In January 2018, anInstagram post from Andy Kriebelcaught my eye: it was a matrix of all his Strava activities. It looked amazing, and as a fellow Strava user, I instantly wanted to build my own version. Andy had usedR code developed by Marcus Volz. However, rather than use R, I w...
Combine the cultural recasting of games with an array of cheaper and faster technologies—GPS, ubiquitous and reliable mobile internet, powerful smartphones, Web 2.0 tools and services—and you arguably had all the ingredients needed for gamification’s rise. In a very real sense, reality in 2010...
To recoup your development expenses and stay on top (alas, the cost to create an app like Runkeeper can't be too low), you need to understand what environment your software is going to run in. RunKeeper is just one of your potential competitors. Strava The application is incredibly popular...
but it’s a feature well worth the investment. On Snapchat, users can make video calls at the same time with posting pictures to their feed. Users enjoy this feature because it allows them to combine two pleasant activities — talking with friends and sharing their life with followers. ...
Strava is the largest online social network for athletes. We used Strava’s big data to investigate how runners in the same virtual Strava club influenced each other’s running behavior. We hypothesized that receiving kudos on recorded activities would spur exercise rates, and that the running beh...
Finally, if you want to track your run, you can do it with an app on your smartphone (Strava is popular), but when you're ready for more data, a running-specific watch like aGarminorCoroscan be a game changer. Fuel If you're running casually a few days per week, you can probably...
After I had analyzed competitors and cust-deved their clients, I decided to combine content and personal approaches by exchanging the last one with a character, like in the Replika app [the fact that I personally knew the coolest creators of two animated series, Max Konyshev, a...
As a beginning runner, you don't need to run more than a few days a week. Start slowly to avoid injury and burnout and make time for complementary activities such as strength training, cycling, or swimming. If you've never run recreationally, it can feel awkward at first. Remember to ...
Then there are events that aren’t exactly races but combine running with other types of activities. Take BibRave’s Run to Escape: Mission Mt. Olympus, a six-part, 27-mile challenge you can do anywhere, anytime, that’s essentially the athletic, virtual version of an escape room. You’...
Simply put, no, Strava won’t recognize this power. They could if they wanted to, but they don’t re-map a declared power value atop Garmin’s native fields from Connect IQ. Today’s Plan. No, this doesn’t seem to work, at least not at first glance. Today’s Plan typicall...