If you wanted your Garmin and Strava titles to be in sync, that's great. However, for those of us who would prefer to keep our easy days or workout flubs private, here's what to know about your data being shared for all your Strava friends to see.
"Definitely feels like a violation of privacy and also intellectual property as a coach," wrote one TrainingPeaks user on Reddit. "Pulling through the descriptions of the workouts, where sometimes I write personal notes for athletes, and now it's showing on Strava for the world to see. I'm going to have to change how I set workouts up in TrainingPeaks."
Beyond the military base controversy, users have always called out the app's "creepy" privacy settings, which can automatically add other runners' data onto your phone unless changed. As a longtime fan of Strava, I've personally watched the company face ongoing criticism about how users can track each other and the default visibility of personal fitness data.
What's being shared (and what wasn't before)
If you use a Garmin device, you may find that workouts with specific pacing instructions, training notes from coaches, and personalized workout descriptions are now appearing in your public Strava feeds. This includes:
Detailed training descriptions from TrainingPeaks
Personal performance targets and training phases
The frustrating aspect of this situation is that enhanced workout data integration could be genuinely valuable. Seeing detailed training information, coach notes, and structured workout data in Strava could help athletes better track their progress and share meaningful training details with their community.
Plus, for coaches and trainers, this represents a professional concern. Training plans and workout descriptions often contain proprietary methodologies and personalized guidance that coaches consider intellectual property. When these details suddenly become public without warning, it affects how they can do their work.
The bottom line
Stay tuned for how exactly to opt out of this data sharing, or whether Strava plans to make a formal announcement. When you log a support ticket with the Strava help desk, you get redirected to this thread as the place where they are currently "collecting feedback."
Until then, it looks like us athletes are left checking privacy settings more frequently and wondering what other personal details might appear in our public feeds tomorrow.
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