Are you an annoying Strava-user?

Strava is a great app, and it can be a fun way to connect with friends and other athletes. But just like any form of social media, there are annoying people on the app. Odds are that you follow some people like this who are, simply put, a lot to handle. If you’re thinking, “No, I don’t follow anyone like that,” then we have some bad news for you: you might be the annoying Strava-user in your friend group. Want to find out if that’s the case? Here are a few things that are sure to annoy your Strava followers.

You only post great workouts

We all know that athlete who only ever posts fast and impressive workouts on Strava. If you go to their profile right now, you won’t see a single Zone 2 run, light and easy swim, or chill bike ride. There’s nothing wrong with posting your great workouts to Strava, but it’s annoying to see people who only post those sessions. We all have bad days, and we know you’re hiding them from us. No one is going to judge you for a slower-than-usual training session.

You overdo it with the posting

On the other end of the spectrum, there are people who post way too much. Are you the person who posts things like a 0.4-kilometre walk to the grocery store or an 11-minute swim in the pool with your kids (in which you just waded around and never actually completed a stroke)? Listen, it’s great that you love Strava, but this is just silly. Tracking your swims, rides, and runs is enough.

You cheat

Some people will try to deceive their followers by stopping their watch multiple times in a swim, ride, or run so they can catch their breath. These people don’t realize that it is very easy to see if an individual is cheating on Strava. All you have to do is find the “Moving Time” and “Elapsed Time” sections in the workout and you’ll be able to tell if someone is lying about a workout. If the elapsed time is longer than the moving time, it means that they spent some time with their workout paused. Next time you see someone post a PB that seems a bit too quick, you can dig a little deeper to see if they’re lying.

You obsess over KOMs and CRs

KOMs and CRs are fun to chase on Strava. They can give solo workouts a feeling of competition. There’s nothing wrong with trying to set a record on the app. However, there are some people who go overboard with these accolades, and as soon as they see a follower earn one, they go out to steal that exact segment. It’s fine to steal segment records from your friends, but it’s a tad annoying when you do it less than an hour after they posted their workout.

You blame others for slow workouts

Some people play the blame game when it comes to their slower workouts. Instead of posting a slow run and leaving it at that, these people will tag the person they ran with and say something like “Took it easy with Sven today.” Why are you throwing Sven under the bus like that? He just wanted to have a nice run with his pal but you felt the need to let the world know that the only reason you ran so slowly is because you had to let Sven keep up. That’s just rude.