Strava - is it naughty?

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  • blackpoolkev
    blackpoolkev Posts: 474
    Over the past couple of years I've enjoyed being a middle aged reborn cyclist.However I could never find any enthusiasm for interval training.
    That is until I dicovered Strava segments.For me, they really hit the spot.
    Familiar routes have taken on a whole new character-"Take it easy there's a segment coming up"/"GO"/"Which local segments have a tailwind"/"Can't wait to get home and check out my times" etc.
    That bloke you see at the end of a segment struggling to recover,could be me!
  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    Ok I know this is a little off topic, but I've got back from a ride this morning. Just a little 23 mile loop as it's quite cold out there. Thing is, I use endomondo and Strava after discovering the latter only a couple of weeks to go.

    After this mornings ride there are small differences between time and speed (this I can live with) but its the calories I can't get my head round.

    1113 on endomondo and 555 on Strava... which one is right? :?
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  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    andy46 wrote:

    1113 on endomondo and 555 on Strava... which one is right? :?

    Neither, but Strava is probably closer
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    You could just try riding a bike and forgetting about number crunching. Power/watts/segments/Strava! people seem to be obsessed with this stuff and still seem to struggle to ride 100km or hold a steady pace.
    M.Rushton
  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    mrushton wrote:
    You could just try riding a bike and forgetting about number crunching. Power/watts/segments/Strava! people seem to be obsessed with this stuff and still seem to struggle to ride 100km or hold a steady pace.

    Actually I find the segments a big motivation and has done wonders for measuring my progress over the last year.

    Interval training had to be one of the most boring parts of training, but slap in a number of Strava segments in a local loop and hay presto you have motivation to push.

    I guess it's each to their own.. we all find motivation in different ways, and it seems that your opinion, although 'in the rules', is no longer the opinion of the masses, which also includes 'club riders' and people who race.

    re: decent pace and being able to manage 100km.. (or 62 miles to us UK folk!)
    It doesn't matter what level you are, there is nothing wrong with wanting a way to track progress. It's also means you can see if you plato, so you can change your riding.
    But there is also nothing wrong with just wanting to ride without 'the measurements'.
    Simon

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