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In Depth Product Reviews
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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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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
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2 hour low intensity bike ride.
Three hour brick workout for saturday and then two sessions of bike and run for sunday…..race day is coming closer
First open water swim this season. With a nice and easy ride to and from the lake.
Went for a 4.5 hour ride in the Ardennes followed by a transition run. And an endurance run on Sunday.
Recovering from a bit of a fall a couple of weeks ago, using the turbo, wishing I was out on the road again.
Steve
130 km ride on saturday
Yesterday I did 70.3 Barcelona Ironman so this weekend will be an easy one for me.
Saterday I do a 1 hour elliptical workout followed by 45 min of core strenght exercises.
Sunday is resting/recovery time
Oh, I also plan to do some Wii fitness games, a bit of retro time with the kids!
I am sure these workouts will be better with a new fitness gadget!
Greets
Gerard
Only short trail running
parkrun with my family to kick things off. Then myself and a few mates will hit the MTB trails to and take turns filming footage for a vid using our new drones (his Mavic Pro, my Karma).
I spend the weekend in Munich celebrating Bayern Munich’s 5th german championship in a row!
Therefore I got to do a lot of biceps curls (1l beers) and not much else. I will have to make up for it for the next many months, sometime you just have to enjoy life a little bit…
I go on a recon of Challenge Geraardsbergen a 70.3 triathlon that races on 2the of July!
Road cycling, still in base phase.
Saturday: some late ride sweet spot intervals. Sunday: rest!, Monday: 2x25min SS. Tuesday: endurance. etc etc.
Thanks DC, good luck to all.
Doing a little bit of recovery and maybe my first open water swim this year :)
Enjoying last two weekends before may first 70.3 Ironman. Pretty scared :-)
This was a crazy weekend, activity-wise..
Saturday started with a short ride on my new bike, working on setup, a couple hours hiking, and finished up with an hour in Zwift.
Sunday was 2 hours of wallyball followed by another 2 hours of ultimate.
Pretty sure I’m going to be sore tomorrow..
A 10mile tempo run, a recovery 1hr ride. The next day: a 6mile easy run, a 30min swim and some gym work. It’s off season for us now as we have 120F+ summers!!
taking the bike to Normandy (4-day weekend in France with the pont) to keep training for Iceland race
Long run through the local creek!
roadbike trip to my girlfriend (Upper Austria)
Did not make it out for a run this weekend. But coached 4soccer games and reffed 2 more games. Does that count???
Ran to the farmers market to fetch some fresh veggies on Saturday and joined a local 10k run on Sunday. I wanted to run sub 40 min – managed to get 38:52 – so it went pretty well :D
I did my first open water swim of the season…Brace yourself summer is coming.
Well, some swimming – at least two indoor/pool trainings and i will probably try the water in a lake (hopefully it will have more than 20C), of course i will do some runs and at the end of the week i will do some bike.
I’ve spend a little less then 10 hours riding my Bike throuh the night froh saturday 11 PM toll sunday morning riding the canyon 300k night ride in Koblenz, germany.
Going for a bike in the forest now the rainy season appears to be over.
Building up to Escape Alcatraz next month so it’s all about the Open Water Swims at the moment.
I want to do 5x3km run. I fail last time when im try it last week. Now i want to finish it.
Hopefully something as Im coming back from being sick. Maybe swiming across the lake
Taking a shot at a new personal best for half marathon distance.
Long weekend ahead, so will fit in some runs with a friend!
Some endurance miles.
Open water swim with the Nike Triathlon Club : fun and super helpful!
I will go out running on saturday and biking on sunday. Hoping for good weather! And winning this price, of course ;)
This weekend I did my first OCR and cycle.
Run a couple laps around the Rose Bowl and hop on the trainer for a quick spin
This would Be sweet as a treat!
I’m going to run 10km through the forrest to the swimming pool, where i will swim 1,5km. I even might run back the 10km. ?
After a hard week with two different races, short MTB XC race and 10k running race. I did the first long MTB Marathon training this weekend.
Training up towards a 3-day ride around the FFS far north of Scotland next month.
My weekend was a mixture of focused Ironman training with 150k on the bike + 20k brick run followed by a massive BBQ indulgence with too much red wine :-)
Spin class for cardio, deck building for strength.
This weekend I’m going to play at an Australian rules Football tournament in Helsinki. Go Vaasa Wombats!
A short run and longer distance run. Time to work on the run for a bit.
I will run on Seville during my short holiday there
Sprint Triathlon! ?
Unfortunately, my weekend was only gardening and giving help to my children’s school. Hope a more sportive on next…
On Saturday I did a long run, Sunday was more relaxed with a shorter recovery run.
A run around the field while my boy is at footie training. An hour at the pool. And a lot of walking as there’s a pokemon event going on.
10 mile run on Saturday, then 4 slow miles with the local Team in Training group today.
Long run then an even longer walk with family
Lying in the sun :p
Cardio and strength. A 10k run followed by a lot of work in the garden.
Weekend adventures included dancing at favorite cousins long overdue wedding. Limited in terms of actual workouts since left elbow and wrist is embedded in plaster after a bike misfortune in Spain mid April… slow recovery and no sweating allowed since plaster tends to smell…
Just 2 short rides.
10k race in my hometown! But I have to stick to the training schedule… Thanks for the work!
Rest day ;)
Gym on Saturday and a short MTB trip on Sunday.
Doing a few mountain bike rides on great singletrack with friends.
Some easy cycling and a quick run
Just a snail pace aerobic run…. Not very exciting…
Race 160 km on Friday, train for 4 hours on Saturday and train another 4 hours on Sunday
We have a ridiculous work week, so my coworker and I took a long morning run past the Hagia Sofia, to the Spice bazaar in Istanbul to one of the most legitimate coffee shops in all of Istanbul… and arrived right as the petit pain au chocolat was coming out of the oven.
Climbing Jebel Jais 3 times, highest peak in the UAE
Trying to get back in shape after a long holiday.
This week-end sadly I don’t beat my 10k record, so I hope I will win this price…
This week will be the start of my triathlon training, back in the water boys !
Racing on my local 10 TT.
Some hiking in the north of Spain (Picos de Europa)
Strong Viking Run – Hills Edition – 19Km Beast on the 21st.. made it 3 hours clean!
Rest :-)
Sat and Sun… cycling with my Judo buddies in E Yorkshire
70 mile bike ride to the coast, for fish and chips! 2800 ft of climbing in flat! Lincolnshire UK.
Went for a recon’ ride on the bike course of my next tri.
Hopefully getting out for a run before ANOTHER wedding if s friend of the wife… all provided my bruise injury to my foot from a terrible performance at age group quals at southport tri heals
I need this … feeling pretty depressed about yesterday!
friday and sunday a run and going for a swim on saterday
My plan for next Sunday is just an easy 10K run.
Just some cycling…
Had a 1/2 marathon run in Russia in St. Petersburg. Going forward on the way the way to IM in Copenhagen.
A workout with my wife.
Running with children and running without children. Kinda duathlon.
This weekend was actually a recovery (lazy) one – spent the week in Douala, Cameroon…
No special adventures this weekend. Just back to back long runs with lots of elevation preparing for Olympus Marathon
Back in Ireland at a wedding and parkrunning!
I ran one of my final runs this weekend just gone in preparation for my 3rd marathon in just over a month this coming weekend. Will be last marathon until October!
Gonna cheer my friend, she competes in the women’s triathlon in Israel this Saturday :)
Nothing special, a couple of exits with the road bike. I hope so.
Tapering for a fun 3k race on the track on Wedneday.
hill training on the surrey hills for a 100 miler coming up in July
just ran a marathon yesterday, plan to do short run but longer ride :)
Great blog!
After three weeks of vacation with almost no sports I’ve just enjoyed a hilly road bike ride in my neigborhood (#odenwald #melibokus). Feels like three weeks pause was way too much ;-)
I would gladly get a Fenix 5 so that I can wear it to work as well or an edge 1000 to stop getting lost
A bit of nothing with maybe an easy 10k run thrown in.. :-)
This weekend I made a PB on 10Km running!
Hey Ray,
This weekend I’m training for my first triathlon of the season. A little bit of brick training to ease me in!
Nick
I’ll be cycling the the mountains of Cape Town! All day everyday.
Recovering after a bad case of food poisoning
Training for a 100km cyclosportive. I’m really late on my training plan.
Did a 15K mountain hike.