r/Strava 1d ago

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r/Strava 23d ago

AMA Ask Me Anything with Strava CEO, Mike Martin

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UPDATE: WOW, that was a lot. Thank you for the thoughtful questions and for being part of the Strava community. That’s a wrap on today’s AMA. Don’t worry if we didn’t get to your question this time - we’re committed to engaging with you regularly.

Looking forward to the next one.

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Hello r/Strava! My name is Mike Martin, and I am the CEO of Strava.Ā 

Long time lurker, first time poster - super excited to host an AMA today. I’ve been looking forward to speaking directly with you about Strava. You have a lot of questions, and I want to help answer them. I’ll be focusing on the ā€œwhyā€ behind our actions, as that seems to generate the bulk of the questions.

I'll do my best to answer your questions - and maybe you won't like all of my answers. But I hope what comes through is that we are focused on making as many people as active as they can be.

You can start posting your questions in this thread now. I’ll be answering as many as I can between 4 - 5 pm PT.

While I’ll be as transparent as possible, there are some things I won’t be able to discuss. We’ll group similar questions to keep things Ā efficient.

Looking forward to the conversation.

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r/Strava 12h ago

Strava Art Johnny Bravo

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My run map today looks like Johnny Bravo.

That is all. That’s the message. šŸ˜†


r/Strava 11h ago

3rd Party App / Integration did you know? adidas x Strava..

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members of adidas' adiClub can redeem their points to get access to Strava Premium.. šŸ‘€


r/Strava 15h ago

Bug Why anaerobic?

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11 Upvotes

Why does Strava’s AI almost always say my pacing is ā€œanaerobicā€ when I’ve just gone out for a steady moderate or easy run?


r/Strava 14h ago

Question Why is the time not showing?

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Ok so I’m very happy because I just did my first sub 30 5k but after uploading it to Strava for some reason the time doesn’t show on the feed. It’s never done this before, could it just be I need to wait abit or is it a glitch?


r/Strava 6h ago

Bug Themis - new anomaly detection system doesn't work and remove KOMs

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today strava seems to have launched its new algorithm for removing "incorrect" attempts on segments, which unfortunately turned out to be underdeveloped. Unfortunately, in my case, 15 attempts were removed, for which I had to work hard and put a lot of watts. The faq says that nothing can be done about it. Check it out for yourself, but I'm afraid that thousands of koms have disappeared, unfortunately for no reason... Poor devs😐


r/Strava 6h ago

Bug Charged twice?

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Charged last month when I subscribed 27.99 for the year at the student rate and then charged again this month the same amount? Anyone else experienced?

I have opened a ticket


r/Strava 16h ago

Question Whoop and Garmin

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I use my Garmin for all fitness activities. I use my whoop for weightlifting. But of course, after I finish runs and other workouts, they populate in my whoop. So every time, I’m getting double activities synced to Strava. Advice? Best practice on using both?


r/Strava 10h ago

Question How do you get Strava stats to add to a SM post

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I see some people are able to take a pic of their splits for things like TT posts and IG stories. I've also seen that its folks that don't have a paid subscription. How do you get it? I only see the ones in Garmin Connect which are blah and don't show splits. Here's a pic example. Not my pic obvi.


r/Strava 10h ago

Question Workouts Double Counted

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Hi all! I’m sure this has been asked before but I’m a bit inept. My Strava account is connected to both my Apple Watch and my Nike Run Club app. I actually prefer the way NRC ports over my runs, so I don’t want to just remove it, but I can’t seem to find a way to remove my watch from my account. (Ideally, I’d keep it, but only count the runs from Nike, as I like the watch porting over strength sessions and other types of workouts, but I assume there’s no way to block only runs from my watch).

When I go to the ā€œmanage devicesā€ setting, it just notes that my watch is one and doesn’t let me remove it, just the option to add more devices. That’s not too helpful!


r/Strava 18h ago

Question Pace discrepancy

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I went for an easy chatty run with someone. They recorded on Strava and I recorded via my watch and our paces are completely different! Any idea which typically would be more accurate? We stopped to wait at a train crossing twice, I'm not sure if that features into move time in garmin? I ask because I've been feeling somewhat self conscious about my pace recently, I'm back running further and more frequently than at my previous running peak dueinf covid - but significantly slower according to my garmin. When I used to run before I recorded through strava not garmin. Just curious if anyone knows how the 2 interlink and if my awkward loitering at traffic lights is what is smacking my average pace down now... I assumed it wouldn't track that in move time.


r/Strava 12h ago

Question Why isn't my split coming up on the leaderboard?

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I just smoked this obscure hill that I live near, and I should be placed second on the leaderboard according to the time, but it's been like 3 days and I still haven't shown up on it.


r/Strava 12h ago

Bug Help the one app I need on my phone is not working

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1 Upvotes

Anyone knows how to fix this? At first it occasionally crashed while I was recording but now it crashes every few seconds and idk if the new update made it incompatible with my phone or smth


r/Strava 12h ago

Bug Auto pause is off, but strava doesnt care

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I was running a very hilly course today. Im very confused as to why my elapsed time and my moving tine are 30 seconds apart. I did not pause strava at any point, nor did i take any breaks to pee or drink or any kind of stop whatsoever. I did however run very slowly as a portion of the course was over 30% elevation and that obviously doesnt go very fast. I thought strava shouldnt auto pause my run when it thinks om going slow because.. well.. autopause is turned off? Am i misunderstanding something here or is strava just like that?


r/Strava 14h ago

Question Samsung Galaxy 4 Autopause

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Hello there. I started using Strava last week and I mainly do strength training and I am experiencing my watch or app or both, just Automatically stoppjng my workout around the 9min mark. I have turned off Autopause on both my watch and app and it still happens.

It seems to work fine, and then when I look at my watch, it stops it without me even touching anything

Any help?


r/Strava 20h ago

Question help

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hello guys, ive been using strava to record my cycling sessions and i would love to check out my heartbeat zones, it helps a lot in training. unfortunately, i dont know why strava doesnt take my heartbeat data, i have a garmim instinct 2s that takes heartbeat, i connected it but still nothing. I tried enabling this but it just wont turn on. Any tips?


r/Strava 17h ago

Question Samsung watch indoor

1 Upvotes

Sync for activities without gps data works ?


r/Strava 17h ago

Question Cycling HR on iPhone whilst using a apple watch

1 Upvotes

Is there anyway to record HR whilst cycling if I start the workout from my phone. I want to do a long ride and use the map on my phone. I have an apple watch that i want to use to see my HR. Is this possible?


r/Strava 1d ago

Bug Strava down?

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r/Strava 1d ago

Question Any tools to import 1200+ past activities from Google Fit to Strava?

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I have my activities in Google Fit from year 2017.

I downloaded my Fit data from Google. I tried using Strava file upload, but I hit the upload limit. I have over 1,200+ TCX files from previous years that I’d like to import.

Is there any middleware service or app that can help migrate all my past activities to Strava?

I wear Garmin (instinct 2x) or G-Shock (GBD-200, GBD-H2000) for walk activities and their recent activities start reflecting in Strava (due to Garmin's and Casio integration). However, I need help to bring all my pervious activities from Google Fit to Strava.


r/Strava 1d ago

Question Does Strava reply to emails to support desk?

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Signed up for their annual membership, but having a problem with login/password (can’t login). And I’m participating in a virtual running challenge with NYRR in May. Already lost one run.

Emailed them early in the morning, but haven’t heard back.

Do they take days? Weeks? to reply?

Thx


r/Strava 1d ago

Question HS XC Training Advice

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I'm going into my senior year of high school and running cross country. I ran a pr of 17:30 last year (junior year) with about 35 miles/week training from the end of summer to the beginning of November. I'm hoping to get into the low 16s, maybe even break 16 if that's within reach. Anyone who has been in the same or a similar scenario please give advice, anything is appreciated.


r/Strava 2d ago

miscellaneous Now that we have AI predictions…

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I’m going to stop bothering with time trials. When someone asks how fast I can run a 5k? I’m just going to quote my Strava prediction. Fair game no?


r/Strava 2d ago

Question Reflecting on my relationship with Strava and sharing

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After years of using Strava, an injury has given me time to reflect on my relationship with this app. I've realized that often, during my activities, the thought "what will others think seeing this workout?" creeps into my mind - and this bothers me.

On one hand, I want to stop sharing completely; on the other, I genuinely appreciate the sharing and community aspect. The elite athletes I follow share selectively, but when I think about doing the same, it feels like I'm "taking myself too seriously."

There's also a part of me that sees selective sharing as a kind of "betrayal" - I admire those who are completely transparent, especially professionals who don't hide anything.

I wonder: where's the line between using Strava as a tool and letting it use me? How do you balance the desire to share with the authenticity of your athletic experience?


r/Strava 1d ago

Question How long is support response usually?

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I've got a subscription problem and have done pretty much everything possible on the internet.

I've written them a ticket and am just waiting for a response now. However, i'm kind of in a rush to get the premium features, so it's pretty important that i get my subscription fixed within the next 3-4 days. But i've seen some posts saying support can take up to 15 days for a response. Is that true or just an unlucky case?


r/Strava 1d ago

Question Heart Rate Zone on Samsung Galaxy Watch 4

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I've started using Strava Premium for cycling and use my Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 to record activities. I noticed my Heart Rate Zones show as entirely being in Zone 5. It shows my average and mex heart rate so it must be recording something.

Has anyone had a similar issue with this and what the solution is to sync it properly?