It is silly and childish but I like and wish to remain childish so here it goes ... local legend.
it's a concept invented by Strava marketing and gamification masters.
Segment is a track from point A to point B which has its own statistics, leaderboards, whatnots. Gamification, I tell you.
Local legend is the person who has run a particular segment most times in last 90 days.
Of course, making this concept social attention enabled includes sending emails when somebody gains local legend status. Equally, mail informs you when you loose this status. Even if you don't know about the segment in question and don't care about it.
So, this evening, before I went out for a run, mail came from Strava. I lost local legend status of a segment I wasn't aware of. I didn't know that I ran it most times lately. Who cares about 200 meters of asphalt up some side road?
Yet, it was a challenge. Exactly what masterminds behind these gamification stunts have in store for you. So, I took the shortest way to start point, ran uphill on this segment two times, regained my legend status. Hoorah. Stupid? Silly? Whatever!
It was an excuse for a run with some uphill sprints for me. It was welcome since it's cold with wind making it even colder and it presented the opportunity to warm up during the run.
Besides, the latest Coros watch firmware update supports Strava segments. The watch can inform you when the segment start point is nearby and measures your segment progress. Another gamification which I find interesting. There is room for improvement but that's another story.
Ps: @worldmappin pin marks start of the segment. Very important!
better and better
:ervin :lemark
#2025 18/365
@ervin-lemark just finished a 4.24km run, that lasted for 26 minutes.
This run helped ervin-lemark burn 260.0 calories.
Description from Strava: 71 Training Load
-- from COROS
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About the Athlete: Recreational runner who loves the great outdoors. The longer the run/hive the better :)
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