Hey Strava athletes, let's get to know each other! (July)

Another Matt here - living in Virginia Beach, Virginia for the last 20+ years and enjoying every minute of it.  I try to stay as active as possible while still attending to my daily "adulting" duties.  Started out rowing about 15 years ago, ony because running seemed like a dreadful sport, and now training for a 50k trail race on my birthday later this year.  Strange how things work out.

Bought my first Garmin in the summer of 2016, and training for my first half marathon in 2017 (delayed until the following year); a fellow gym rat turned me onto STRAVA and convinced me to join a local run club in early 2018.  I loved the culture so much that I eventually started my own club through STRAVA in 2019 and began organizing group runs to help friends and fellow runners train for races and achieve their goals. It's been an absolutely rewarding adventure.

STRAVA is really the only "social media" I use, as it combines a sense of community and hard data the way few other sites/applications do.  There's no TikTok filter for negative splits on a run!

Looking forward to contributing in this community.

Welcome Matt!  Thanks for joining us and we're looking forward to your contributions.  Good luck training for that 50k and be sure to let us know how it goes.  

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@MattS_bsb wrote:

STRAVA is really the only "social media" I use, as it combines a sense of community and hard data the way few other sites/applications do.  There's no TikTok filter for negative splits on a run!

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This phrase needs to be on a T-shirt! Thanks for sharing, Matt, and welcome to the Community!

Scott, Vancouver 🇨🇦, Running (especially in the mountains 🏔️)

Hi Scott - great to have you here.