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Post by millsy on Apr 24, 2020 8:31:09 GMT
Don't ask me I don't get it. One of them was a school teacher in Deli. He was running about 12 miles a day at 8:00/mi. He then walks the school corridors, around the playground, to and from work and to the shops and back. All normally 17:00/mi racking up another 15 miles. He joined one of my Strava running clubs. A club for locals and he had clearly never been to my town. When I flagged his walks, he got arsey. We had to kick him out of the club. He now tries to flag my legitimate runs, so I had to block him. If anyone flagged my legitimate runs, do you know what I would do? I would find them.... and I would kill them. |
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Post by Wally on Apr 24, 2020 8:32:23 GMT
Don't ask me I don't get it. One of them was a school teacher in Deli. He was running about 12 miles a day at 8:00/mi. He then walks the school corridors, around the playground, to and from work and to the shops and back. All normally 17:00/mi racking up another 15 miles. He joined one of my Strava running clubs. A club for locals and he had clearly never been to my town. When I flagged his walks, he got arsey. We had to kick him out of the club. He now tries to flag my legitimate runs, so I had to block him. If anyone flagged my legitimate runs, do you know what I would do? I would find them.... and I would kill them. Entirely reasonable. |
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Post by LT πΊ π€ π€¦ββοΈ on Apr 24, 2020 8:32:49 GMT
If I work out every other day using Strava, let's say 4 or 5 times a week. How many miles would I have run? I start running on Sunday. Cheers.
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Post by Wally on Apr 24, 2020 8:37:36 GMT
I think it's enough to be called a Strava wanker when you post a 3km run that takes 30 minutes on Facebook. Or anything Strava actually. I do the great north run every year in September (well, maybe not this year like). When I was in Aus on my hols in August last year, I had to train over there - did a strava run in Melbourne around the botanical garden, Sydney round the harbour and opera house and Brisbane round the city. Was fucking tremendous. Loved it. Get yourself out Dermo. Post your times. |
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Post by QuntolΓ© ππ on Apr 24, 2020 8:43:31 GMT
Haha my times would be pitiful. Not something I'd want to advertise.
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Post by Smallman1 on Apr 24, 2020 8:46:36 GMT
If I work out every other day using Strava, let's say 4 or 5 times a week. How many miles would I have run? I start running on Sunday. Cheers. That makes no sense. There are only 7 days in a week. If you go every other day that is 3.5 times a week. |
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Post by Grant on Apr 24, 2020 8:54:36 GMT
You aren't getting it - you can't do that on Strava segments - it's done on elapsed time, so if you stop or pause, that's counted. Nah mate, I think you're not getting it - of course you can do it - you can start running, then press start as you hit the start of the segment, do the segment, and press stop and save the activity. How the fuck is strava supposed to know you've really been running before or after you press stop / start and save the activity? lol. When was the last time you actually went for a run and used strava? But this is getting tedious for what was supposed to be a bit of light humour. You're right mate and stavawankers and their 45,000 followers are wrong about how it works. Top work. I honestly don't see what's wrong with doing that - it's pathetic having stupid short segments like that anyway, but it's not the end of the world and surely it's alright for longer segments like 5 or 10k?, or are they wankers for that too? I ignore shorter segments - I got a KOM this morning on a 12.5km loop, but do you see me boasting about it? Would I be a Strava wanker for taking an easy warm-up spin to the start of that segment and then hammer just that bit?! |
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Post by Grant on Apr 24, 2020 8:56:08 GMT
And most of the the issues on that Twitter bollocks seem to be around personal PBs over 5kms where you pause and sprint and repeat - those aren't segment-based.
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Post by LT πΊ π€ π€¦ββοΈ on Apr 24, 2020 8:58:52 GMT
If I work out every other day using Strava, let's say 4 or 5 times a week. How many miles would I have run? I start running on Sunday. Cheers. That makes no sense. There are only 7 days in a week. If you go every other day that is 3.5 times a week. Erm, I counted the days on my fingers, not including Monday, and I got 4. So that's 8 in 2 weeks. Not sure where the 3.5 comes from. There are SEVEN days in a week, my friend. |
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Post by Wally on Apr 24, 2020 8:59:24 GMT
In Strava, you donβt get 10km segments. Itβs broken down into loads of segments by their map road data (I presume strava uses google maps data). Maybe if you went running on a looped track but not on roads.
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Post by Grant on Apr 24, 2020 9:33:11 GMT
In Strava, you donβt get 10km segments. Itβs broken down into loads of segments by their map road data (I presume strava uses google maps data). Maybe if you went running on a looped track but not on roads. I know how it works Wally, I was just putting in a couple of typical distances. What's acceptable for a 500m segment - are you allowed to jog for 10 minutes before, sprint the 500m and then jog 10 minutes after? Does that stop you being a wanker when it's pretty much the same as just sprinting that 500m. If there are short segments, it doesn't matter how you do, if you don't like it, tough shit. My point was that Ross Barkley got a PB on a 5km run - this wasn't a segment, he was stop-starting on it - that definitely makes him a wanker. Hand-wringing over short segments and how people have got fast times and calling them wankers is far more pathetic. |
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Post by Wally on Apr 24, 2020 9:54:26 GMT
Kudos G, you sure sucked any fun out of this one. <thumbs up>
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Post by Grant on Apr 24, 2020 10:16:16 GMT
News just in Wally, it wasn't fun to start with.
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Post by si on Apr 24, 2020 10:22:21 GMT
Lol, this thread is fucking nuts! Not sure if it's the lockdown effect lads but you do realise some of you are starting to argue about how to fiddle a running app!
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Post by Grant on Apr 24, 2020 10:25:16 GMT
1. You can't fiddle a segment, they are there to be beaten in whatever way anyone likes.
2. If you fiddle a run to make it look like you've gone super fast, you're a wanker.
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