[hello_moto]

> At least in road and trail running, this doesn't line up with my observation. There are plenty of elite athletes, at least in the US, who are posting their training on Strava

Yup, (personal) brand awareness. Strava is for casuals but the training results will be posted there regardless who you are (except as you mentioned, for privacy). As I stated above: Strava is for casuals, those Amateur->Pro level posted there "just because" it's easy to do it not because they rely Strava for Data Analysis.

Those athletes will rely on other platforms to analyze their training data (Garmin offers more insight for example).

Setting up Strava to link with Garmin is easy right? Things will sync from that point onward.