Running Influencer moved into my neighborhood

delete your account wrote:

Social media has made you mentally ill

running under the influence wrote:

Bro, the influencer didn't just run the segments. The influencer created content on them.

StravaWanker wrote:

My neighborhood has a few decent runners. And there are number of strava segments on our streets. But no one really just targets those sections. We all just do our runs and workouts and if someone happens to have a pick-up on a segment and gets a KOM (crown) - so be it.

But, a former D1 runner and budding influencer just moved in. And he's deliberately organizing his runs and workouts to get those segments. And when he gets a crown, he posts incessantly.

So, I decided to just focus my efforts the last couple of weeks on taking his crowns. Now, each time I do, he writes to Strava, flagging those runs as me either being on a bike or uploading bad GPS data.

I suppose I brought this upon myself. Thoughts?

StravaWanker wrote:

My neighborhood has a few decent runners. And there are number of strava segments on our streets. But no one really just targets those sections. We all just do our runs and workouts and if someone happens to have a pick-up on a segment and gets a KOM (crown) - so be it.

But, a former D1 runner and budding influencer just moved in. And he's deliberately organizing his runs and workouts to get those segments. And when he gets a crown, he posts incessantly.

So, I decided to just focus my efforts the last couple of weeks on taking his crowns. Now, each time I do, he writes to Strava, flagging those runs as me either being on a bike or uploading bad GPS data.

I suppose I brought this upon myself. Thoughts?

third world problems wrote:

StravaWanker wrote:

My neighborhood has a few decent runners. And there are number of strava segments on our streets. But no one really just targets those sections. We all just do our runs and workouts and if someone happens to have a pick-up on a segment and gets a KOM (crown) - so be it.

But, a former D1 runner and budding influencer just moved in. And he's deliberately organizing his runs and workouts to get those segments. And when he gets a crown, he posts incessantly.

So, I decided to just focus my efforts the last couple of weeks on taking his crowns. Now, each time I do, he writes to Strava, flagging those runs as me either being on a bike or uploading bad GPS data.

I suppose I brought this upon myself. Thoughts?

You sound weak.

fisky wrote:

I don't understand this passive aggressive approach to a new runner in your neighborhood.

If a runner near/at/above my ability moved into my neighborhood, I'd introduce myself. Suggest we go on some runs together. Have coffee afterwards.

StravaWanker wrote:

third world problems wrote:

You sound weak.

I'm fascinated by the number of posts that don't realize this is all tongue-in-cheek. Humor is dead.

fisky wrote:

I don't understand this passive aggressive approach to a new runner in your neighborhood.

If a runner near/at/above my ability moved into my neighborhood, I'd introduce myself. Suggest we go on some runs together. Have coffee afterwards.

third world problems wrote:

StravaWanker wrote:

My neighborhood has a few decent runners. And there are number of strava segments on our streets. But no one really just targets those sections. We all just do our runs and workouts and if someone happens to have a pick-up on a segment and gets a KOM (crown) - so be it.

But, a former D1 runner and budding influencer just moved in. And he's deliberately organizing his runs and workouts to get those segments. And when he gets a crown, he posts incessantly.

So, I decided to just focus my efforts the last couple of weeks on taking his crowns. Now, each time I do, he writes to Strava, flagging those runs as me either being on a bike or uploading bad GPS data.

I suppose I brought this upon myself. Thoughts?

You sound weak.