Speed, leaderboard filtering, improved search, VAM and more

Happy Wednesday! We pushed several new features this afternoon, including:

• Speed on Performance charts - you now have the option of overlaying speed on the Performance chart for any of your activities or efforts.
• Leaderboard filtering - you can use the same filtering options on the “global” Leaderboard as you do on the Segment Leaderboards, e.g. filter by club or gender.
• Filter by friends - you can filter both Segment Leaderboards and the global Leaderboard by just your friends. Cool! Look for more filtering options in the future…
• Keyword search – improved key-word search on activities and segments. You can now search by description, location (e.g. “France”), and tags.
• VAM - we now include VAM statistics on all your climbing efforts. VAM is a clever way to compare performance across climbs. It works best when a climb is fairly long and reasonably steep. Legend has it that climbing greats like Armstrong and Pantani could get VAMS of 1700+, can you? Learn more about VAM.
• Forerunner 110 support – a new device from Garmin, now supported by Strava. Now if only Garmin would build a plugin for Chrome…
• Google My Tracks TCX support - if you’re using My Tracks and recording heart-rate, cadence, or power, you can now upload these rides to Strava.

I know some of these features scratched some real itches. Enjoy, and we love to get your feedback!