What am I missing by not having Strava?

T-MAC100 wrote:

I have a garmin and log all my miles through the garmin app. My watch is a very basic model which shows pace and after most runs I review the data but don't often go back to it. I see most of my running friends weekly and don't really care about their progress or training status but many of them insist I get strava.

What advantages does it have over garmin connect?

Strava will allow your heart rate and run data to be used for studies, etc without disclosing this to you.

I'm not even 30 and I miss these days.

"yeah 2 miles is just before that intersection" "somewhere around that neighborhood entrance is 5" "halfway down the school parking lot should be about 8"

the good ol days...

I have 0 followers and I'm following 0 people on Strava. I do not like the idea of Strava anyways. The only good use I get from it is that if I lose this current watch or get another watch I will have a backlog of my times here and there. Something that I have not had before even having a GPS watch. That's all I use it for.

Strave Quit 101 wrote:

What are you missing

4) Feeling guilty about uploading short double runs

Haha... not just me then.

mol_42 wrote:

Strave Quit 101 wrote:

What are you missing

4) Feeling guilty about uploading short double runs

Haha... not just me then.

Further to this, I have a friend who logs every rep of a 15x400m as a separate activity. Strava trolling at its finest.

People are wising up wrote:

Strava's on the decline. Everyone used to be on flyby's. Now you'll pass runners all the time who aren't on Strava.

It's because people turn-off flyby's on Strava. They don't wanna be discovered, although I don't know why. Strava user numbers are higher than ever.

Maybe people are afraid to share their training routines to people they pass and afraid they become better than them? Might also explain why Tinman forced his Elite guys to stop uploading to Strava..

You're missing out on competing with cyclists, drivers and obvious GPS glitches for CR's.

Rupp 7.5 cm Model 1986 wrote:

You're missing out on competing with cyclists, drivers and obvious GPS glitches for CR's.

What annoys me is that Strava doesn't police this feature. Especially that it is a paid service for a lot of us...

Why should I have to flag them all?

mol_42 wrote:

Rupp 7.5 cm Model 1986 wrote:

You're missing out on competing with cyclists, drivers and obvious GPS glitches for CR's.

What annoys me is that Strava doesn't police this feature. Especially that it is a paid service for a lot of us...

Why should I have to flag them all?

I love it when I click on the person with the record on the segment, only to see they "ran" 15 miles at a 4 minute mile pace.

mol_42 wrote:

Further to this, I have a friend who logs every rep of a 15x400m as a separate activity.

In Soviet Russia, that is a capital offense.

Tried it but prefer to keep only garmin connect as it has all my 20+ pairs of shoes tracked, past data is easier to look back at and compare, I don't care at all about the segment challenges or kudos,garmin data can be exported to excel, splits are every 0.5km as on my watch, weekly mileage is past 7 days as opposed to the current week which I couldn't change the starting day in strava.

Uh, I still do this except I measure routes with my car and, if needed, mapmyrun.

If you're committed enough a hobby jogger to bring a phone with you, why not go balls out and play Pokemon Go! on your runs. A runner could completely dominate that game.

I really like Strava. I track my training on there & with a google doc calendar. It's nice to see your workout splits and races on Strava. I don't feel like it makes me competitive with my friends -- I want to see them do well & see how they're training. I've moved around a bit so it's also a lazy way to keep up with people. I'm able to look back at workouts from a couple years ago and compare them to now. I also like following pros on there from milers to ultra marathoners. It gives me good ideas for training. I think people on here can be too negative at times. I like to see how others are doing things, I want to see them succeed, and I want to improve. Strava is a good tool for those things.

Personally, I think it's great. Like most people not on a high school or college team, 95% of my mileage is solo. Strava gives me the feeling that what I'm doing isn't actually a solitary endeavor. My teammates and I have a much better idea what everyone's up to and how they're doing. We can still chat, trash talk, and joke, even if we won't see each other for another week or two. Strava also keeps me in touch with runners I know around the country. It greatly increases the sense of community. I find it rewarding to watch people accomplishing their goals, or to support them when they struggle to do so.

Of course, if you don't like other people or other runners, then you probably won't like Strava. If you're the kind of person that has to torch a run whenever people are watching, well, that's gonna be tough too. But that's not Strava's fault. Strava just connects athletes. If you don't like being connected, then don't use it.

hi Laura, we can see you spamming your sh!tty guide on every strava related thread

Hmm, 3 Strava posts put up around the same time. Looks like someone is promoting Strava. Can you at least spread the threads out, so its not so obvious?

I cycle a lot and know quite a few people that are on Strava. A few of them are bugging me to get on Strava as well. For cycling it's a little better as your rides are longer and cover more miles. Good for marking your route I guess. Can't really see the need for it with running. The device I don't think is going to make you a faster bike rider or runner. I'll still stay old school and rely on my own abilities to get from point A to point B whether I'm running or on a bike.

My workplace got me a Fitbit Ionic as a gift this past year. It's a nice watch but I'd rather them give me a better salary lol :/

I'm hoping to use it in conjunction with Strava, although the "stalking" thing is worrisome.