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Hi Strava Team,I’ve been wondering for a while now why it’s still not possible to add padel as an activity type on Strava, especially now in 2026.Padel has grown massively around the world and continues to attract more and more players every year. It has become one of the most popular and fastest-growing sports, and many people actively use Strava to track their sports activities. Because of this, it feels like a natural fit for the platform.At the moment, padel players have to select alternative activity types, which doesn’t accurately reflect the sport. It would be great to have padel available as its own category, so we can properly track sessions, monitor progress, and share activities with others in the community.Could you please share if there’s a specific reason why padel hasn’t been added yet? And would it be possible to bring this request to the attention of the development team again? I’m sure many users would appreciate this ad

I, as I’m sure many others on here, make my own training plans. Part of the fun of training for me is experimenting with what works and what doesn’t. I’ve tried many different methods for creating my training plans for the future and have settled on creating them in a spreadsheet and adding details for each block as I get there. It would be really convenient if there was a way to create and view custom plans in Strava. I’m imagining something similar to the training log but that is forward looking. This would allow me to more easily create my training plans and analyze my data all in one place and would eliminate the need to use a third party app like Google Sheets, Excel, or TrainingPeaks. I’m sure this could also be integrated with Runna for a more seamless experience for those using that app and maybe would open the door for coaches to plan activities for their athletes like you can in other apps. It could also be set up to notify me of what I have planned for the day the way the

It would be good if Strava displayed a weekly average pace across all runs in a simple, obvious way.

Any solution to this so far? It’s set to everyone, and not muted for my feed...

It would be great to have the option that an activity visibility (e.g. “Followers only”) expires after certain times and becomes “Only you” visibility. Otherwise any follower is able to scroll through activities years back, which is slightly concerning. Thank you for your consideration!

​Hi Strava Team,​In 2026, it is quite frustrating that "Default Gear" is still a static setting. I own two bikes (e.g., Colnago V4Rs Di 12v and BMC Slr01 Di2 11v) then two distinct IDs (Shifters).​My proposal is simple on my opinion: Allow users to associate specific Sensor IDs (ANT+/BLE) to specific bikes in their Gear list.​Currently, Strava ignores the sensor metadata in the uploaded files and simply applies the "Default Bike". If Strava could recognize that a ride was recorded with "Sensor ID: 12345", it should automatically assign that ride to the bike associated with that sensor.So the Gear commutation would be automatic at activity upload start. ​Best regards,Antonio

Hello there,as the title says I can’t expand this window since 2 days (see picture attached)I’m on a iphone SE 3e. I tried reinstalling the app, restarting iphone and there’s no issues with the screen of the iphone. Can someone help please?Best regards

Hi! I'd like to know how to add vertical to treadmill run afterwards? If I run on a treadmill for example 10 km and 500 m vertical, Polar does not collect the vertical data from treadmill and so it won't be transferred to Strava. So, can I fix it to Strava to that treadmill run? That way I could add it to yearly vertical meters. Thanks for answers! 

I currently file all of my group runs and Parkruns under "workout" because there doesn't seem to be a better tag for them.We currently have; Race, For a Cause, Long Run, Workout, Recovery, Commute, With Pet, With KidI feel like adding two more for Run Club and for Parkrun would be way more regularly used, at least around the groups I know, than things like For a Cause and Recovery at the very least. Additionally, one for Intervals, maybe?Thoughts? Do others here even use the tags? I find they're useful, and maybe not for everyone, but feels like a small edit so people don't have to use the current tags for things that don't actually fit the run.

Strava está péssimo. Não consigo terminar uma atividade de forma correta. Linhas retas, quilômetros a menos, termino inesperado...

Why isn’t a race option a default tag for most events? I’m specifically hoping for one for backcountry skiing, as we have a robust Skimo community in my area with weekly races and a statewide Skimo series. I don’t think skimo needs its own activity type, but being able to tag a backcountry skiing activity as a race would be clutch!

The slider to filter route distances on the My Routes web page only goes from 0-50mi. I’d like this to be a lot bigger like 0-200mi. That would allow me to filter routes of larger distances like 50-60mi, 60-70mi, etc.Currently the 0-50mi option allows me to select “50-50mi” which then actually displays everything >= 50mi. For me, that’s almost all my routes and they range from 50mi to about 120mi. So its really not giving me much control to search for which route distances I want that are over 50mi.

Je ne comprends pas mes 2 dernières activités ne ce sont pas synchroniser comme habituellement via Garmin connect, pourquoi ??

Balance 2 pool swimming to Strava issueI swim several time with my balance 2 sync to Strava. Find out the execise moving time is the same as total time and the pace /100m would be worng and bad shown on Strava. In Zepp the pace is 2"40In strava is 3" 17I have upload data attach picture of Strava manytimes and still the same. I am curious if anyone have the same problem or just me.  

Hi there,I’ve just this week started having the hr not showing on Apple Watch while recording. I’ve read and tried all the suggestions about making sure I have all permissions correctly enabled but it hasn’t solved the problem.Don’t understand why it would just suddenly stop. I’ve updated watch and phone since the problem and have removed the app from my watch and reinstalled it .Anything else anyone can suggest please?Staring to wonder if I need a new watch maybe 🤔 

I joined the Family Plan and the invitation link does not work for my daughter.  The error mesage says “Sorry, you can't join this plan. You must live in the same country to join the family plan.”  She is only 16 and lives at home.  What do we need to do to allow her to join?

Mein Zugang über meine email klappt mit dem Code leider nicht  

I’ve been selecting indoor run on my Apple Watch but it records the run completely wrong, twice now. My data says I ran 0.04miles and my pace was 7 hours per mile. How do I fix this?  The nike run app records my run correctly. Is it because I have two recordings at the same time?  

Hello,Since a few weeks new members are automaticly added to our PRIVATE (running) group without approval by an admin.This behaviour has been changed recently, because previously we had to accept or deny a request for membership.Has anyone experienced the same and is there a solution?Now we have to delete frequently unwanted members, which are added without approval.Best regards,Peter

I have been on a run this morning (approx 07:40) and it is 15:03 and still no upload onto Strava. The run has been recognised on Garmin Connect but not my Strava. Ordinarily the upload is near instant. I have logged out of Strava and back in again. As well as pressing sync a few times.

It would be nice if Strava added a gear option for swimming activities to give users the option to track yards/meters/miles swam in a suit. I always like seeing how many miles I’ve rode or run and as a swimmer I’d love to do the same for swim activities. Is this something Strava has considered adding?

There should a sport type that is more focused on wellness and recovery, such as saunas / ice baths.

The best efforts for a run are set at 400m, ½ mile, 1km, 1mi, 2mi, 5k, 10k,15k,10mi,20k, HM, M, 50k.  There should be an option to set some custom distance best efforts. This would cater the ultra runner as well as users who want to improve on shorter distance. For example, many military organisations have best effort runs that are not captured in this. e.g. Most of British military has best effort run at 2km / 1.2mi.

Currently when viewing progress after clicking on “see more of your progress” in the app we have the option of filtering the data by 7D, 1M, 3M, 6M, YTD and 1Y.  It would be useful if we could set custom timeframes to be viewed. This for example would be useful to review a specific training block carried out over a defined time period. 

New in Strava is the trainings advise. Can I export it (like a route) to my Garmin edge?