Add Tags/Categories (workout/race) to additional Activity Types (Swim, Skiing, Etc)

[dsm1891]

As a user who takes part in events and trains swimming, I would like the ability to change the activity type to workout/race.  So that I can better describe what type of activity it was.

Currently, you can only mark a swim activity with the commute activity type (who is commuting via swimming?!). It would be great if you could describe your activity as doing drills (and hence speed will be significantly slower), or race so I can accurately find it in my timeline/Calander.

[DC]

This would be much appreciated. 

[MargoGregory]

I agree who swims as a commute?? 🤷🏽‍♀️ I mean swimming is definitely a competitive sport. It’s an Olympic sport for goodness sake and likely one of the popular summer Olympic sports. Not understanding why it doesn’t have the choice of designating as a workout and race from creation and why it’s still not implemented. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[ArnoVantieghem]

I just finished my first triathlon and as I do with every race I went to give them race-tags so I can find them easily. Swim not having the tag (or any other competitive sport for the matter) is ridiculous, there's no reason to disable this feature.

[zecanard]

Strava made Commute a global flag that can seemingly be attached to any GPS-based activity, which, I suppose, I can imagine a lightkeeper swimming across a cove to their lighthouse on a promontory every morning. But if we’re going to appeal to niches like that, we may as well make Race a global flag as well. Far more activities exist that can be raced than commuted, and I’m not sure it would look any weirder to have Race available for Golfing than it already does with Commute (yes, Commute-Golfing is a thing—try it 🤣).

Among other oddities, since Hiking is just a sub-type of walking, the Treadmill tag is available for it. Sure, you could mount a video of the PCT on your treadmill, but are you really hiking at that point? Then we have the Indoor tag for Snowshoeing and eMountain Bike Ride, which, yeah.

I understand that these tags were created at a time when Strava only supported Run/Walk/Ride, but with all the activity types available today, it’s way past time they were redesigned. If nothing else though, they sure give me a good laugh.

[mark_yarvis]

I would second the comment about triathlon.  When I compete, I get three (well 5 really, if you count transitions) activities in Strava.  I can mark Run and Ride as races, but not the Swim segment.  Seriously Strava? 

There should at least be workout and a race tag for Swim.  I'm sure people will be able to come up with others as well (e.g., recreation).

[JLF]

Presently a workout, strength training, ebike and walking, "commute" is the only type of activity tag available to choose. I ebike, walk , strength train as a workout. Commute doesn’t make sense.
Should have the option to choose workout as a type of workout under all categories.

[P77]

Totally agree. Race and workout are far more likely than virtual commute!

[NOBUO]

I wholeheartedly agree with adding workout and race to the Swim options as mentioned in this post. Otherwise, I'm having trouble keeping record of Swim for triathlon races and my regular Swim training is also Commute.

[RMSouthAfrica]

please also add Club Run and Solo Run

[kona-coaching]

dear all, have been asking via ticket to add Race activity in Swim a while ago,   would be great! i agree, not many are commuting via a morning swim...

[haakonfossen]

Still a thing that should be possible. Really weird it's not a setting for this activity.

[Paul_F]

I agree. Also "race". On Zwift I do easy rides and workouts and races but there is no way of identifying these types like there is with runs, rather all are just classed as 'indoor cycling'.

[drewroen]

On any run or bike, you can currently mark it as a race, but this same functionality is not available for swims. This would be beneficial for both swimmers and triathletes, as you currently cannot mark all three parts of your race as a race, meaning the swim isn't easily visible in the training log like the bike and swim are.

[drewroen]

Here is a picture of the current functionality for a cycling activity that doesn't exist for swimming 

[SamFIASCO]

I am just back on zwift after having the summer off and have now noticed this.  Any zwift activity is auto set to virtual ride.  no ability to change it to workout or race.  SUPER ANNOYING that this feature has gone.  PLEASE ADD IT BACK