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Endurance of the Mind: How UTMB Shaped Lewis Robling
Lewis Robling's UTMB journey highlights the power of mental resilience, pushing limits and how running helped him overcome personal struggles.
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The Rise of the Vertical Kilometer
The vertical Kilometer can be a brutal and bruising yet unbelievably rewarding event. This is how to tackle it.
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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?
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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.
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Reviewing Your Season: Look Back to Move Forwards
Sometimes, you have to look backwards to move forwards. With Winter fast approaching, it's the perfect time to review your season and start planning for next year.
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The Difference Between Overreaching, Overtraining, and Burnout
These three conditions have distinct definitions, and knowing each can help you train smarter.
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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.
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How To Run Faster at a Lower Heart Rate
Many runners want to know how to run with a lower heart rate. Training for a slower heart rate will make your runs more comfortable and let you push higher speeds for longer.
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Couch to 5K Training Plan
Want to run your first 5k? Pro coach Nick Bester outlines a beginner’s guide to running 3.1 miles, complete with bonus tips for new runners.
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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.
Strava Updates
Segment Updates: Verified Segments, Decluttering and Leaderboard FAQ’s
We’re renewing our commitment to keeping Segments clean by decluttering duplicate and unused Segments, adding verified Segments and introducing new rules on Segment leaderboards.
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What's New on Strava: New Languages, Annual Best Efforts, and Weekly Streak Stickers
Welcome to our 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.
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How Inclusive Communities and Smarter Trail Navigation Are Getting More People Hiking in 2026
How one hiking community is getting more people outside — plus Strava's new offline navigation, smarter routes, and trail features for summer.
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What's New on Strava: Physical Therapy, Updated Strength Training, and Route Deviation Alerts
Every update we ship starts with the same question: how do we evolve how athletes track, understand, and share their movement? This month, the answer spans recovery, the weight room, and the tools that help you stay on course. Here's what's new.
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The For All Mothers+ x Strava Childcare Grant Is Helping Mothers Get Back to Running
The 2026 For All Mothers+ Childcare Grants presented by Strava will award 25 U.S.-based mothers with $2,000 to offset the real costs of getting to a race — childcare, travel, training.
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Strava's New Strength Update Is Built for Athletes Who Do It All
Hybrid athlete Tanvi Lonkar doesn't separate her running life from her lifting life. Strava's new strength experience is now offering the full picture.
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‘You Are Not Your Results’: The Story Behind Strava’s New PT Sport Type
Physical therapy as a sport type isn’t just a new logging option. It’s an acknowledgment that Strava has captured the peaks while leaving the lulls unrecorded. Strava should account for all of it.
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What Strava Data Reveals About Cycling Trends Worldwide
First-ever Strava Metro: Commute Report reveals that cyclists worldwide logged 550 million miles of bike commutes in 2025.
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What's New on Strava: New Languages, Annual Best Efforts, and Weekly Streak Stickers
Welcome to our 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.
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Bay Padel Club on Strava: Building a Community Around a Fast-Growing Sport
How Bay Padel Club is using Strava to grow padel
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What’s New on Strava: Follow Routes From Your Wrist and New Tools for Club Events
Welcome to our 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.