Strava

Strava is a social network for Internet-based tracking of cycling and running sessions. It is operated by the same company, based in San Francisco.

The distances covered can be saved by the members of the network via a mobile app for smartphones or a compatible GPS receiver together with information on duration, pitch, speed, or the calorie consumption. Then there is the possibility to analyze the data in more detail and to compare their own performance with other members of the network. The basic services of the network are free.

In contrast to other networks of this kind and professional athletes use the functions for public tracking their performance. They can be found via the search function and followed by regular members. In addition, Strava has a segment evaluation, with leaderboards. Therefore, anyone can generate a segment of a recorded track. Who then runs this segment or cycle, and uploads the file to Strava, is first on the list this time segment. An additional motivation that so far does not offer any training platform. Also to be found on the net further tools for the evaluation of Strava data. Especially recommended here is the portal Velo viewer.