Hi, firstly apologies if this has been suggested or is fixable already within Strava.
I'll be clear, I have not issue personally with heatmaps however, when I am following a saved route it is not helpful or useful having my global heatmap both the same colour and overlaid onto the map that I am trying to follow. It would be more useful to have the saved route either as a separate colour or, preferably, turned off altogether.
Trying to distinguish the route I am trying to follow from a heatmap that are both the same colour is confusing and quite frankly exasperating.