. David Peterman

    Nice long run in the sunshine:) and doughnuts

  36. John

    A nice 5hr long training run as preparation for the upcoming Lakeland 50 event in 2 months time.

  37. Derek Chan

    Short morning ride with friends.

  38. Steve Timpson

    Riding my bike, enjoying the weather, and BBQ with family.

    A 935 would my a wonderful addition to my training!

  39. jp

    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 🙂

  40. Pete

    Mountain bike this afternoon, road or gravel ride Sunday.

  41. CMM

    Going for a run along the Hudson River Walkway, enjoying views of the Manhattan skyline.

  42. Anton

    recovery weekend 🙂

  43. Brad

    Surfing and a couple treadmill runs.

  44. Yah

    Next morning i’ll be running my routine 10km, with an aim to achieve it below 40 minutes. Currently still hovering around 50 minutes.

  45. Greg

    Headed out to the Berkeley hills to beat the crazy heat today 🙂

  46. James slevin

    Trying to work out how to put a podcast on my gear s3 so I can go run the cliffs of moher trail.

  47. Seth Anderson

    Long easy run

  48. Drewe Zanki

    Zwift for me, raining outside and injury recovery 😀

  49. Gee

    Long brick – tapering soon for Ironman in June

  50. Jeramy Johnson

    Ran 9+ miles this morning in training for a marathon at the end of July.

  51. Anssi

    100k bike ride, finally the spring is here in the north!

  52. David

    Running a mountain half marathon.

  53. David Chrisman

    Workout done–recovery ride after a wet windy bike to work day.

  54. Ben

    Trying not get blown off my bike with this midwestern wind, as well as getting the dog a good hike as well.

  55. michael bells

    run ~7k on trails
    bike ~30k on paved paths & roads
    dig up and plant my garden

  56. Lauri

    Orienteering competition on Sunday.

  57. Keith Rousseau

    Long run on Sunday will probably be about 18 miles.

  58. Kverde

    Hoping to pedal lightly on the trainer, three weeks after a crash and rib injury.

  59. Steve Morey

    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.

  60. ali

    I’ll probably go for a run in the park, maybe do some Cross fit type exercise too.

  61. Ryan French

    Mountain biking and running this weekend!

  62. Chance

    More snow on the ground, so Zwift it is!

  63. Peter

    Saturday: recovery run from my 5k race. Sunday: long run!

  64. Oliver

    My last weekend in Boston so I’ll be hitting the esplanade for a long run!

  65. Justin

    Unfortunately, I am stuck inside wishing I was riding the Almonzo.

  66. Renato Nardello

    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 🙂

  67. Mark Roehl

    5 Mile run with the Wife and weimaraners!

  68. Mike

    First race for my new club tomorrow

  69. Ian

    Swim, bike, run and do it all again.

  70. Michael Hanreck

    Riding with panniers, fast.

  71. Edson Ribeiro

    A well deserved rest weekend, counting down the days till ironman brazil on may 28!

  72. Vlad Radulescu

    I’ll do a relaxed 10K+ run around the lake, in the park, thinking about FR 935 🙂

  73. Evgeniy Egorov

    Moscow Half Marathon tomorrow!

  74. 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.

  75. Brian

    First real mountain bike ride of the year – woohoo!

  76. gil eliraz

    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 🙂

  77. Armando Portillo

    We are planning a MTB trip with a couple of friends, about 20/30 k

  78. Iris van Breda

    Would love to win, biking around town with my daughter in the trailer this weekend.

  79. Arturo Sanabria

    50 mile ride, rain or shine.

  80. Scott D Gilbert

    Just an easy ride while I recover from clogged sinuses

  81. Markus Schiegl

    saturday: went for a (road) ride to the country side. and was attacked by buzzards. helmet FTW.
    sunday: going to ride the mtb + relax

  82. Philipp

    Sunday: four hour road ride

  83. Itamar Kass

    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.

    IK

  84. Kevin Conover

    Charity 5K’s both mornings (Disabled Children Saturday and Breast Cancer Sunday). Half is coming up. You can’t have enough t-shirts.

  85. debbie snyder eliraz

    My husband preparing for his triathlong in two weeks and I join him with walks and support (preparing food 🙂

  86. Luca Massetti

    This weekend GF novecolli 205km 3850 d+!!!!!

  87. Shane C

    Out for a run with my 7 year old cycling….he sets a tough pace though!

  88. ATHANASIOS GKIOLES

    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.

  89. Howie Hodapp

    15 miles of bridge repeats today, 50k tomorrow.

  90. Eric

    I’ll go for a fée short runs as I’m recovering from injury.

  91. Ken

    Did a nice 30/-mile bike in the morn – off to a fundraiser run this afternoon. Finally some great weather in the Boston area

  92. Jeffrey Roush

    Today I’m going to tackle the epic KOM on zwift! Then tomorrow take it easy with a recovery bike ride.

  93. Arian

    did a 5 km training run today with some 30 km of cycling tomorrow. exciting, exciting

  94. Gary

    Saturday and Sunday bike ride.

  95. SteveDC

    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.

  96. Rob

    Weekend bike touring for me!

  97. Olli

    Let’s see, maybe some cycling tomorrow.

  98. Holland

    Sidelined again… so yoga for me.

  99. Going to ride a 135km race with my handcycle tomorrow. It looks like the weather will be perfect. Finally summer here in Sweden!

  100. Thomas Brock

    I’m running Saturday evening and biking Sunday. It’s going to be a couple warm mid-80s workouts!