
Image credit: Scott Dunlap. Trail Runner’s Blog
Strava is a different kind of a social network. It’s where you’ll find runners, cyclists and endurance athletes under one roof. Both the pros and the amateurs. For amateurs Strava is especially interesting, because you can use it to not only track your workouts and share them with others, but you can also compare your performance (in detail) to top athletes and push yourself harder by opting in for monthly challenges. The biggest benefit of using Strava is the boost it gives to your motivation regularly.
It’s so useful to connect with other athletes and learn from their training approaches. While there’s only a handful of pro obstacle course racing athletes on Strava, a lot can be gleaned from their profiles. Some train 3x a day, some do prolonged runs twice a day, and others tend to focus more on cross training. Seeing these activities in your feed is not just motivational, but a useful resource to expand and improve your own training regime.
Would you want to know how the Spartan and OCR World Champion Jonathan Albon trains?
It’s time to get inspired and learn by following the best:
Jonathan Albon
Ryan Atkins (follow by request)
Hunter McIntyre
Alyssa Hawley
Check out our interview with Alyssa here.
Matt Murphy
Adam Cracknell (follow by request)
James Appleton
Timothy Shieff
Chad Trammell
Robert Killian (follow by request)
Michelle Ford
Ben O’Rourke
Check out our interviews with Ben here: 1, 2.
Ryan Woods
Raymond Mendoza
Mathieu Claustre
Check out our interview with Mathieu here.
Adam Kwitko
Check out our interview with Adam here.
Kirk Maclean
You may ask why so few ladies? After researching this it just seems to be fairly uncommon for the highly-performing women of OCR to use Strava. If I’ve missed off any athletes (of any gender) please do let me know via email to hello@grit.camp. We’ll make sure to add them to this list.
Meanwhile, you can also connect with Helena and myself over on Strava.