Tag: strava
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Strava and the Fallacy of Quick Edit
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo days ago Strava came out with their "Quick edit" feature that is actually nothing new. They claim that it will simplify renaming activities to get more likes but that’s not what the "simple edit" is about. It’s about renaming activities to train AI. Some apps will call a run Morges Run,…
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Impressions of the Škoda WLC
Reading Time: 3 minutesMost of us will associate Škoda with the Tour De France and vice versa. When my brother got a Škoda that’s what I associated it with. Škoda France has a team of people that organise group cycling events to promote the Škoda brand. ## Critical Mass and Others I have cycled with…
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Playing with StatsHunters
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday 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 you…
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A Lot of Walking in Circles
Reading Time: 3 minutesPeople 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 circles.…
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I Completed the Apple May Activity Challenge Yesterday
Reading Time: 2 minutesI 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 weeks…
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Strava – The Escape Plan
Reading Time: 2 minutesStrava – 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 and…
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Cropping an activity on Strava
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen 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 other…
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WordPress and Strava – Using WP Strava on this blog
Reading Time: 2 minutesI 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 bike…
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Strava Now Has Rock Climbing, Hiking And More
Reading Time: 2 minutesStrava 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 three…