Why I like everyone to use Strava

[Marsha & Pat Kapinus]

Happy Friday everyone,

Hope you are having a great summer, I miss seeing you and participating in TVC events, but we are still busy training and keeping up with life.

It's great to see so many people using strava.  Since I can't be at most of the events, & I am still updating the results spreadsheets, I will tell you that I DO look at your strava in addition to the results that Mike Kumiega and Norm post.

I know that not everyone lists their results on the sheet, and sometimes mechanicals happen, so the best part about strava is watching the FLYBY tool.  I just watched the flyby of the Honeypot race last month since no one posted results, so I could get an idea of who was there and how everyone finished.  I also watched the lakefest race last night. While it's not gopro helicopter footage,  it is pretty darn cool to zoom in and see the strava avatars ride :)

So, while it may be non-essential for some of you to go to the trouble of using strava, it is FREE to use, it helps everyone compare results, and it helps encourage friendly competition and push people to be better by trying to beat someone's time on a particular segment.  Even if you don't want to spend $ on a garmin or other device, you can download the strava app for free on your phone just ride with that.

If you still don't want to use strava, please make sure you are listing your results on the road race score sheets so you are still counted.

Thank you!

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend.

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Marsha