Recent thoughts
Strava is both the greatest and worst thing to happen to my running. That's a lie, running shoes is definitely the best thing to happen to my running, closely followed by my Forerunner 235 (soon to be my Fenix 5 I am sure) and then my Runderwear pants (I wish this was paid advertising!) But the point stands, sometimes I just want to tell Strava to go fuck itself and sometimes I want to invite the ol' gal in for some hot coco. Why? Well let's look at both sidea of the coin: Pro: You can review your runs in great depth, looking at how your performace stacks up to previous attempts, something that is quite handy for long events. You can use the incredible amount of information to support your training, both increasing and/or reducing intensity and miles. Really, it's a spreadsheet nerds dream. Cons: EGO! Ego always ruins everything. "I'm faster than this person.." "I'm never going to be faster than that person..." and all kinds of in betwee...