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The 7 kinds of Strava title-maker

It's hard to keep Strava titles fresh and fun. If you're struggling with ideas, here's some inspo

Strava titles are really fun to make. They’re a great way to let people know how your daily exercise went, while using your creativity. However, after a few months of Strava use, the ideas don’t flow quite like they used to. If you’ve been running a lot lately and are struggling to come up with activity titles, here are some of the common styles seen on the app. If you’re looking to switch up your titling routine, there might be some inspiration here for you. 

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Morning runners

Morning run is the title that automatically populates on Strava. The runner who leaves their title as ‘morning run’ probably isn’t terribly invested in Strava, or in getting kudos from their followers. This can only mean one thing: they’re on Strava to troll their friends or those they compete against. That, or their child made them an account and they have yet to discover the joy of the activity title. 

Bandok-ers

Bandok is a new app that runners can plug into their Strava to auto-generate titles. This way, you theoretically get a pithy activity title without putting in the brainpower of actually coming up with one. There’s only one issue – sometimes these generated titles make no sense. Examples are: ‘Whole damn planet wanted a piece of me’ or ‘Anyone interested in getting a couple burgers and hitting the cemetery?’ Like we said, not much sense. 

 

Cryptic runners of mystery

The cryptic runners of mystery are people who name their runs things that only a very select few would understand. They’re an ‘If you know, you know’ kind of person. They’ve also probably been Strava users for a while and have refined their titling craft. 

Diary entrants

These are the runners who let you know exactly what happened while they exercised. Did they feel good? Did they feel bad? Did they run into a friend? Did they have a bathroom emergency? These are all questions you wouldn’t have to ask, if you’d only read their run title. 

Straight-up training loggers

 

This runner uses Strava as their training log and nothing more. Their titles will look something like this, ‘3*800m, 400m, 600m, 400m, 200m’. This runner is all business. 

Social commentators

 

The social commentator will ask their followers’ opinions on current events and provide their own as well. This person uses Strava as a Twitter/exercise app mash-up. Honestly, we’ve all got too many apps on our phones, so this is an effective way to use social media. 

The sub-tweeters

 

The sub-tweeter is always trolling. For example, if they had a run where they either smashed a personal best or stole roughly 10 course records, they’d title it, ‘Just easy,’ seriously snubbing the people they poached from. 

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