Tag: strava

  • Playing with StatsHunters

    Playing with StatsHunters

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I saw a link to Stats Hunters on the Google App so I clicked through on a laptop, once I was sitting at a computer. This is an app that looks at Strava data and gives you a summary of how many activities you’ve done as well as how far…

  • A Lot of Walking in Circles

    A Lot of Walking in Circles

    Reading Time: 3 minutes People think that you need to get in the car, drive for half an hour to two hours, hike, and then drive home for from half an hour to two hours but this idea is wrong. We can do a lot of walking in circles. In reality we don’t walk in…

  • The Slowness of Public Transport

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Today someone something to the effect “If I go from here to there it will take me two and a half hours so it would require a car.” That’s what I have been saying for years. That’s one of the reasons for which having a sporty life, during the pandemic, is…

  • I Completed the Apple May Activity Challenge Yesterday

    I Completed the Apple May Activity Challenge Yesterday

    Reading Time: 2 minutes I completed the Apple May Activity Challenge yesterday. The goal was to walk or run 349 kilometres within one month. I finished this challenge two days early. Using the Apple Watch Series 3 and the SUUNTO Spartan Sport Wrist HR BARO I tracked all of my activities. For the first two or three…

  • Strava – The Escape Plan

    Strava – The Escape Plan

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Strava – The Escape plan has the goal of getting people to move 15 minutes a day 5 times a week for four weeks. This includes all sports from Alpine Skiing to Yoga with walking, hiking, kayaking, cycling, swimming and more. In other words your walk to the shops, the café…

  • Cropping an activity on Strava

    Cropping an activity on Strava

    Reading Time: 2 minutes When you’re hiking, cycling, climbing or doing other sporting activities it is easy to forget to stop tracking an activity. When you’re at home or static this is less critical. When you get into a car after a hike or other activity that mistake will screw up your average speed and…

  • WordPress and Strava – Using WP Strava on this blog

    Reading Time: 2 minutes I installed WP Strava on this blog to share my Strava cycling and running activity. At the time of this blog post you can see my most recent bike rides in the left column as well as the most recent map. With a minimum of code you can also include your…

  • Strava Now Has Rock Climbing, Hiking And More

    Strava Now Has Rock Climbing, Hiking And More

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Strava now has rock climbing, hiking and many more sports. Sports tracker, movescount and other applications already allowed you to do this but it is nice to see one more network provide us with this option. Up until now I had to make sure to go for a bike ride or…

  • StravistiX for Strava

    StravistiX for Strava

    Reading Time: < 1 minute StravistiX for Strava Stravistix for strava is a Chrome plugin. It allows you to analyse the data from your ride in more detail and with more graphs. In the detailed view you can see heart rate information, speed, power, grade, elevation and  ascent speed. It allows you to see each…