Ride to Redemption with the Rapha Festive 500, December 23-31

Thinking about putting your bike away for the holidays?  Not so fast!  Strava and Rapha are teaming up to bring you the Festive 500, a challenge designed to help you escape the clutches of holiday indulgence.

You have from December 23 to December 31 to ride 500 kilometers (310 miles), be it through howling winds, heavy snow, or frigid temperatures.  Join the Challenge today and start planning your rides.

Once you’ve gone the distance, submit photographic evidence to Rapha for your chance to win coveted prizes and a Festive 500 Roundel (patch).

For those of you in the San Francisco Bay Area, kick things off this Friday at 8:30 AM – Strava will be leading a group ride departing from the Rapha Cycle Club.  Battle it out on a special segment – the winner will score a great gift from Strava.  We hope to see you there!

Bring Strava to your Community and be an Ambassador

Greetings fellow Strava athletes across the globe! Do any of the following behaviors sound familiar?

• You can’t stop telling all your friends, colleagues, acquaintances and random strangers that they should join Strava
• You create a new segment just about every time you get back from riding or running a new route
• You comment on rides and hand out kudos on runs like there’s no tomorrow
• You post and tweet your monster rides / runs, showing off crazy mileage, vertical, and effort
• You love endurance sports, and you want to help others in your area to find that same passion

If they do, then you should submit an application to become a Strava Ambassador. Simply put, Strava Ambassadors help spread the word about Strava to their local community because they know Strava gets better and better as more local athletes use it.

We don’t want the opportunity to feel like a job by any means, we want it to be a fun extension of your active lifestyle. Continue riding and running, use the gear we’ll provide to spread the word, help us to get in touch with local shops, and be the Strava point-person for us in your community!

2011 Velo Awards: Strava is the Technical Innovation of the Year

It’s been a big year for Strava, and we’re wrapping it up with a bang.  We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been selected as the 2011 Technical Innovation of the Year by VeloNews.  Read all about it here.

We wouldn’t be where we are today were it not for our community of dedicated athletes – check out our collective feats and accomplishments below!

Now Serving Up: Elevation

Good news! We’ve improved the reliability and accuracy of our elevation data and its geographic coverage. If you’re located in the United States, your elevation data has just become more accurate.  And if you’re a Strava cyclist or runner outside of the United States (between latitudes 70North and 70South) without barometer-equipped devices, you will now see some exciting new stats after you upload your activity!

Riders wordwide, you will now see your elevation gain and estimated power on your ride page, and runners worldwide, you will now see elevation gain and grade adjusted pace on your run page. What’s more, this elevation data lets you compete in future Strava challenges having to do with gaining elevation, so let the global climbing competitions begin!

We hope that this new and improved activity analysis is as useful as we think it’s going to be. If you have any feedback, please let us know by visiting support.strava.com.

Our international data is licensed from CIAT-CSI.

Available Now: New & Improved Strava Cycling app for iPhone + New Training Calendar

MORE ACCESS

• Ability to login via email or Facebook Connect.
• Faster location initialization and faster upload.
• See all of your recent activities from all devices – not just those recorded with your iPhone.

MORE TO COME
Strava Running for iPhone and Strava Cycling for Android are on their way! As always, we appreciate your feedback and ideas. Help us take Strava to the next level and send us your feedback.  If you like what you see, please be sure to rate our app!

NEW TRAINING CALENDAR ON STRAVA
From Strava.com, select TRAINING in the top navigation to see your new training calendar! Now you can see the activities you’ve logged in a month and in a full calendar year. Get your totals and see trends and activity details to help fine tune your training. Select “Activity Log” for a full list of uploaded activities along with your main stats.