Don’t forget Strava gives moving pace, not average pace. So the pace you see is often quicker than they were actually running.
On my run yesterday strava had me around 20 seconds a mile quicker than garmin a average pace did.
Also, how do you know people were racing their workouts like this before strava?
I had someone (a very slow Hobby Jogger) tell me that I shouldn't time my first mile because then my average pace would be faster and look better on Strava.
I still start my watch when I start running, I don't care what people think.
Don’t forget Strava gives moving pace, not average pace. So the pace you see is often quicker than they were actually running.
On my run yesterday strava had me around 20 seconds a mile quicker than garmin a average pace did.
Also, how do you know people were racing their workouts like this before strava?
I had someone (a very slow Hobby Jogger) tell me that I shouldn't time my first mile because then my average pace would be faster and look better on Strava.
I still start my watch when I start running, I don't care what people think.
It takes at least 2 miles to warm up. This would erase so many of my miles 😂
Do some people really just start running right at the cruise control pace? That's ludicrous 😂
I have always found that Strava actually makes me a touch slower. It subtracts .01 or .02 off of what my garmin says every time 😤
I had someone (a very slow Hobby Jogger) tell me that I shouldn't time my first mile because then my average pace would be faster and look better on Strava.
I still start my watch when I start running, I don't care what people think.
It takes at least 2 miles to warm up. This would erase so many of my miles 😂
Do some people really just start running right at the cruise control pace? That's ludicrous 😂
I have always found that Strava actually makes me a touch slower. It subtracts .01 or .02 off of what my garmin says every time 😤
I happen to be friends with a group, mostly women, who are the definition of Hobby Jogger.
They train at the same pace they "race". They "race" 1 mile at the same pace they "race" 5K.
They simply don't get it and aren't learning. We have a facebook message group with a few serious runners and we actually talk REAL training and racing. They don't see the difference.
One, and I'm serious, ran a marathon in 6:05 and "sprinted" at the end, posted it and talked about how she has a great kick. A couple friends told her that she's a natural sprinter and has it in her blood!!!!
Running is the simplest of sports but is also very complicated when it comes to actual training.
Well, I'm a just a "hobbyjogger" 40-something year old woman, but I have many friends on Strava. I don't really look at people's paces as much as I look at their distances and how awesome / interesting their routes are. Are they running on the coast in Kauai? Up a mountain in Arizona? Slogging it in 100% humidity in Houston or running despite sub-freezing temps in Vermont? And yes, I enjoy some pics especially when they are running somewhere interesting. Once in a while I notice a fast pace but the route is the most interesting aspect to me.
And then you give them their precious kudos, right?
Started using Strava back in 2014, felt a little gimmicky back then. Hardly used it up until 2019 when I got a Garmin watch. Pandemic lockdowns start in 2020, and all of a sudden heaps of people (including friends, family and local and international athletes) start using it, elements of competition and comparison started to creep in. I kept pushing myself to my limits til I finally broke around mid 2021 with a knee injury. It made me realise the only reason I pushed so hard was because I thought other people were pushing harder. The age old trappings of social media. i.e Keeping up with the Jones’… pace.
No one talks to me on strava or asks to meet up. I don't see the point in me using it anymore, even though I would feel more isolated if I left. I feel like strava and social media are an illusion - I feel connected but in reality I'm totally alone.
A while back I just... stopped uploading my runs to strava. I figured no one even cared if I upload or not and I regret adding followers. I should have kept it private for myself.
I guess I still upload to strava, since it auto uploads from my watch through that app. But I don't have the strava app installed, and have no idea if people are trying to follow me or whatever. I just use it as a backup training log, which means I can switch watch brands and still have my historical data somewhere.
My runs are all set to private so only my friends can see them, and I don't mind that because I'd probably tell them about my workouts anyways.
I was on it for maybe a year. I’m off it now and haven’t missed it. I truly think that Strava has done more harm to people than they realize. Frankly I think most people, even subconsciously, don’t want their followers to see that they had a slow run, when that slow pace is probably the BEST thing for their training and what they need. I see so many people from my own community running everyday paces that just don’t match up with their race times. It’s silliness.
I don’t care what other people are doing, and they don’t need to know what I’m doing, and I don’t need even a subconscious influence on what’s the best pace or training for ME.