I suggest you get on your bike and go reclaim it!I was just sitting at my desk, minding my own business when I received an email from Strava informing me I have unfortunately lost one of my few, hard earned KOM's.....bugger!.....by 2 second!!!
...I would but not feeling great at the moment...but I will have him....I hopeI suggest you get on your bike and go reclaim it!
Different horse for different courses I suppose, I have a competitive streak and Strava suits my needs quite well.I don't use Strava. Probably because I really couldn't give a toss whether I'm faster/slower than someone I'll never meet.
I was just sitting at my desk, minding my own business when I received an email from Strava informing me I have unfortunately lost one of my few, hard earned KOM's.....bugger!.....by 2 second!!!
It's taken me a good couple of years of trying to get the ones I've got , I used to be way down the leader boards but just kept trying and am slowly getting faster, that's what I love about strava it personally motivates me to try that bit harder, and the reward of moving up just a few places, is in itself very rewarding. It's one of the main things that keeps me motivated with my fitness/ cyclingI wish I were in the running for ANY koms, best I have is an 8th overall but mostly I'm 100 down the list of 600 or more.
It also gives you a benchmark for that segment, if you know someone can do it in 2min and your doing it in 3 you know it's possible to push that bit harder and 9 times out of 10 you have got that little bit extra left you didn't know you had!I absolutely hammered a segment near here last week, knew I was close to the KOM as I was doing around 19mph all the way up the hill, I was already 3rd averaging around 17mph. When I got home it hadn't registered the segment, despite it registering every single time I've done my training run before (18 or so times).
I emailed Strava in a massive huff because I nearly lost a lung I was so knackered at the end, got an email back saying they'd been able to match the segment and I was KOM It had stood for over a year too. Many of the segments I ride are very popular so I'm not going to get too many KOM's and I deserved that one! The only problem is Veloviewer doesn't pick it up even though it's now on the activity.
I love it, it gives added incentive to training runs especially when I'm out with my training buddy and we both have a go at a few.
Let's not get down about it eh.
I'll let him have itLet's not get down about it eh.