I'll start-
a) Any activity of like 3 miles or less purely for ramping up weekly count like "run to track/park" "run back home" "warm up" "cool down"
b) Elapsed time is consistently like 30 minutes or more than running time, how are you not embarrassed or feel like you're wasting your time
c) People throwing in random 90+ mile weeks and then immediately going back down to 20 because they're way in over their head
d) uninteresting pictures like selfies and from your route
your mom
Nobody is forcing you to follow these people.
1) selfies on easy runs
2) over-analyzing bombed races (just admit you're out of shape)
3) runs under 1.5 miles from former good runners. I have former good, collegiate runner teammates who will log an 11 minute run (not a run to the gym, just a run). Come on, you can do better than that.
So do you just not log warm ups or cooldowns on workouts days?
Strava W wrote:
Nobody is forcing you to follow these people.
Yeah but they're run club members or friends, coworkers and add to follower and kudos for my activities; this is the kind of thing you talk about anonymously online, not address to them in person and tell them to stop
Running a 2.94 mile tempo to label it “3 mile tempo- feeling super fit”.
Like bish first of all you raced this workout, secondly you have no right feeling so empowered about your abilities, I am better than you.
Peasant!
idk if you understand the point of strava wrote:
So do you just not log warm ups or cooldowns on workouts days?
Maybe he is Sebastian Coe?
People who don't want their slow warmup or cooldown to count on easy days. So they'll start their watch only after 5 minutes and before the end of their run.
The point is so their run pace isn't held down by a warmup and cooldown.
then after the run they'll add a manual 'missing miles' activity to get credit for the warmup.
I mean come on.
Running 11 lap tempos on the track and calling it 3 miles because your watch said it was 3 miles
Stubb\'s Sticky Sweet BBQ Sauce wrote:
I'll start-
a) Any activity of like 3 miles or less purely for ramping up weekly count like "run to track/park" "run back home" "warm up" "cool down"
b) Elapsed time is consistently like 30 minutes or more than running time, how are you not embarrassed or feel like you're wasting your time
c) People throwing in random 90+ mile weeks and then immediately going back down to 20 because they're way in over their head
d) uninteresting pictures like selfies and from your route
You sound like a loser and actually cringe unlike the things you list. Live your life and let people be.
Stubb's Sticky Sweet BBQ Sauce wrote:
I'll start-
a) Any activity of like 3 miles or less purely for ramping up weekly count like "run to track/park" "run back home" "warm up" "cool down"
b) Elapsed time is consistently like 30 minutes or more than running time, how are you not embarrassed or feel like you're wasting your time
c) People throwing in random 90+ mile weeks and then immediately going back down to 20 because they're way in over their head
d) uninteresting pictures like selfies and from your route
Why do you care? None of this affects you in the slightest. Live your life and let others live theirs.
eh, the junk mile runs come down to whether you see strava primarily as a logging tool or as an attention-seeking platform.
like if it's the latter, obviously you should curate them so you can have your pristine social media image. but if it's the former, keep them in there so you have an accurate training log.
i think needing to be "influencer perfect" is much more cringe than having a bunch of garbage "morning run" or whatever in there.
Cringey women taking selfies.
A guy I follow weed eat’d his yard and recorded it as a workout
Stubb\'s Sticky Sweet BBQ Sauce wrote:
I'll start-
a) Any activity of like 3 miles or less purely for ramping up weekly count like "run to track/park" "run back home" "warm up" "cool down"
b) Elapsed time is consistently like 30 minutes or more than running time, how are you not embarrassed or feel like you're wasting your time
c) People throwing in random 90+ mile weeks and then immediately going back down to 20 because they're way in over their head
d) uninteresting pictures like selfies and from your route
Wow there’s people who actually take Strava this seriously? I don’t think this kind of obsession existed
People that write novels about every workout.
People that use Taylor Swift song lyrics for every workout title.
People that sign up for every marketing challenge.
People that post a quarter mile walk just to show they are traveling or on vacation.
People that join every club.
My Strava has now been fully private and this thread helps explain why. I just use it to log my training.
Somebody always has a problem with something no matter what you do. If I have 30 mins of elapsed time in a workout then it could be because I was doing drills and changing shoes or whatever, but people will always try to make something out of it. It’s just toxic and unnecessary stress.
You will feel better when you go fully private.
you knwhoooo wrote:
Running 11 lap tempos on the track and calling it 3 miles because your watch said it was 3 miles
Also, seeing a mismatch between GPS data and advertised race distance and assuming the option that makes you look fastest is the most accurate.
I literally see both things from the same people
The first one is Strava's fault. They don't let people hide warm ups and cool downs from the feed.
Also, if you're wearing different shoes in a warm up and cool down then your actual workout, Strava won't let you log multiple shoes for a single run. It makes a difference for people tracking the mileage on their shoes.
I agree with the other 3, but the most annoying of all is 18-19 minute 5k runners labelling a 45-60 minute run at 4:20/km (sub-7/mile) as "easy run".