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Strava is a fast growing fitness social media platform. It has focussed on triathlon sports of running, cycling and swimming, but it is a multi sport platform and does let you save workouts as ‘rowing’ and even has an option for indoor rowing. When on the water rows are saved as ‘rowing’ it allows you to then make use of Strava segments for timing pieces or head and regatta courses.

StravaRow has been set up to try and help rowers find rowing Strava segments and become aware of other rowers that are using Strava. Making the most of Strava’s feature to help with training and enhance the enjoyment of racing. If the number of rowers using Strava grows it pushes development of rowing specific functions on Strava. It also provides a platform for Elite level rowers to engage with their fans.

With the release of the NK Empower Oarlock and with other rowing power meters to follow, there will be a ever growing presence of rowers on Strava processing the ever increasing amount of data they get.

Strava segments could offer an informal form of head racing.  Encouraging rowers to tour rowing clubs to complete head/regatta course Strava segments. Each segment another sticker in the book. A bit like how Park runners like to travel around the different park runs. If clubs are willing to allow day visitors to row their Strava segments it would offer rowers a chance to travel at their convenience to experience other waterways.

Strava segments are great for ‘unofficial’ timing at river regattas in the UK. They cost nothing to set up and run, they can give a fairly accurate time to any crew taking part in a regatta race. If most racers used Strava at a regatta you could then have a fastest crew of the day prize.

Tweet us @StravaRow any of your Strava workouts with rowing course segments. We also have a Strava Club set up where people can share workouts and there is a great discussion page – https://www.strava.com/clubs/StravaRow

The @StravaRow twitter account and this blog are unofficial and not part of, or run by Strava Inc in any way. Any opinions stated are not those of Strava Inc but are our own. We are just rowers that are enthusiastic about how the rowing community could use Strava to the benefit of the sport.

You may notice links from this blog to Amazon, this will with reader support hopefully help create @StravaRow prizes. Fastest Strava men and womens time at events, Highest/Lowest average heart rate. Hopefully with enough people clicking from this site prizes may become a reality.