Strava app & walking..

[Mommy2Rosie]

Can you only use Strava if you are a runner? I take daily walks, recorded via Ionic, and would like to use Strava to compare them. However, even after multiple walks, watch app says there is no recorded data. Would I have to record my walks as "run"? 

[shuffler]

yes record as run and use GPS and suprise yourself as you start to find yourself walking faster and even breaking into a trot just to beat your own personal record.

Have fun

[GySgt_Seidell · Accepted solution]

Hello @Mommy2Rosie and @shuffler, welcome.  So if you are using the Strava App on your Ionic, and WALK or HIKE, your data will go over to Strava from the Ionic, but it seems that Strava won't send it back to the Strava App on your Ionic.  There is a quick fix for this:  Simply open the Strava App on your phone and "EDIT" the Walk/Hike.  Change it from a Walk/Hike to a RUN, than "Update the Activity" and Sync your Ionic and Fitbit App.  Within a couple of seconds/minutes, you should have the data on your Ionic's Strava App.

Hope this helped and please post back if you need more assistance.  Thanks and keep on STEPPING!

[Msmolly27]

This doesn't work for me. My walks don't sync to strava at all.  They're not in the app, not on the website, nowhere except on Fitbit, which doesn't include the same stats I'm looking for. Also, this doesn't happen all the time. I thought maybe I had to be on wifi when I synced, but last night I lost another workout even though I waited until I was home to sync. I use my watch to track paddling workouts for my dragon boat team and until recently there wasn't a problem.