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5 Easy Steps To The Site
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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.
Tag Archives: GiveawayResults
Wahoo Fitness Bike and Run Package Giveaway Results
Thanks all for entering the Wahoo Fitness ANT+ Bike Case and Run Package giveaways. More importantly, thanks for sharing your hilarious wedding stories – just shy of 500 of them! All of them hilarious! Going into the crazy hectic of … Read More Here
Polar RCX5 Giveaway Results
Thanks all for the great entries in the Polar RCX5 Giveaway!! If you haven’t had a chance to go check out all the entries (yes, all 1,400+ of them) – definitely go spend some time reading them (or just thinking … Read More Here
Garmin Forerunner 610 May Giveaway Results!
Thanks all for the great entries in the FR610 giveaway! If you haven’t had a chance to go check out all the entries (yes, all 1,600+ of them) – definitely go spend some time reading them. Given the Memorial Day … Read More Here
Garmin Forerunner 610 Giveaway Results!
Thanks all for the great entries in the FR610 giveaway. There’s literally over 1,600 great egg related and training stories in there. Everything from stories of kids forgetting to hard boil the eggs before coloring and then hiding them (and … Read More Here
Forerunner 310XT Giveaway Winner!
Thanks all for the awesome entries in the FR310XT giveaway. There’s literally over a thousand hilarious stories in there. Everything from folks running over into a canal while watching ‘cute girls’, to endless cycling dismount failures, to quality time spent … Read More Here
Boston Marathon Entry Giveaway Results!
Thanks to everyone that qualified and entered in the Boston Marathon Entry Giveaway. It was pretty cool to read all of the stories in there! I know there’s a lot of deserving folks out there, including ones like this: Or … Read More Here
Giveaway Results!
Thanks all for patience in the giveaway results! Being the busy weekend, things pretty much just got packed (like the wedding invites). Sorry! But fear not…after 1,500 folks entered (representing over 2,200 entries!) and a lot of time sifting through … Read More Here
Forerunner 210 Giveaway Results!
Thanks everyone for entering the giveaway! Apparently quite a few want a new Garmin Forerunner 210! That said there were about 1300 entries after accounting for ways to double-up, into the giveaway, and another bunch from Active Duty folks.I then … Read More Here
Timex Global Trainer Giveaway Results!
Thanks everyone for entering the giveaway! Apparently quite a few want a new Timex Global Trainer! That said there were just over 900 entries after accounting for ways to double-up, into the giveaway, and another bunch from Active Duty folks. … Read More Here
September Garmin 310XT Giveaway Results!
Thanks everyone for entering the giveaway! Sorry for the delay, I was up rather late last night…err…this morning with work, and then back again before sunrise. So things got a bit delayed. That said there were just under 900 individual … Read More Here
Garmin Forerunner 310XT Giveaway Results!
This has been the biggest giveaway around these parts thus far! Over 1,024 individual comment entries into the giveaway, and another bunch from Active Duty folks. That’s a lot of peeps! I then took all the entries and sorted through … Read More Here
Garmin Forerunner 110 Giveaway Results
Well, after a LOT of Excel copy/pasting/data cleanup, and even more actual scissor cutting, we have a winner! Some 460+ unique entries in the giveaway, making it the biggest one thus far! And, if you’re ever short on wanting to … Read More Here
Withings WiFi Scale Giveaway Results
Wow…holy cow – there were 323 entries into the giveaway contest in the last seven days for the Withings WiFi Scale. Which is just simply incredible! I definitely appreciate all the comments made, especially the ones about the blog! When … Read More Here