Happy New Year and welcome back to Tuesday Chat with Team Strava.

As we roll into 2023, the New Year is a time when many of us start to think ahead about what we want to accomplish this year, and how we’re going to get there.  Setting goals can be a powerful tool to motivate us and keep us moving.

If you’re not familiar with Strava’s goal setting features, now is a great time to give them a try!  

On the Strava Mobile App, Subscribers can set goals for all sport types.  We support time, elevation and distance goals, and they can be weekly, monthly or annual.  If you’re not sure of all the sport types we support, check them out here.  We added some new ones in 2022.

If you’re looking to set a power or segment goal, that can be done from the Strava Website.  

For me personally, I’ve been using Strava’s goal feature to motivate myself for years.  Last year, I set an annual distance goal for running and another one for cycling.  How did I do?   

Well, I met my running goal but only made it to about two thirds the distance of my cycling goal.  Disappointed at first, I spent some time analyzing this and  realized that in previous years running and cycling were my main activities, whereas in 2022 I had started doing a lot more cross training, especially strength based workouts and yoga.  And I actually feel pretty good about that - I’m happy to be learning new skills and challenging myself in different ways.  

So for 2023 I’m changing it up and setting a time based goal instead; I’ll be challenging myself to be active for at least 7 hours every week whether I’m running, walking, lifting weights, attending a boxing class or something else.  I’m excited to get started - only another 6 hours and 33 minutes to go this week!  

Do you use Strava goals?   What process do you use to determine what your goals are going to be?  If you’re comfortable sharing, we would love to hear what goals you set on Strava, and how it’s going so far.  Drop us a reply and leave your answer below.  

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