Manatees Roar into the 20s! CLOSED

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alaskatri

2020-12-22 2:58 PM

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Subject: RE: Manatees Roar into the 20s! CLOSED

Originally posted by cdban66

Originally posted by amd723

Originally posted by jmkizer

Originally posted by alaskatri I'm curious if anyone here subscribes to the premium Strava features? Pros/cons, worth doing? As we head into a new year, I am thinking of monthly and annual goals, and I think I like the layout of their goals feature. Wondering if anyone uses that? Thanks.

I don't personally subscribe to Strava, however, I think that if you would do well with their Goals feature and their training analysis/fitness and freshness dashboard, I say DOOOO EEEETTT!

I don't pay for Strava because I am currently paying for Training Peaks and there is a bit of overlap there.

I don’t pay for Strava bc it would just be one more platform for me to ignore I don’t follow tss or whatever other performance metrics there are, I just try to follow whatever plan I have and hit the pace and distance ( or time) numbers given. If I’m fatigued I rest either by not doing a workout or by easing the intensity . I am always interested in what my pace is or power numbers but beyond that, I let the plan do the heavy lifting on all other metrics! But, like Janyne said, if you don’t have something with those type of features, Strava would be useful. I know that without a structured plan to follow I am very prone to being lazy, so I do need one for accountability.
ETA: I did buy a Stryd foot pod bc I got hooked into thinking I really needed to know that metric. So far, it hasn’t been very helpful, but I hope that as I really start training for races ( whenever they happen again) that I can use that figure to help execute my races better.
ETA x2: just realized I didn’t really answer the questioned posed! So, my new answer is, sign up if you want something to keep you accountable and help you reach your goals

X3. No Strava subscription for me. I'm not doing anything remotely related to "training" at this point, so I don't need it. I agree with the others, if you would use the metrics, go for it. But at some point I believe that if you pay for another training tool like Golden Cheetah, MapMyWhatever, TP, or whatever, it would be fiscally prudent to maximize use of that tool before paying for another.

Thank you for attending my Ted Talk - Training on the Cheap

Thanks for all the input. Right now I only pay for TrainerRoad. But I log all my activities into Strava, and then thanks to Janyne, I have a setup with Fitnesssyncer that carries the data over here to BT. No other services or subscriptions. I think I'll sign on to Strava and see how it goes. It's only $60/year, so not too bad.

JBacarella

2020-12-22 6:36 PM

in reply to: alaskatri

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Subject: RE: Manatees Roar into the 20s! CLOSED

I'm on Strava, but don't pay for it either. I use my real name if you want to follow. I may have missed this, but there is a Manatee group on it too. Some of the best people in triathlon are in that group haha

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