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Fly by New Year's Day

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roseabiUltramarathon
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Does anyone else look at Strava's Flybys? I think it's hilarious! Here is a screen capture of most of the population of Hove doing double parkrun with me on New Year's Day :)

youtu.be/2ibZjSBhojM

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Maddee_6333 profile image
Maddee_6333Half Marathon

😀excellent!

SaskAlliecat profile image
SaskAlliecatHalf Marathon

That is awesome. The video was absolutely hilarious watching their little avatars cruising, especially when they all clustered and were doing laps (I assume the parkrun). All this strava talk on all the forums has almost convinced me to switch but I'm loyal to a fault so would feel like I was cheating on Runkeeper

benwill profile image
benwillMarathon in reply to SaskAlliecat

you can always use both :) just use tapiriik.com/ and it will sync your runkeeper runs to strava :)

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SaskAlliecatHalf Marathon in reply to benwill

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to check it out.

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roseabiUltramarathon in reply to SaskAlliecat

I don't usually see very many people on it, but there was one time when I was out on my bike and I got to find out who the man was I'd been drafting behind for several km 😆

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benwillMarathon in reply to roseabi

oh so you use it to stalk people :)

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to benwill

What else is it for?

benwill profile image
benwillMarathon in reply to roseabi

errr...well i use it to see where I lose time and gain time compared to others in races.

And to see how far that guy/girl has run who sprinted past me! (obviously, they are just doing a little 5k while I will be out on the long run)

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to benwill

:D

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benwillMarathon

I love looking at strava flybys, but I have never seen anything as funny as that!

it guess it helps to have two parkrun's so close together some of us had to drive to do a double on new years day :)

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roseabiUltramarathon in reply to benwill

I had to take a 'scenic route' to the second one so I wouldn't get there too early and get cold. It's a hard life :)

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Sandyscroll

I love the flybys! Although none of mine have ever been anywhere near as impressive as yours! I've learnt new routes and got in contact with other local runners as a result. It's one of the best things about Strava. 😀

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roseabiUltramarathon in reply to Sandyscroll

Oh, cool!

benwill this is a much more noble use of Flybys :)

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benwillMarathon in reply to roseabi

that must say a lot about us :)

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