I have been tracking my equestrian activities for several years on Garmin and started to load them as Workouts to Strava about a year ago. A few days ago, they stopped loading into Strava even though all my other activities (run, walk, bike) still load automatically.
I was able to load the file manually from my Garmin watch to Strava but I don't want that hassle! Has anyone else experienced this? Did a recent update block horsemanship activities from loading from Garmin to Strava???
Best answer by marsupi96
Hi all , Hi Jane,
I got this reply from Strava Help Center to my ticket in this topic;
"Jimi (Help Center)
May 16, 2023, 6:45 AM MDT
+1I experienced the same issue. Tried to disconnect Strava from Garmin and reconnected them again, but still the horsmanship workout is not synched to Strava. Other workouts still synch.
+29Hello @HPHaven and @NatasjaJones
Sorry to hear your activities are no longer syncing.
If you can each please submit a support ticket we'll be happy to look into your accounts and investigate what's going on.
Thanks Jane. I have submitted a ticket however Strava support says it’s been resolved however as of this morning (May 7) it still does not sync horsemanship activities from garmin to workouts in Strava.
+3Hi Jane,
Hi Jane,
I noticed the same. Activities recorded on my Garmin with the Garmin "horseback riding" (sport = "horseback_riding" in .fit file) activity are no longer synchronized with Strava. Other activities are synced, including an activity type I would create myself with name "Aaa" or "Horseriding" which have sport = "Generic" in the fit file. I'll create a distinct ticket as well.
+29Hello to All who have posted about this.
We are aware that certain types of activities have stopped syncing from Garmin to Strava and we have reached out to Garmin about this. I will post an update here when I have one. Thanks for your patience.
+1Same issue for me with "horseback riding" activity recorded with Garmin and not syncing anymore with Strava... Hope it will be fixed soon... thanks!
Rick
+3Hi all , Hi Jane,
I got this reply from Strava Help Center to my ticket in this topic;
"Jimi (Help Center)
May 16, 2023, 6:45 AM MDT
+1Thanks for the info!
If you can... could you please tell me a bit more about how to bypass this issue? Where do you create the activity "Horse Riding" to allow syncing? Is it something you do just once, in Strava?
+29Hi All,
We have heard back from Garmin and as @marsupi96 posted above, this was due to a change in the Garmin API (application programming interface).
The Garmin Connect developer API program has been aligned to its original health and wellness intent to focus on health, wellness and primary sports (run, walk, bike, etc.) The change to non-primary sports activities such as flying, motorsports, horseback riding, RC drone, etc. means that you will need to export activities from Garmin Connect and manually upload them to Strava.
Apologies for any confusion over this. Let us know if you have additional questions.
+1One of my regular activity types has stopped syncing from my Garmin Fenix 7s - Horseriding is an extra app I had to download from Connect to my watch to record that activity which has previously worked fine to record then auto sync to Strava but lately it has stopped syncing. All my other standard activities sync to Strava as usual such as Run, Hike. Any clues?
+29Hello @TriHorse
Thanks for posting about this.
This was due to a change in the Garmin API (application programming interface).
The Garmin Connect developer API program has been aligned to its original health and wellness intent to focus on health, wellness and primary sports (run, walk, bike, etc.) The change to non-primary sports activities such as flying, motorsports, horseback riding, RC drone, etc. means that you will need to export activities from Garmin Connect and manually upload them to Strava.
Apologies for any confusion over this. Let us know if you have additional questions.
They removed the sync you have to manually upload it now. It’s such a bummer. I used it weekly to track my rides and distance. I am hoping if enough people make a report they will return it 🤞
Really really unhappy about this. Horseback riding is one of my most regular sports. When I ride in the school, my heart rate increases similarly to à run. Its almost like they're not recognising tous as sport. I understand removing motorbikes, but clearly they have not understood the physical demande of this activity. Not happy at all. 🙎
Yes I have also found this it’s very annoying . Having to manually add it is very tiresome . Is there no horse riding app that downloads with Strava?
+1The reason provided by the Strava support team as to why horseriding does not count as a primary sport makes no sense. The average heartrate on horseriding equals that of jogging.
The solution to download from Garmin and upload manually to Strava is not practical at all.
Horseriding cant be placed in the same category as flying where fitness is not improved.
Is there any way we can motivate for horse back rides to be counted again? It’s a bit ridiculous that they are viewed in the same category as motor sports. My 13km ride on Sunday I had an average heart rate in the 140s and a max of 182!! The same as my run the day before.
I agree! My horseriding sessions are harder than my bike rides! Clearly the people who made this decision have no idea how physical riding is.
I also think it's a shame from a security point of view. I would like to be able to use the tracking feature to alert my husband in case of a problem.
+3I totally agree.
I just got off my horse.
sweating on my back and then it wasn't because of the heat 🙂
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