EN Strava Club
A few folks discussed putting an EN club on Strava (free) on the dash board the other day and Coach R suggested we start a thread on it to see what peeps thought. Either Coach P or R would start a club in their area and interested EN members who also use Strava could join. I personally thought it would be fun just as another way to interact and keep each other motivated during the season. I joined Strava during the summer and found it was really a motivator during rides (nothing like racing a total stranger on a completely random piece of road while you are all by yourself). I don't really use it for much now since I'm back in the basement gearing up for the NOS, but I do upload my stuff every now and then and see what's happening around my favorite riding spots.
Thoughts/comments/discussion?
Comments
Ok, so:
We can start simple like this and then use this thread to figure out new and fun things to do with it.
Yes! I am totally down. I think Stava is totally fun and it is the best/easiest way to track my performance on all my favorite climbs and courses automatically. I am hooked.
Also - I just updated my handle to "Dino Sarti (Endurance Nation)"
Another thought - It should be for members. Consider Strava our "vacation haus"?
Gotta get on that bike unless you are taking KOM's on foot!
Oh! Snap! It is starting already.....
Patiently waiting for da' club to open up. (unless it already has and I just can't find it!)
Can't wait to actually be able to TAKE some KOM's in Alabama after doing an official EN OS!!
Ok, I created the club. I had to upgrade to premium to be able to make it a private club.
Please search for it using Monrovia, CA as the location and see if you need to request to join or can use the passcode of #workworks (with the hashtag) to join.
Let's try that vs me sending out email invites.
Man, NOT intuitive to manage your own club. Doesn't show up anywhere in my profile, account, etc unless I'm just D U M B
Sure, it's called google.com
Sorry, doode, this is totally a one-off, fun thing. I have zero time to show people how to use another website. Maybe one of the other members can do it.
Once loaded, you can review some of the details and save, share to Facebook or Twitter, or not. Click around and play with it - that's how I learned. You can hover over your name in the upper right corner and click on "My Profile" to add your bike, running shoes, change your name, birthday, privacy, etc.
As you go for rides, Strava will automatically compare you to other riders that ride the same "segments", which would be popular stretches of road that others created. KOM means you are the fastest rider of that segment. Regardless of your ranking, Strava will keep up with it for you. As you ride, you can also create your own "segments" and Strava will back fill data with anyone who has ever ridden that section of road in the past.
For runs, it will keep up with your fastest 400m, .5mi, 1mi, 5k, 10k, etc runs and tell you when you hit a PR, 2nd fastest, etc. You can also do run segments, although there aren't that many where I train.
I am by no means an expert, so others can chime in with more details that I have left out. But that should be enough to get you started.
The bummer for me is that we road a lot of the same courses before your move to O-HIGH-O. It will now show your times on those routes.
Beware - the upload is a little slow.
Remember - It can be that hard. Triathletes do it....
Pending acceptance, I'm in.
I'm IN!
I guess I need to get on my bike and ride it :-)
Was suprised to see Roy posted trainer data.... that's really kewl!
It's asking me for a Passcode?
Just asked to join.
No, we allow chicks in the club
But I will admit, indoor strava just isn't the same as sending a "Oh, No" email to some random stranger out there.
I joined not long ago and bulk loaded a bunch of rides just to get a feel of how it works. It made me realize I have a long way to go before I get any KOM titles..... Maybe by the spring...