Insider Journal

Wandrer is the game you win by exploring new places. The main rule is that you get credit for every road you travel, but only once. In order to progress, you have to go places you've never been before. You can connect your Strava account to Wandrer right now for free and see how much of your town/city/country/continent you've completed. We've only had one country completion so far (Singapore), but maybe you can be the next one to do so (especially if you live in Monaco, Andorra, Liechtenstein, or San Marino). The core functionality of Wandrer is crediting the user with the sections of road that they've completed. Determining these numbers is a subject of a separate post, but for now let's just go with the concept that all of the GPS data from your activities gets boiled down to "completed portions of roads": 0-100% of Main Street, 25-72% of Spring Street, etc. In order to know what portions have been completed, Wandrer must also keep track of the portions of a road that the user hasn't

Strava integrates with a wide range of devices and platforms.  Today we're going to talk about the Strava/Apple Watch integration and share some commonly asked questions.You can record and upload activities from your Apple Watch to Strava one of two ways: using the Strava watch app or the native Apple Fitness app. With the Strava watch app, activities are synced directly to the Strava mobile app on your phone. Using Apple Fitness, activities are stored in Apple Health and synced to Strava once a connection between the two apps has been established. 3rd party activities (from Zwift, for example) uploaded to Strava can be synced to Apple Health, however 3rd party activities synced to Apple Health will not be available for import to Strava. If you are using the Strava watch app and have a Strava subscription, you will have access to Beacon functionality, which when enabled will automatically send a text to your chosen safety contact during your activity.Frequently Asked Questions:I want t

Greetings! What do backcountry snowboarding and dog ownership have in common you might ask? Both have grown increasingly popular in recent years! I’m here to share some tips for maximizing safety and stoke when venturing into the backcountry with your pup.First, meet Lily! My beloved 5-year-old husky/shepherd mix who loves nothing more than a good romp through the snow. Cold Weather and Long Days  Lily’s athletic build and thick fur coat make her well-suited for snowy backcountry adventures. It’s important to make sure that your dog is able to handle cold weather and long days of strenuous exercise. Shorter-haired breeds can benefit from a doggie jacket to help them stay warm in the snow.  Train, train, train! This is arguably the most important piece of advice, but it’s imperative that you’ve developed a strong bond with your dog through consistent training. Training your dog to obey voice commands and stay away from the edges of skis/snowboards is crucial to ensuring a sa

New to Strava?  Welcome!  Our mission is to help people live their best active life. Our Getting Started with Strava series is designed to help you get the most of your Strava membership and Subscription. If you've been tracking activities using another App or platform, read on - in this article, we'll provide some tips for importing your historical activity data into your Strava account.   The first step is to determine if your activities are located on a platform that you can connect directly to Strava.  If they are, some of these integrations are designed so that at least a portion of your previous activities will sync automatically.  Some examples of these are Garmin and Apple Health.  Visit this link for the complete list of available integrations.    If you still have un-synced historical activities after setting up any available integrations, the second step is to see if you can get your activity files in one of

The first line of VeloViewer codeThe first line of VeloViewer code was written in early 2012 after I was introduced to Strava by a cycling club-mate. Strava was a new and exciting platform, and I quickly became obsessed with trying to bag local KoMs.  Soon after, I discovered Strava’s API and I couldn’t believe the extent of the dataset that was available. I wanted to refresh my web development skills having spent many years focusing on application development and this was the perfect opportunity. The early days of fighting over local KOMs gave me the idea to build a fully filterable list of all my Strava segments and their current positions so that I could easily see how many podiums, top 10’s, top 50’s I had. My club-mates soon wanted access and before long, word spread via various cycling forums - including a very keen group of Norwegian cyclists who were early adopters. I undertook the first of many rewrites of the core syncing process due to the growing demand.  Right from the sta

Best Efforts are a cool way to track your progress and they allow you to see which portion of an activity was the fastest at certain distances. Best Efforts tracks your top three all-time efforts and top five annual efforts at each distance, as well as your fastest efforts from each run. Follow your progress at benchmark running distances from 400 meters to 50k with Best Efforts. How to access the feature:Mobile: Visit your profile page on the mobile app and scroll down to “Best Efforts.”Here you will find your top efforts for the distances that you have completed. At the top, toggle between distances to view the Best Efforts. You can tap into “View Analysis” to see more details on your progress at the given distance.You can also find your Best Efforts on an activity by going to the "My Results" page of an activity. Website: On your web profile page, look for "my stats" on the right side of the page, select the "run" icon, and you'll see your Best Efforts listed.   Visit a specific act

If you haven’t heard, Best Efforts are now available for your Ride activities. Best Efforts compiles a Strava user’s top all-time performances and their top five performances per year in each category except power, where it shows your power curve. This new feature is available on both web and mobile. Performances are tracked automatically with GPS and power data from your cycling activities. A power meter is required to collect power data. Virtual rides are not included in Best Efforts except for power data. What to Know: Riding Best Efforts will track four categories. Longest ride: Tracks longest rides by distance. Elevation: Tracks performance in two elevation categories: Biggest Climb - vertical gain on individual climbs, and Elevation Gain - vertical gain from the entire ride. Distance: Tracks fastest performances at 5 miles, 10k, 10 miles, 20k, 30k, 40k, 50k, 80k, 50 miles, 90k, 100k, 100 miles and 180k Power: Tracks top performances for average power over 5 s

A lot of Strava users know how to adjust the privacy of an activity, but did you know you can adjust the privacy of all of your past activities at once? We recognize that people don’t want to be locked into privacy decisions, so we built in options. Your activities privacy control can be adjusted on a default, individual, and even bulk basis. The same goes for hiding your heart rate on activities. Change your mind? We have you covered!You can make a bulk change to the activity or heart rate visibility on all of your past activities from your privacy controls page. Web: Settings > Privacy Controls >  Edit Past Activities > Choose from Activity or Heart Rate visibilityMobile: You > Settings > Privacy Controls > Edit Past Activities > Choose from Activity or Heart Rate visibilityFollow the on-screen prompts to complete the process of bulk adjusting the visibility on your activities.  Helpful TipsThere is no way to reverse or undo this change after you’ve completed thi

Want to let your loved one know where you are when you go out for a solo activity? Exploring a new route and don’t want friends or family to worry? If so, check out Strava Beacon...our live location sharing feature available to everyone. Beacon was built to give athletes more control over their own safety, and to keep them connected to their community when they need it most. You don't have a subscription? No worries, Beacon is available to all when you share using the Strava app on your phone.  You can select up to 3 contacts keep track of where you are, in real time. Your location should update about every 15 seconds, depending on cell service. Your friend doesn't use Strava? Not a problem; the person following you does not have to have Strava on their phone to follow you. As long as the recipient of your text message has access to a web browser they will be able to see your activity. Please note that Beacon sharing from connected devices including Apple Watch and

Want to send a message to a friend on Strava? Maybe have a group conversation? How about sharing an Activity and/or Route? Now you can! SENDING A MESSAGE: You can message a friends or create a group message for you and other members. Messages can be sent to Strava athletes who follow you but you may not be able to message another athlete depending on their privacy controls.-Tap the Message button on the profile of the athlete you wish to message -Tap the speech bubble icon from the Home and Groups tab. Tap the pencil icon in the upper right to choose from a list of athletes that follow you. VIEWING MESSAGES:To access messages and invitations you’ve received, click the speech bubble icon found on the Home and Groups tabs in the Strava mobile app.Note: Messaging is available via the mobile app; it is not presently available on the Strava website.SETTINGS:  You can control certain aspects of individual chats by opening the chat &

As many of you know, if you want to be the King of the Mountain (KOM), Queen of the Mountain (QOM), or Course Record (CR) holder, you have to have the fastest time on a segment. If you feel that achieving a CR, or QOM/KOM on Strava isn’t in your future but still want to compete in local segments, Local Legends (LCL) is for you! Launched in 2020, Local Legends is Strava’s way to reward dedication. Rewarded to the person that has traveled a particular segment the most times in a rolling 90 day window, you can become the LCL regardless of your pace or speed recorded on the segment. For those who become a Local Legend, a "Laurel" crown iconwill show next to the segment on your activity page as well as on the segment details page.  To earn the Local Legend achievement, you must match to the segment more times than any other athlete in the past 90 days. Some things to note: Efforts older than 90 days will be removed from the overall effort count.  Only activities visible to “

Exploration of the outdoors lives at the heart of trail activity. Every hike, mountain bike ride, or trail run offers the prospect of an evolving landscape. Depending on the day, the same route may offer snow-dusted spruce trees, wildflowers peaking through a field, or wispy clouds painting the sky.  Strava offers Trail Routes to help act as your guidebook to local trail offerings. I’m hoping that you’ll find this community post helpful in planning your next outing! The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. -John Muir How to access the feature  Mobile: Maps > Routes > Select one of the trail sports listed below  Web: Dashboard > My Routes > Create New Route > Routing Preferences >  Select one of the trail sports listed below.  Note: Trail Routes are currently available for the following activity types: Hike, Walk, Trail Run, Mountain Bike Ride, and Gravel Ride  In addition, while the Strava website does

 Weightlifting +   HIIT + Strength Training + Stationary Bike +  Pilates + Yoga +  Rebound +  Rowing + VR Fitness +  CrossFit + Circuit Training +   Rock Climbing + Stair Climber + Jump Rope +  Kickboxing +   Online Programs + Obstacle Fitness +   Zumba + Treadmill     As you can see from the list above, there’s a wide variety of ways to get active indoors. Chances are you’ve tried one of these out, but did you record it? If not, why?  In this blog, we'll teach you how to use devices you likely already own (your smartwatch or mobile phone) to record indoor workouts. We'll walk you through how to upload these activities to Strava so that you can benefit from tracking trends and progress over time.   I don’t have a fancy device to record indoor workoutsYou don’t need an expensive fitness device to record your indoor