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LouBStrava Alumni
posted in General Chat
‌👋‌ Hello! Come introduce yourself and share your 2022 story (December)

👋 Hello & Welcome in. If you're new here then it's a little Community ritual we like to keep going each month to have you come and introduce yourself here. Share whatever you're comfortable with, whether that's what activities you like to do, what you're interested in learning from other Strava athletes to help you go further or just a random fact about yourself. For December, let's talk about your favorite activity from this year. If you were writing a message to someone to share something memorable you did this year what would it be? For me, this year has been memorable for some of my bigger hiking adventures that I managed to record and share on Strava. Most memorably, I was able to visit Channel Islands National Park, California (just off the coast from north LA) and hike around the biggest island Santa Cruz for a few days. It was not as cold as I would have liked, quite dusty but extraordinarily peaceful and beautiful.

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1 year ago
Lola
Community Manager
LolaCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
Countdown to 2023 - Week 2! 🎉📣

Hello Community Hub 👋     Wow, we are already in the second week of December and marching towards the half mark - what a busy week in the Community Hub with all the talks about comfort and discomfort, introductions of new members, and some chats around the Strava features.   Congratulations to the Community Hub members: ⭐ @CreakyCrank   ⭐@hugorenners  for completing all the tasks in the Week 1 of our Countdown to 2023 🎉 and earning some Strava swag - we will be reaching out to you soon! 😍   To remind you: 🏆 For the first 3 members who successfully finish all the activities in a week (from Thursday to Wed), there will be a small prize secured. If you stick with the Countdown for all 3 weeks and submit your activity completion each week, you will have a chance to win a top prize at the end of the countdown! 📬 You can submit your activity completion by navigating ba

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Lola
Community Manager
1 year ago
CreakyCrank
CreakyCrankHub Powerhouse
posted in General Chat
Recovery Motivation - How do you get there?

I have a feeling that I'm not alone here, but maybe some of you all have ideas on how to improve in this area.  I have a hard time taking a day off, or even having a recovery day.  I know that I should do more recovery and rest days, I know that I should stretch more... but I just don't do it.  I keep seeing my Relative Effort numbers in Strava (and my Weekly Intensity), and pushing myself to constantly increase them... which (eventually) leads to some form of injury (pulled achilles, knee pain, etc.) - forcing a long break from the activities I love.  I just find it so hard to take a rest day (I end up feeling like I'm lazy if I do).Q: How do you motivate yourself to rest and recover? 

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CreakyCrank
1 year ago
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racernick1991Hub Starter
posted in General Chat
Looking to connect with cyclist via Indoor workouts

Hello, I currently have an indoor trainer, but it gets quite boring. I am looking to voice chat with people during rides to keep each other motivated. I have tried zwift and I really like the platform, but I found many of the voice chatrooms empty.  Is anyone interested in connecting and chatting during rides? 

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1 year ago
Soren
SorenStrava Alumni
posted in General Chat
What's the longest activity you've ever done?

This is it, your opportunity to brag about that loooong hike, grueling ride that left you sore for days, or 6 hour rowing activity that made your shoulders scream. What has your longest activity been? Share the link to your activity if you feel comfortable doing so. Please keep in mind that if you do, you are willingly sharing data representative of personal information such as location. For more information, please visit our Privacy Policy.

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Soren
1 year ago
Jane
Community Manager
JaneCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
Tuesday Chat with Team Strava - Spotlight on Sarah

Welcome back to Tuesday Chat with Team Strava! Today we’re happy to present a Question and Answer session with Strava Employee Sarah from our Community Management Team. Q: Hi Sarah - tell us a little bit about yourself. Hey, hi, hello! I’m a world citizen, passionate cyclist, mother, photographer, and avid adventurer. I have been employed at Strava for two years and love to be immersed in an environment where inspiration for movement is constantly trickling in from every corner. Q: I heard you had a pretty epic cycling adventure last winter. What did you do? I went on my first solo bikepacking trip and rode my bike 1600 miles (2575 kilometers) in 16 days, from my front door in Denver, CO to my friend’s front door in Knoxville, TN. I had some unexpected encounters with extreme cold temps, brutal (head)winds, delightful people and emerged from the journey with newfound self-love and compassion. Q: What motivated you to take on such a challenging ride and how long did you plan for it b

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Jane
Community Manager
1 year ago
Bryant
Community Manager
BryantCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
Holiday Season - What are you looking forward to?

Hey Strava Family!We've finally reached Holiday Season, also known as "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"!Personally this is a very exciting time for me. I have a winter birthday, I get a chance to fly home and spending quality time with my family, I get to pile huge amounts of food on my plates (my personal favorite), and I get a chance to mentally reset as I get ready for the next year. What about you?What you looking forward to the most the Holiday Season?Share your Holiday Experience!

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Bryant
Community Manager
1 year ago
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LouBStrava Alumni
posted in General Chat
Hey there, if you're new here come and say hi and talk to us about cheese ‌🧀‌ (November)

Welcome to Strava Community Hub! Use this thread to introduce yourself and meet some new people. We'd love to hear more about who you are, what activities interest you and also importantly what your favorite cheese is 🧀?  Here's mine: Scotland born but now California based (the 😎 shines more here) I love hiking, running (sometimes) and also hoping to establish maze based walking/solving as an up and coming sport type, cause it's a real workout running round those things.  I love cheese. My favorites right now are anything from Wisconsin or California though especially enjoying Gouda recently and trying out some vegan cheeses like Cashew or Smoked Gouda.  Share your story, favorite cheese or favorite cheese based story.     

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1 year ago
Lola
Community Manager
LolaCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
Want to get access to exclusive content?

We recently hosted our first exclusive AMA (Ask Me Anything) session featuring one of Strava’s Senior Software Engineers. This was an unprecedented opportunity for a select group of Community Hub’s Top Contributors to chat with a tenured Strava engineer about all things Strava, ask product questions, and get a deeper understanding of Strava features. The conversation went so well, so we wanted to share a brief summary of the event: There were 15 questions for our Strava engineer to answer and some of the topics that were discussed included: Removing your own PRs and Best Efforts Points of Interest Implement age-adjusted stats/pace Runs being falsely uploaded as Virtual Rides Parity across platforms (web, app) Will Strava Labs projects be revived? Segment matching algorithm accuracy Speed, Pace and Distance calculations and discrepancies How Relative Effort is calculated Distance discrepancy between Strava and other platforms Adding a category for Single speed bikes Sinc

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Lola
Community Manager
1 year ago
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adoptednuyorkaHub Rookie
asked in General Chat
create a route

why is the create a route feature on desktop and app rubbish at the moment.dont like paying for something that does not work properly

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1 year ago
Lola
Community Manager
LolaCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
Tuesday Chat With Team Strava - One Segment to Rule Them All! 🔥

  “Still round the corner there may wait a new road or a secret gate, and though I oft have passed them by, a day will come at last when I shall take the hidden paths that run west of the moon, east of the sun”Frodo Curiosity. This, right here, is why we venture into the world. To see what is behind the secret gate. To take the hidden path and discover what’s out there. If you are, like me, a Tolkien fan, the above quote and its owner should sound familiar. If not, somehow those words still hit the same - a sense of curiosity, discovery and perseverance is part of being human every time we leave our home, but especially when exercising in nature, discovering new landscapes on our adventures and sharing our experiences with the world.There is no better feeling than discovering a new hidden segment or an off-road path that might not be widely known - not to mention grabbing that KOM/QOM!For me, one of those segments is hidden above my hometown of Omis (Croatia) in the mountain of B

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Lola
Community Manager
1 year ago
pezzin
pezzinHub Rookie
posted in General Chat
Any CrossFitters around?

Hi Everybody, it's a pleasure to be here in this new community hub. I see it's based on Khoros, which is really a cool community platform, well done on the choice!My name is Christian and I post from Italy... every morning I do CrossFit and I love Strava since it can help me keep track of my sessions at the box.I'll explore the community right now hoping to get new extra badges here and there...CIAO!Christian

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pezzin
1 year ago
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根津宗大Hub Starter
posted in General Chat
こんにちは / Hello

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根
1 year ago
RonC
RonCHub Rookie
posted in General Chat
Hello!!!!

Hi there!I am excited about this new awesome community feature!I am an avid long distance runner and just completed my latest half marathon race at 1h44. I mainly run in the foothills of The Rocky Mountains in Alberta. I love Strava. It’s amazing. I am a software dev manager and appreciate high quality software and Strava is top of class!🏃‍♂❤️🏃‍♂

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RonC
1 year ago
BryanC
Superuser
BryanCSuperuser
posted in General Chat
How do you cope with winter?

Hi All,Just wondering how people cope with winter?   If you cycling you add mudguards, change tyres, change bike?Personally I add mudguards to my Roubaix but if it gets really horrid I change the wheel set on my trusty CAAD X gravel bike so that can use an Al frame rather than carbon.  I do everything on 28mm tyres so my 25mm based Bianchi gets put away till spring. 

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BryanC
Superuser
1 year ago
Soren
SorenStrava Alumni
asked in General Chat
Tuesday Chat with Team Strava: History of Strava Week 4 - final quiz

Happy Tuesday and welcome back to Tuesday Chat with Team Strava! Our aim with this series is to give you an exclusive glimpse into all things Strava that you normally wouldn’t find elsewhere and to open up discussions with all of you strivers! The series will continue, but this is the final post with the 'History of Strava' theme.This week we have prepared another fun quiz to see if you can identify the false statement from the (2) true ones. For the past 3 weeks we’ve discussed the inception of Strava dating back to the mid-90s giving some background on how our co-founders met on the rowing team, the humble and rather astonishing origin story of Strava segments, major milestones that we’ve celebrated and more. In case you missed those posts, you can find them here.   It’s no secret that Strava has undergone a ton of changes since it first came to life. Did you know that at one point the logo was green because our CEO and co-founder Michael Horvath wanted to emphasize and bring a

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Soren
1 year ago
Jane
Community Manager
JaneCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
Tuesday Chat with Team Strava - chat with Strava's Mateo A. Ortega as he preps for the NYC Marathon

Although not as old or iconic as the Boston Marathon, the New York City Marathon has grown to be the biggest marathon in the world with more than 53,000 Finishers in 2019.  The inaugural race, held in 1970, consisted of multiple laps around Manhattan’s Central Park. In 1976, the race course changed to the current iconic route, beginning on Staten Island and passing through Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and The Bronx, then returning to Manhattan to finish at the southwest corner of Central Park. In addition to the tens of thousands of participants, nearly 2 million spectators line the race course to cheer on the runners. We recently caught up with Mateo A. Ortega, VP of Connected Partnerships at Strava.  He’s training to run the 2022 NYC Marathon this Sunday, November 6th.                       Is this your first marathon? "My first and my last!" is my tongue in cheek response to that. I'm not a runner and while I am extremely gr

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Jane
Community Manager
2 years ago
Soren
SorenStrava Alumni
posted in General Chat
How do you come up with an activity title?

Sweat dripping down your forehead, your feet dragging on your doorstep as you reach for the knob, a big exhale, ahhh. Endorphins are high and you congratulate yourself on yet another excellent workout. You tap to stop recording and anxiously wait for your activity to upload to Strava. All of a sudden, you're stumped. "What on earth do I title my run?", you wonder... 🤔 🤔A quick glance through your home feed displays your friends' activities, all sorts of activity titles pop up: from the generic "Afternoon Ride" to the auto-generated activity titles that reference obscure pop culture quotes, and everything in between.Some people spend their entire workout mulling over the most suitable title to distinguish their effort. But if you're anything like me, you either leave it to the default, write something silly and edit it moments later, or spend unjustifiable amounts of energy pondering what you could have, should have and would have titled it. 💭 For

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Soren
2 years ago
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JonpilHub Starter
asked in General Chat
Strava Start and Finish line on the road

Hi all! I was wondering if these kind of things are regulated by Strava itself or by other parties. We would like to have one close in our town on a very popular climb but I don't know who to reach out to. Thanks!

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2 years ago
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ForzaHub Explorer
asked in General Chat
Age Group Recognition

Hello Strava Administrator, and Strava Athletes Alike,Am I missing the obvious, or has the following topic been overlooked?  Strava awards accomplishments like KOM/QOM, and cups for Top 10 over segments.  Kudos!  But what about some new type of recognition for age-group leaders?  In virtually any real-life race or competition, age-group winners are also recognized in addition to the overall winners.  It seems like a no-brainer that Strava should do the same.  I know that subscribers get the age-group listing also, but a person has to look that up.  Why not award a virtual trophy of some kind as soon as the ride is uploaded to Strava so followers can see and acknowledge that accomplishment the same way it's done for KOM/QOM and Top 10?  People who get out there, and get out there and challenge themselves as they enter the upper age-groups should be recognized for that.  This seems too obvious to be overlooked by Strava.  Am I missing som

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2 years ago
Bryant
Community Manager
BryantCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
Getting in the Zone

Normally when you think about a task or goal while you're performing it, time feels like you are moving in slow motion. I can't speak for everyone, but when I think about the daunting hill I have to run up just to get back home, it feels like my legs have weights attached to them. To conquer that mindset I know I have to get into a zone. You know the zone right? That feeling you get when you are pretty much on autopilot. Your body and mind are in sync and the thought of stopping doesn't exist. Some people need complete silence while others need their favorite song on their playlist to come on in order to get into a zone. I personally listen to audiobooks to occupy my mind while my body moves on its own. What about you? What method do you use to get into the zone while you're active?  

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Bryant
Community Manager
2 years ago
Simon11
Simon11Hub Climber
asked in General Chat
New member of the hub and ready to roll

What's your name? I am Simon Lamen a 50 something CaniSports ambassadorWhere are you from? I am originally from Stockport, Cheshire, England, and after spending 26 years in the British Army I have settled in Devizes, Wiltshire, EnglandWhat's the activity that you are enjoying the most this season? I am a CaniSports Ambassador, I run the largest Facebook group in the World for CaniSports and I'm looking forward to taking part in the International Championships for my sports in Autumn and Winter this year. I will continue to petition Strava to include my sports as separate entities as my sports are dog assisted and we get complaints (Quiet Rightly) from other Strava users that as we are assisted that our results should not be shown in the KOM/QOM tables. We are asking for 3 sports CaniCRoss - Running with your Dog, Canibike - MTB bikes with dogs pulling and CaniScoot - Large Adult scooters with dogs pulling. Please Strava consider the 19000+ members of the community that t

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Simon11
2 years ago
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DrummerhubbardHub Starter
posted in General Chat
Hello!!!

Just joined the Strava campfire chat community, have been using Strava since 2019. I am a road cyclist from the US that lives in Nepal where the mountain bike is king haha.Since cycling is a developing sport here, Strava gives a great opportunity to compare times and help get the word out about cycling and all its benefits here. Thanks!Caleb Hubbard

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2 years ago

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