Hello,
To record a indoor cycling session I seem to have 2 options. 1, to manually enter a recording selecting time and distance, but miss out heart rate data. 2, to record heart rate data via a smart watch, where Strava app wont let you enter the distance covered. So then miss out distance covered.
Am I missing something or Is there a way to get the best of both worlds. To record heart rate data and to add a distance associated with the session?.
Best answer by Harcormor
Yeah this is ridiculous...I use apple workouts to record my rides and then let them upload to strava…for my indoor trainer I have a speed sensor attached and have speed data. But yet Strava doesn't seem to care! It is SUPER frustrating!! In order for me to record that milage I have to add a manual ride and just input that that data(speed and distance) and then so it doesn't look like I did 2 rides to everyone else, I hide the manual input...then my year to date distance stats stays correct! PLEASE STRAVA allow us to have speed data on our indoor trainers!!!
+26Hey
To answer your question directly, unfortunately there isn’t a way to do both currently.
At this time, we are limiting the release of Indoor Activity recording to activities that do not measure distance. While we hope to include distance-based activities in the future, we don't have a timeline available for when this may happen.
Compatible activities at this time include Crossfit, elliptical, stair stepper, weight training, yoga, and workout. You will see elapsed time, starting time, and your heart rate if you have a heart rate monitor attached during the recording.
You can learn more about recording activities Indoors on Strava in our support article found here: https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216919417-Stationary-Indoor-and-Treadmill-Activities.
I also encourage your to take a look at the article written by
+1Yeah this is ridiculous...I use apple workouts to record my rides and then let them upload to strava…for my indoor trainer I have a speed sensor attached and have speed data. But yet Strava doesn't seem to care! It is SUPER frustrating!! In order for me to record that milage I have to add a manual ride and just input that that data(speed and distance) and then so it doesn't look like I did 2 rides to everyone else, I hide the manual input...then my year to date distance stats stays correct! PLEASE STRAVA allow us to have speed data on our indoor trainers!!!
I do exactly the same, which is annoying when I want to check how many sessions I've had in a week.
It is a very very simple fix that Strava don't seem to want to roll out.
Yet with such a simple update it would enable a lot more people to analyse their data with Strava, so it not just for those with mega expensive home gym equipment.
Why is it that Strava can read the fit file and show the distance in my Strava dashboard, but refuses to add that distance to my accumulated miles?
Strava is clearly is extracting the time and elevation from the fit files.
Getting distance from the fit file is clearly trivial.
There must be somebody at Strava management that won’t let the engineers make this simple fix.
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