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Add cross country running

  • April 6, 2026
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I would appreciate if cross country running, if not  orienteering, were added as sports. Many orienteers use Strava and there is a significant difference between running in pure terrain and trail running. When these sports cannot be separated, the statistics on Strava become skewed.

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anchskier
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  • April 6, 2026

They already have “Trail Running” in the list of activity types.


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  • Hub Rookie
  • April 6, 2026

Yes I know. But as I wrote, it is quite different to run in terrain than to run on trails.  


anchskier
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  • April 6, 2026

Cross country running is trail running.  That is pretty much the definition of cross country running, running on trails, as opposed to road running which is running on roads.  Maybe you are defining trail running as something different?  Are you talking about mountain running?  


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  • April 7, 2026

Okay. I mean running in the forest off trails. Which is quite a big difference from running on trails. But of course if orienteering is a clearer activity I’d prefer that as a new activity type.