Strava Run for iPhone Is Here, Get Ready for New Challenges in 2012!

We’re ringing in 2012 with some exciting news: Strava Run for iPhone is now available to download from iTunes!  Get your hands on this free app and start the new year with an incredible new training partner.

Highlights include:

• FREE unlimited run uploads
• Detailed run stats including distance, pace, time, splits and full map view
• Segment leaderboards and ability to earn achievements for outstanding performances
• View of your recent activities from all devices in your Feed
• All time and year-to-date stats on your Profile
• Ability to change your activity type to ride, hike, ski and more to easily keep track of your cross-training

There’s more!  The new and improved Strava Cycling app for iPhone is also here, and this latest update makes it easier to track your cross training, giving you the ability to change your rides to runs, complete with run-specific stats.

If you like what you see, please rate the Strava Run and Strava Cycling apps for iPhone and help us take them both to the next level.  For our Android users, thank you for your patience!  Strava Run and Strava Cycling for Android are on their way.

GET READY FOR THE BASE MILE BLAST

Resolutions abound at this time of year, and what better way to keep them than a new Strava Challenge?  Accumulate as many miles as possible from January 6-31 with the Base Mile Blast.  Join the challenge for cyclists or the challenge for runners, or if you’re feeling really ambitious, try your hand at both.  It may be winter, but that doesn’t mean you have to slow down.  Set your personal goal and see how you stack up – now is the time to build your foundation!  Surprises are in store for our most dedicated athletes.

We are excited to be transitioning our event format to a new Strava Challenges format for 2012, retiring Strava Events from the Explore section of Strava. New challenges, including mileage-, elevation-, segment-based and more, will be introduced all year long to keep runners and riders alike engaged in healthy competition.

KUDOS TO ALL KOM CHALLENGE PARTICIPANTS

Congratulations to everyone who pushed themselves to the limit in the 2011 Studio Velo KOM Challenge.  Check out our full recap here.  Here’s to a great year of training ahead!

The Epic Battle Concludes: Congratulations to KOM Challenge Participants!

With the end of 2011 comes the end of the Studio Velo KOM Challenge.  It’s been an amazing competition, and we’re thrilled to recognize the winners and top performers of this epic climbing battle.  More than 8,000 riders from more than 20 countries rose to this challenge, racking up astonishing elevation feats and surpassing all expectations.

In the Club category, the 136 riders from mtbr.com came in first place with nearly 24 million feet climbed.  Not far behind were the 71 riders from TECATE and the 88 from Mission Cycling.  Kudos to all Club teams for an awesome showing!

In the Bike Shop category, the 101 riders from Studio Velo took first place with almost 20 million feet climbed, while the 109 riders from Mike’s Bikes took an impressive second place with over 18 million feet climbed.

No one could stop Brian Toone from the Alabama Riders — he swept the Men’s competition with over 2 million feet climbed.  Patti Whyte from the Mornington Cycling Group MMM dominated the Women’s competition with more than 1 million feet climbed.

Thank you to each and every one of you who participated in the 2011 Studio Velo KOM Challenge.  To thank you for competing, Studio Velo has created a custom KOM Challenge badge: choose from the 100 Vertical Miles, 100k Vertical Feet, 100k Vertical Meter or Participant Patch. Please click here to obtain your free badge.  There is no charge to you.

And finally, a huge thank you to Studio Velo and the KOM Challenge sponsors: Capo, Lezyne, Independent Fabrication, and Rudy Project.  We couldn’t have done it without you!