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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.
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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.
I watched my son do Karate.
Mid week runs work better for me.
Thanks Ray
Ran a Half Marathon in our City
I went on a 51 km mountainbike ride on which I took a completely wrong turn because of road works.
Long run and mid bike ride
I did a easy stroll with the kids in recovery of Rotterdam marathon.
21 km jogging in sunshine.
2 days spent in hills on mountain bike.
Bike packing this weekend.
This weekend I went for a long kayak paddle…
Had a nice 18 mile long run this Sunday, and for once the weather was reasonably nice for it.
out with kids
Went for this season’s first half-marathon on the trails. And still feel it..
I went for a park run this Saturday….
Final big swim bike run workouts before recovery week.
A trip to Meteora for last wekend.
cycling and running
A short recovery run along the river.
Last Sunday I’ve had my first city/urban run! It ran through a couple of buildings, including a retirement home, cinema and a windmill. Even though we had to wait sometimes because of small doors I’m really proud at the time I was able to set! About 24 minutes for the 5k.
Mountain biking with good friends like every Friday.
thanks DCR
long ride weekend! big climb!
30k Trail Race on Sunday. The entire field went off course in the first km and did an unnecessary 16km. Then we were put onto the 10km route.
Please can I have the $500 to buy a Fenix or a 935 for the mapping?
Easy running after paris marathon last week!
changed the jockey wheels on my rear derailleur and now my gear indexing is all messed-up :(
In the middle of moving, so lots of IKEA furniture lifting, carrying and assembling :)
Sailing, sailing, cycling,…
Took the TT bike for a spin around Amsterdam
Finally 2 hours road riding both at saturday & sunday
Just one hour of swimming.
Long run… 2 weeks until next marathon.
running 10k as usual and playing 3 hours table tennis with my friends
First outdoor ride with my fiancee. Spring is really here, Zwift beware! :)
Did 2 bike rides, one longer than intended due to getting lost and one shorter than intended due to a minor crash
Buggy run with 8month old, thanks for the running buggy recommendation!
Played Volleyball and thanks to a crappy weather I watched Formula1 and Amstel Gold Race on TV :)
Relaxing weekend after Prague’s half-marathon. So family time.
Because i just got back from my first crossfit trail and i seriously cannot move my legs. So here i am, pushing my luck to win. Can anyone grab me my water?
Done the first mountainbike-ride with my youngest daughter! Had a good time!
Headed off on what was supposed to be a 100k pedal… until the rain came down in force about 75k in. A solid 1000m of climbing in the legs though!
Finally a summery bike ride!
Just some endurance rides. No intervals for now, after the cobbled classics…
A run on the trails around Culzean Castle in Scotland and then down to the beach&it wasn’t raining, hurrah!
First single trail run of this season at Uetliberg in Zurich.
Run a C25K week 2 on Sunday.
Nice ride along the border of Netherlands and Germany – plenty of spring sights.
Went for a sunny little trek in the french Alps :)
Hi,
Last weekend my son and I biked around a local lake and had an MTB trip to a place that held a bike race to cheer on the participants.
tested my new TT bike. Worked like a charm!
Was running long intervals on Saturday
Trail running race in Tervete, Latvia
When the weather decided to be absolute crap (again) off to the gym it was!
A short ride with the bike and some climbing in the afternoon.
Enjoyed the sunshine with my family and ran 15k
Had to work quite a bit and had to resort to two trainer workouts on a lovely spring weekend.
One of them tempo and one VO2max.
I hope for the power meter. It would be cooler this summer to climb the stelvio with power meter than without. ;-)
Bikepacking around Paris to test my new setup and to celebrate spring!
This week-end I did my usual 10km on saturday morning. Good to have some nice weather back!
Running intervals for me this weekend along with a long bike
I have ran on Vivicitta half marathon in Budapest. Nice weather, second best half marathon time with 1:44:02.
I went for a sunny 2 hour run through the city and on some nice paths overlooking Bergen. This is only possible a few times a year due to the climate here being so wet so I made sure to soak up every moment of it.
Went biking on Mallorca. Wonderful scenery, long and steep climbs.
T time test swim and my last long run before my marathon.
Running one lap of Vlieland.
20km progression run with my good friend Jon, followed by an easy spin to the lake for a picnic.
3h bike ride on Saturday
15 Minute easy run – Physio Orders!
Saturday I did almost 30 seconds crawl while testing a swimming spa, and Sunday I ate a fondue – well deserved after such huge training.
Second ride outside this year!
I did 60 km bike ride with a friend and 8 km walk with a baby stroller:)
coaching 2 fiedhockey teams
I enjoyed formula 1 on tv, run my run and changed from snowtires on my car
This weekend I had a big mountain training because I’m preparing for a 100km run race. the “Passatore” from Florence to Faenza next may the 26th.
had a nice 25km run on a not so shiny day. lots of carbs after.
Run to Parkrun –> run around the park (missed the actual park-run by a couple hours)–> Run home
I did the first ride of the year outside in the sun. Almost no snow, but lots of gravel.
I started running again just three weeks ago after my son turned one. Just didn‘t find the time before.
And this weekend was the first time I managed to get an average pace below 6:00 min/km on a 10k run. Very happy to see some progress!
During the weekend I went for a 25km bike ride along the Maas river; great weather & awesome scenery!
Awesome scrambilng in Schwarzwald :)
Hit my Crossfit Box for a Saturday morning training! I instantly regreted it!!!
This weekend I did an Olympic distance Triathlon, the hardest part was the bike where we did 800m elevation gain in 40km! Although it was hard I enjoyed it very much.
Just another long-run Sunday in freakish April Michigan weather.
Did some Marathon-Training run in the sun. 32km, then my body said STOP!
I was running about 12km.
just on the turbo!
6mile ride. 3mile and 75% of the time used looking for credit-card
Ran a 15k trail on Saturday with a wonderful view at the peak.
Some easy cycling and running
managed the “fuel stop” at the Hamburg Außenalster Ultra Marathon
Great ride on Sunday, unfortunately shortened by a flat tire.
Not much on the agenda: It is recovery week. 3 enjoyable light units are planned.
Keep doing rehabilitation for my injured shoulder(a lot of pain).
UK National 12-Stage Relays in a beautiful sunny Sutton Coldfield!
Friday was 800m repeats then on Saturday and Sunday it was easy 10 mile runs. Other as that it was a fairly quite weekend. I did make some sourdough but that’s not really very exciting.
Powewrrrr to the max
Did a 5k parkrun on Saturday, then on Sunday did a brick by biking 6 miles over to a junior parkrun, doing the 2k course as a Freedom Run, then biking it back again. It’s all I had time for over the weekend but very enjoyable nonetheless.
Live the Madrid Marathon
50KM on my bike was quite nice time to spent.
Went out and did my 10th parkrun. 5 seconds of my pb, on an unfamiliar course.
I’ve been recovering from the flu, so not much structured training. However, did a climb a hill at the zoo with the kid about ten-twenty times :) Plus after booking the lodging for our vacation, discovered a 20km time trial race will take place in the next town, so have been trying to get permission to enter it :)
80 km bike ride
Well I didn’t do much this week-end, … exept travel back from Marroco. But I’ve a 29km trail next week-end, it’ll make it right?
And thx again Ray.