I use the Strava Apple Watch app to record my E-Mountain Bike Rides. Something strange happens when the data  “Avg Power” and “Calories” burned syncs to my Strava account- activities.  After a while the synced data changes to a higher score. I can’t figure out why it happens. Any ideas?

Hi @frurabben 

Thanks for the question!  It's expected that your average estimated power and calories will change after upload to Strava.  That's because once the data is uploaded, we factor in your weight, and the weight of your bike, to these calculations.  

For the best possible estimates of power and calories, we recommend ensuring your weight and the weight of your bike(s) are accurate on your Strava profile.  For more information on this, please visit this link.

Thanks again for posting and be sure to let us know if you have any more questions.

I just did a run with the Apple Watch Ultra.  I started the run on the Strava app.  It did not ask to send a beacon text (as it normally does) nor did it record my route or give me any other data about the run, other than the summary data of time and pace.  It did not give me my actual times per mile or my elevation.  How can I fix this?

Hi @franksgirl77 

Thanks for posting about this and sorry to hear a run didn't' record properly.  If this was an outdoor run and no map was shown, it's likely the watch wasn't recording GPS data properly.  I'm so sorry that happened.

Have you been able  to record subsequent outdoor activities successfully? 

• I want to record using my Strava mobile app for routing and my Apple Watch for heart rate, is this possible?
• No, the mobile app and watch app operate independently and the watch cannot be paired to your phone as an external heart rate sensor.

I guess the big question here is why not, since I'm sure this is a very frequently requested feature.

I have previously been using the Cycle Meter app on my Apple Watch to capture mountain bike rides with power. That app syncs to Strava perfectly.   I've been trying to use the native Apple Workout app as an alternative, since it now also reads power. The power data isn't syncing to my Strava account (I do see the power data in the Apple fitness app).  Any ideas?

Hello @rheudabaga 

Thanks for posting about this.  Although the Apple Watch can now capture power data, we're not able to read that data in the files synced from Apple, and as a result power will not be displayed on your Strava activity page.  

Thanks, Jane.  Hopefully you can add that functionality in the future!

Please add the live segments to Apple Watch 🙂

Please add a function to use the always on display of the Apple Watch to review data whenever we want without activating the screen manually (not so easy while mountain biking). 

Hey there, there's an existing idea in the Ideas board to add live segments to Apple Watch that you can vote and comment on, here.

On Apple Watch it would be great if we could change the audio cues to alert at 0.5km/mile the same way as we can on the iPhone app. Any plans to implement this feature?

Hi @Jane11 you said, "...the mobile app and watch app operate independently and the watch cannot be paired to your phone as an external heart rate sensor," but Ride with GPS has shown that is not true and their app very reliably is paired to our phones as an external heart rate sensor. We have had this feature for more than a year using Ride with GPS and now that Apple's Watch OS 10 and iOS 17 have been released, Apple now showcases this programmable connection in native support via Apple Fitness. Strava can program around this protocol too.  And Strava should. 

@Jane11you wrote this in June 2023 and it's September now, but Strava still has not released an update to fix this bug?

Hi there,

I have turned on all the toggles (off and on like suggested), so that my health app via the Apple Watch and Strava should be connected. I have recorded many runs with my Apple Watch app but it still says no workouts detected in last 30 days on health app. Do you know what might be the problem? Everything is turned on, even automatic syncing. Just nothing shows up. 

I'm facing a bug since watchOS update to 10.1: the clock from the upper right corner is missing. Is this a known bug? I already tried switching language to English to be sure it was not a localization bug but that didn't help either. Thanks in advance.

Strava you need to evolve and make sure you keep up with wearable devices.   iWatch support for cycling power meters should be a simple feature to incorporate into Strava, Apple announced cycle power meter features at the start of the year.  

You have increased the cost for premium subscriptions, I do not see any additional value to the premium service.    Evolve and adapt or lose paying subscribers.   If you plan to add support for iWatch cycle power meter data, communicate timelines. 

Strava you need to evolve and make sure you keep up with wearable devices.   iWatch support for cycling power meters should be a simple feature to incorporate into Strava, it was announced start of the year.  

You have increased the cost for premium subscriptions, I do not see any additional value to the premium service.    Evolve and adapt or lose paying subscribers.   If you plan to add support for iWatch cycle power meter data, communicate timelines. 

Apple has now opened third party access to the action button for Apple Watch Ultra. It would be nice to have native integration for starting a strava activity instead of having to map to a shortcut.

Hi @EKCAN 

Thanks so much for commenting about this.  We have an existing feature suggestion over on our ideas board for this.  We'd welcome your comments and vote (kudos).  Thanks so much.

Hi @pyperk 

Thanks so much for your comments on this, and we appreciate your enthusiasm for using your Apple Watch with Strava.  We do have an existing feature suggestion over on our Ideas Board that has gained considerable traction with the Community.  Please consider adding your comments and vote (kudos) to that thread.  

This helps us keep the forums organized and makes sure suggestions are easy to find and votes for them aren’t divided across duplicate ideas. Don’t forget to show your support by clicking on the kudos button.

Thanks so much for your contribution.

already did, along with many others.. not seeing any evidence of this feature happening.  I have cancelled my subscription.

Hi. I use Apple fitness on my watch for recording my runs and then sync them to Strava.

Why is different information showing in my Apple data compared to Strava data? Surely if Strava is getting the info direct from my watch it should be the same?

For example, this morning I set the pace on my watch to run 5k in 34:00. When I got to the end of my run I was pleased that I had done it in 33:59 and this is the time shown on Apple. However, Strava is showing 34:04 making it look like I just missed the pace set. Similarly, workout time is showing as 34:06 on Apple and 34:08 on Strava.

At no point have I used Strava until the end when I opened the app on my phone to sync with my watch, so why are the times different? 

Elevation gain was way out as well although I did manage to adjust that. 

Hi @Clevs 

Sorry for the differences you're noticing. These data discrepancies could either be a result of the way your file is formatted or the way your Apple Fitness is choosing to analyze the data.

To provide context, Garmin set the industry standard with FIT and TCX file formatting (read more here and here). We use Garmin's file formats in order to upload and analyze the data in your file. If your device/app isn't following these standards or if the company has made file formatting modifications to accommodate device or app specific features, then we may not be able to correctly parse the files. This could lead to differences in your activity stats when compared between platforms.

One thing you can try is to switch your distance stream:

In some situations you can change the distance that is shown for your activity. Changing the distance stream may also update the pace or duration of an activity. If your device created a distance stream using sensors such as a speed sensor, pedometer, or accelerometer, you can switch your distance on Strava to use GPS data rather than the generated distance stream.

To swap your distance stream:

• Go to your activity page on the website (this feature is currently not accessible in our mobile apps)


• From the activity page click on (◦◦◦) the more options menu > Correct Distance.


• From the pop-up, click "Correct Distance".


• When the status changes from "Calculating" to "Updated," refresh the page.

If you would like to revert the change, you can click the same link and click "Revert Distance".

For more information, see our article on How distance is calculated for your activity. 

Thank you! The technical stuff is a bit over my head but I understand the jist of your explanation!