Strava

What is Strava? 

Strava is a social fitness network, that is primarily used  to track cycling and running exercise, using GPS data. Every athlete on Royal Cross Country is encouraged to create a free account.

What is on Strava? 

Strava will record your distance, pace, elevation gains, heartbeat and more. Once on the app or on the web page, you can look at all your stats, give other athletes you follow Kudos, of fill in a comment about their run. You can also join challenges against other athletes. 

HOW DO SET UP A DEVICE TO STRAVA? 

You will first create an account on Strava. Once set-up choose your device.

Phone 

If you want to use your phone, just download the Strava app. The app will use GPS to track your runs. The only downside is that you have to run with your phone. There is also an app if you have an apple watch. This is what I currently use and has the added feature of heart rate.  

Garmin GPS 

Syncing a Garmin watch with Strava, the app Garmin Connect has to be downloaded to your phone or computer. Data is usually transferred though bluetooth.