You went for a run, you came home, you drank a glass of water like a saint, and maybe you told one person about it if they asked. Now, if a tree falls in the forest and it isn’t uploaded to Strava, did it even happen? Somewhere along the way, Strava didn’t just become a fitness app. It became the fitness app. And more importantly, it lets other people watch that story unfold, kilometre by kilometre, in real time or painful replay.

Source: Irish Examiner January 26, 2026 17:10 UTC