garmin/strava

chatlow
chatlow Posts: 850
edited April 2015 in Road general
I am trying to sort my training out on a more regular basis and want to get into the routine of recording my rides to work as well.

I know I can use my Garmin for this and just stop recording when I arrive, turn it off then start again when I leave, but if I want to do something similar with the strava app on android is this possible? I don't want to have to record two trips everyday, just want the one session overall?

Ideally would like to record all activities as one main ride at the end of the week, otherwise just one ride a day (but two activities)

Cheers

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  • Silly Old Hector
    Silly Old Hector Posts: 573
    Record on Garmin, then link automatically to Strava. No need to do both.
    All the gear, but no idea...
  • chatlow
    chatlow Posts: 850
    Silly Old Hector wrote:
    Record on Garmin, then link automatically to Strava. No need to do both.

    Thanks, sorry what I meant was I would rather not keep taking my garmin to work and just use my mobile instead. So is there a way to record using strava/edomondo and bulk upload the activites as one ride?
  • chatlow
    chatlow Posts: 850
    Just had a play around with Edomondo and it looks like they have developed the option to merge workouts. This is exactly what I need. Hopefully can merge more than 2-3 but will test this later on.

    If anyone knows if this can be done using the strava app then please let me know :-)

    thanks
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    You can just pause the workout in Strava, surely that will do the job.
  • chatlow
    chatlow Posts: 850
    yeah, I think that's the only way to do it. Once you click finish, it want to save it as complete. Don't really want strava running constantly on my phone as it will p!ss away the battery so will use Edomondo instead, and then my garmin on big rides.

    Thanks
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    It shouldn't use too much battery when paused. The other thing you could do is export the GPS data (from the "failed sync" screen) and stitch them together separately.

    Personally I'd just record as 2 rides!
  • cgfw201
    cgfw201 Posts: 680
    Why the need to overcomplicate it and make two rides into one despite an 8 hour gap between them?!
  • chatlow
    chatlow Posts: 850
    I will be doing the same ride to and from work 5-6 days a week so i would rather upload it all as one ride once a week rather than 10-12 rides.
  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    chatlow wrote:
    I will be doing the same ride to and from work 5-6 days a week so i would rather upload it all as one ride once a week rather than 10-12 rides.

    Each to their own, but it really does seem that you are over complicating it by joining the rides. It is much simpler and less time consuming to record as two rides. As for uploading, it will take less time to upload 10 rides than it will to "stitch" them into 1.
    http://www.stuartmole.co.uk/
  • chatlow
    chatlow Posts: 850
    Appreciate it would be a lot more effort IF i chose to do this using Strava, but I will be using Edomondo and from what I can see, it takes less than a minute to select the rides you have done during the week and merge them together then upload to strava, so will go with this option.

    Thanks
  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    Even so, it still seems like a lot more effort than just uploading. Unless of course you are trying to trick Strava into thinking that you have done a longer ride/more elevation for one of the competitions :D
    http://www.stuartmole.co.uk/
  • chatlow
    chatlow Posts: 850
    lol, no I've got better things to do than trick Strava (plus the elevation/distance would be exactly the same in 10 rides than 1 combined ride anyway). This is purely for better tracking purposes, so I can quickly check distance commuting and distance out of work, without having to scroll through a ridiculous amount of small everyday rides.
  • shmooster
    shmooster Posts: 335
    Doesn't Strava give you a summary of rides by day/week/month anyway?

    If you really want to analyse your rides use veloviewer, like others I don't see what you're gaining by merging rides.
  • chatlow
    chatlow Posts: 850
    it's not so much analysis, just a bit clearer to view and overview. Anyway, it's just personal preference, so no dramas. Will try it this way and in the unlikely event that it really bugs me I will upload each events daily.
  • shmooster
    shmooster Posts: 335
    You need to do what works for you, but have a look at Strava's training log, that might give you the view you're after.
  • SR7492
    SR7492 Posts: 190
    If you have a Edge 510 (or higher) then via the Garmin Connect app (linked via Bluetooth) it will automatically upload your ride to Garmin and Strava (if sync'd) as soon as you hit stop on the device - pretty good feature (you will need to manually change the title of the ride if you wanted to)

    Another feature I noticed today, I added a particular 'segment' as a favourite on Garmin Connect, the Edge 510 remembered the segment and basically gave me a count down before I as about to start it and then showed me my best time vs my current time (and how many seconds I was ahead/behind) - I thought it was pretty cool, defo one for the 'Silly Strava Racers' :-)

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