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by c0nsumer 908 days ago
Outside of the basics of analysis, Golden Cheetah is nothing like Strava.

Strava is a social network, map-based ride reviewer, heatmap tool, and basic ride analysis tool. GC is a not-great map viewer and VERY deep ride data dive tool for training.

A venn diagram for the two would only overlap by about 15%.
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mattlondon 908 days ago
Personally I find the "social" aspect of Strava off-putting.

Running for me has always been a solitary pursuit. Making it "social" and letting you know that BigDave69 ran that segment faster than you or whatever totally jars with the whole ethos for me.

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c0nsumer 908 days ago
That's actually my least favorite part as well. I like being able to see what friends did and use that info for routing, but I have to be careful. If I start flipping through the feed on a day (or week) when I'm not riding I'll start to feel like I'm not living up to some expectation. Mentally that's very, very unhealthy.
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