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  • Strava: September Update
  • QUICK READ: Strava route search now works in plain language
  • Strava Live Segments for Amazfit, but not Garmin FR570

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

Strava: September Update

Strava's September update adds a shaded muscle map to strength workouts, trail difficulty grades to Maps, and new Claude integration for subscribers. Mountain bikers get color-code...

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the5krunner.com /1 day ago

QUICK READ: Strava route search now works in plain language

Strava's Maps tab now finds routes and points of interest from a plain-language search, and saved routes stay available offline. Turn-by-turn audio for subscribers is coming. Read...

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

Strava Live Segments for Amazfit, but not Garmin FR570

Amazfit's flagship watches get Strava Live Segments in November, and a $169 Active Max follows in December. Garmin keeps the same feature off Forerunner 570. Read the full post at...

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the5krunner.com /1 week ago

Strava’s new strength workouts fix its muscle map

Strava subscribers can now follow coach-designed strength workouts and log each set and rep as they go, so the muscle map shows what was actually done. What it still does not measu...

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9to5mac.com /2 days ago

Strava revamps route discovery with smarter search, offline improvements, more

Strava today announced a set of new features aimed at improving route planning and discovery for runs, hikes, and rides. Here are the details. more…

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lifehacker.com /1 month ago

Strava Is Now Forcing Premium Users to See Its AI Workout Summaries (Whether They Want to or Not)

It used to be optional; now, it's not.

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the5krunner.com /3 weeks ago

BikeOtter: the >Wahoo< bike computer companion that skips the cloud

BikeOtter connects a phone straight to a Wahoo ELEMNT over Bluetooth, skipping the cloud. It puts water stops, group riders and forgotten-pause alerts on the unit's own screen. Gar...

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the5krunner.com /1 week ago

Is Runna Free?

Runna gives Week 1 of any plan free, then needs a subscription. Here are its UK and US prices, the four ways to get a free trial, and when the Strava + Runna bundle saves money. Re...

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

Ride with GPS 3D Maps: Wider Access Than Garmin, Komoot

Ride with GPS's paid Basic plan unlocks 3D maps almost everywhere, with Premium needed only for the web planner. Garmin and Komoot both gate the feature behind their top paid tier...

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

Tiles Turns Past Workouts Into a Map to Explore

Tiles brings Apple Health workouts and GPX, FIT and CSV files together on one private map for walkers, runners, hikers and cyclists. Read the full post at Tiles Turns Past Workouts...

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the5krunner.com /1 day ago

QUICK READ: Edge 1050 and 1040 gain Edge 1060 features

Garmin public betas 33.13 and 31.67 bring Edge 1060 software to Edge 1050, 850 and 550 and to Edge 1040, 840 and 540, including GroupRide and Garmin Cycling Coach. Read the full po...

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

SportVitals: transparent training load and HRV for Apple Watch

SportVitals estimates training load (ATL, CTL, TSB, ACWR), cycling VO2 max from FTP, running lactate threshold and HRV status, all calculated on-device from Apple Health data. Read...

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cyclingnews.com /2 weeks ago

All the reasons to subscribe to Cyclingnews in 2026: More industry-leading lab tests, exclusive investigations and insid...

All the member-exclusive features you can expect to read on Cyclingnews in the coming weeks and months

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the5krunner.com /3 days ago

Garmin personal API gives athletes their own data back

The recording you made on your wrist now comes out of Connect as a .FIT file with a key that takes seconds to generate. What stays behind is every metric Garmin calculated from it,...

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

Garmin Freezes Developer API Months After Strava Lawsuit

Garmin stopped processing new developer applications months after Strava sued it over API terms, with no timeline for reopening. Internally, Garmin describes a "significant redesig...

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the5krunner.com /1 day ago

Indie App Spotlight: Hybrid Smash names every HYROX lap on your Garmin

Wall Balls took 13:50 of a 1:39:56 Pro race, and the watch logged it as a named station. One press per changeover, with instant undo and no subscription. Read the full post at Indi...

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the5krunner.com /1 day ago

Indie App Spotlight: Zonometry splits easy sessions from easy minutes

A month of 80% low-effort workouts can hide that just 60% of heart-rate time stayed low. The free iPhone app draws your Apple Health training on a colourful track. Read the full po...

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

RunSync: Structured Running Workout Builder with Garmin Sync and AI Input

RunSync helps self-coached runners build, save and schedule structured Garmin workouts with AI, training paces, templates and strength training. Read the full post at RunSync: Stru...

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

New Stryd Speed: All You Need to Know

Stryd Speed runs on the same Duo 5.0 pod existing owners already have, adding a sprint-focused metrics set and portal. Here's what it measures, how Stryd validated it, and what's s...

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the5krunner.com /4 weeks ago

Garmin CIRQA Workouts Disappearing: Why I Stopped Using It

Garmin CIRQA's heart rate on the biceps is as accurate as a chest strap, but it doesn't reliably save the workouts it records. I've gone back to a Polar Verity Sense as my referenc...

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the5krunner.com /1 week ago

Garmin cuts off INTERVALS and other third-party apps

Intervals Pro has closed and other apps that read your Garmin data through Intervals.icu look likely to follow. What athletes lose and what still works. Read the full post at Garmi...

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the5krunner.com /2 weeks ago

Curated article

Kiiro sets every Apple Watch run a heart rate target instead of a pace, so hills, heat and tired legs do not spoil an easy day. The plan adapts each week to what was run, and the f...

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the5krunner.com /1 week ago

IntervalCoach keeps your edited workout when the plan updates

IntervalCoach lets the club's 3x12 replace a scheduled 4x8 threshold ride and shows the extra TSS before saving. The rest of the week rebalances around it, and the session syncs to...

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the5krunner.com /4 days ago

QUICK READ: CIRQA 4.20 adds trail run/walk detection

Garmin CIRQA Smart Band software 4.20 adds run/walk detection to trail runs, on-band distance calibration for indoor sessions and vibration for calls and notifications. Read the fu...

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