Sean Gillies (Posts about strava)

Pole to road

Sean Gillies — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 05:38:59 GMT

I don't want to write too many work related blog posts here without some running content, so I'd like to add that tomorrow I plan an upside-down pyramid workout at Maxwell Natural Area and will attempt to run Strava's pole-to-road segment, 0.9 miles and 353 feet of climbing, in less than 10 minutes. Then I'm going to trot back down and head up in 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1 minute intervals. Faster as I work down the pyramid, if I can manage it.

Earlier today I went out at lunchtime and ran around Pineridge Natural Area's singletrack and service roads in personal record time without pushing very hard, so I'm feeling good about tomorrow's hill workout. I'd love to feel this rested and healthy on the morning of the Quad Rock race in May.

Trying Strava

Sean Gillies — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:47:03 GMT

I've been using Runkeeper for the past two years, but am going to give Strava a try while I'm not training for anything in particular. The big difference between the two are Strava's segments and leader board.

I've made my first route during a lunchtime run yesterday: https://www.strava.com/routes/11012256.

There's a segment at the start that 161 Strava users have run 435 times (since when, I can't tell): https://www.strava.com/segments/961980.

I ran this route and segment with no thought to the leader board. Would I have run harder if I was aware of it going in? Maybe. Will I try to move up the board next time? I think so. I'm going to try to have a little fun with it, balanced by some critical reading about gamification.