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Trail Running
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.
Multi-Sport
Explaining the “Strava Tax”
Why 10.00 miles on your device became 9.99 miles on Strava
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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Ride
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.
Ride
Bikepacking in Iceland: The Gift
Our 12-day bikepacking journey through Iceland’s Westfjords wasn’t just an Arctic adventure; it was a crucible for life-changing learning and transformative meditation.
Ride
Cyclocross Workouts That Bring The Fun
By making cyclocross workouts interactive and engaging, you’ll limit their pain and improve their productivity. Chris Case explains how to do it.
Training
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Run
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.
Triathlon
How to Train for Olympic-Distance Triathlon
Are you thinking about entering your first Olympic-distance triathlon? Check out our guide to training for your first race, the equipment you need, and how long it takes to be ready/.
Run
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.
What's New
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Multi-Sport
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.
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
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.
Latest Stories
Multi-Sport
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.
Multi-Sport
‘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.
Ride
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.
Multi-Sport
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.
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 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