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Want to Progress? Don’t Fall Into the Trap of 'Lifestyle Training'
You hear run coaches say it again and again: if you train the same way day after day, you’re unlikely to see much progression.
Run
10 Tips For Nailing Your Longer Run
The long run is one of the most important training sessions in your week. There are a few simple things that you can do to make sure you get the most out of it.
Run
5 Tips for Managing Your Race Week
You’ve followed the plan and you’ve done the training. As the days tick down towards your race - whatever the distance - what are the key things you should focus on?
Ride
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Indoor Trainers: How To Set Up For Success
With the nights drawing in, the time is right to set up your indoor training space. To make sure you get the most out of your time in the saddle this winter, there are a few things you can do.
Ride
The 10 'Rules' All Cyclists Should Live By
Over the years, cyclists have adopted different interpretations of the 'rules' that they should live by. However, if you want to be a better, happier cyclist there are 10 simple rules that you can follow.
Multi-Sport
Explaining the “Strava Tax”
Why 10.00 miles on your device became 9.99 miles on Strava
Training
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Run Sessions: How To Manage Your Effort Levels
If you want to see real progression in your run training - and race times - it’s important to manage the intensity of your training sessions.
Triathlon
How to Optimize Recovery from Triathlon Racing
Taking a break after major races isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s essential for your mental and physical health and longevity in the sport. Find out how to do it right.
Multi-Sport
Bay Padel Club on Strava: Building a Community Around a Fast-Growing Sport
How Bay Padel Club is using Strava to grow padel
What's New
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What's New on Strava: Muscle Maps, New Sports, and Expanded Training Tools
Strava continues to evolve how athletes track, understand, and share their movement. Over the past few weeks, we've rolled out a series of updates designed to make the product more reflective of how people train today.
Multi-Sport
What’s New on Strava: Follow Routes From Your Wrist and New Tools for Club Events
Welcome to our new series, where we share highlights from the latest updates across Strava—made to help you move better, train smarter, and stay connected with your community.
Multi-Sport
You’ve got the route. Here’s how to rally the crew.
We know club organizers wear a lot of hats. You’re not just planning the route – you’re marketing it, too. That’s why we built Event Flyers.
Latest Stories
Multi-Sport
Bay Padel Club on Strava: Building a Community Around a Fast-Growing Sport
How Bay Padel Club is using Strava to grow padel
Multi-Sport
What's New on Strava: Muscle Maps, New Sports, and Expanded Training Tools
Strava continues to evolve how athletes track, understand, and share their movement. Over the past few weeks, we've rolled out a series of updates designed to make the product more reflective of how people train today.
Multi-Sport
Keeping Strava’s Segment Leaderboards Fair: An Engineer’s Perspective
A Strava engineer explains how Strava approaches these integrity challenges, the systems behind detecting anomalous activity, and the ongoing work required to ensure leaderboards reflect real effort.
Multi-Sport
STRAVA GUIDE: How to Protect Your Privacy and Control Your Data
Here's how Strava helps athletes stay safe, protect their privacy, and stay in control of their data.
Multi-Sport
What’s New on Strava: Follow Routes From Your Wrist and New Tools for Club Events
Welcome to our new series, where we share highlights from the latest updates across Strava—made to help you move better, train smarter, and stay connected with your community.
Ride
Cycle Sundays: Celebrating Everyday Cycling in London
This summer Transport for London (TfL) has launched the 'Cycle Sundays' campaign, to encourage more Londoners to explore the city on two wheels
Multi-Sport
You’ve got the route. Here’s how to rally the crew.
We know club organizers wear a lot of hats. You’re not just planning the route – you’re marketing it, too. That’s why we built Event Flyers.
Multi-Sport
Explaining the “Strava Tax”
Why 10.00 miles on your device became 9.99 miles on Strava
Multi-Sport
Using machine learning to remove Cars from Run and Ride leaderboards
Learn how our new Machine Learning model stops activities recorded in vehicles from hitting Strava leaderboards.
Skiing
Annika Malacinski on What It Takes to Be a Pro in Two Sports
Annika Malacinski shares what it takes to compete in two sports at a professional level and what the future of Nordic combined looks like for women.
Ride
The Difference Between Overreaching, Overtraining, and Burnout
These three conditions have distinct definitions, and knowing each can help you train smarter.
Run
Want to Progress? Don’t Fall Into the Trap of 'Lifestyle Training'
You hear run coaches say it again and again: if you train the same way day after day, you’re unlikely to see much progression.


















