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Silentvoyager
Kilimanjaro
Status: New Idea

I think Strava really misses out on clubs being a source of inspiration, especially when it comes to long weekend adventures.

Let me give you an example. I am a member of a large local club called Seattle Mountain Running Group. Every weekend I see multiple awesome adventures where local trail runners explore nearby mountains. Seeing what routes other people can run is especially helpful in the early season when many of the trails are still covered with snow and more and more trails gradually become snow free. 

So on Friday I turn to Seattle Mountain Running Group as a source of inspiration, thinking about my upcoming weekend long run in the local mountains. And what I see there? Pretty much nothing - I see fewer than 100 mostly boring midweek runs that the club members did on Friday and the feed doesn't go any further! So that is a complete failure for my intended purpose.

What I really want to see are runs from the previous weekend. Perhaps the alternative approach would be to be able to filter the club feed by distance or elevation gain, or perhaps display only the most kudoed activities from the last 7 days - that would likely include interesting and inspiring runs. But as it is implemented now, the feed doesn't serve its purpose for me and I don't even look at club feeds anymore.

By the way, I remember that many years ago it was possible to scroll the club feed endlessly. As I scrolled down it loaded more activities so I could get to the previous weekend activities. That was at least somewhat usable for the purpose of finding some interesting routes to "steal".