For the uninitiated,
Strava is an app used by cyclists (and runners) to log their activity.
Whilst you pedal it creates a map of your route, and compiles data on
distance, time, average speed, altitude gained, etc.
Whether you like it or
not, Strava also takes your time taken to ride “segments”
(specific sections of road or their website, from there
you can, “see where you rank and start moving up the leaderboards.”
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| A Strava Sucker in Action |
I added Strava to my
phone's apps late last year, mainly too see what all the fuss was
about. A few uses and, although I liked that it generated a
share-able map of my ride, the skeptic in me erred toward seeing it
as little more than a way for show-offs to do a bit more showing off,
the chance to turn every mundane rise in the road into a virtual
race. The pessimist in me also began to worry about my lack of
fitness.
