Strava releases its annual report. Everesting becomes fashionable

The report shows that the Covid-19 pandemic has created a global sports boom

16 December, 2020Updated on December 16, 2020

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Strava 2020 Annual Report — Two cyclists training

The leading social platform for athletes, Strava with 73 million users informs that this year, marked by the pandemic, the Spanish have done a lot of Indoor training.

In the hardest months of confinement, the Spanish adapted their routines and discovered Indoor sport.

As athletes adapted to changes and redefined their routines, worldwide activity rates on Strava increased dramatically, surpassing the 30 million weekly uploads in May 2020, a record for the platform.

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1.100 billion activities this year

In fact, this year, there has been a 33% increase in the number of activities logged on Strava, from 822 million last year to 1.100 billion activities this year and the community has grown at the rate of 2 million new athletes per month.

After the de-escalation the Spaniards went out en masse to play sports

As soon as the de-escalation began, the Spaniards went out en masse to play sports in the open air.

May 2 is the busiest day

The first Saturday in May, the 2nd, has become the day of the most activity on Strava in Spain Throughout this 2020 and, during that first month of 'round the outside world', outdoor activities grew 51% more than expected in Spain.

Indoor activities multiplied by 4

Indoor activities multiplied by 4 in March and April and, on Friday, April 10, a national holiday, was the day that more indoor activities were loaded.

Most Active Man on Strava, 281 Hours of Training

The most active man during confinement on Strava in Spain was Cristian González, which recorded 281 hours of training and which explained: “During the confinement, the roller went from being a complement, to being everything and I used the maxim of “if you do it on the street, do it on the roller.

So I explored the physical and mental limits in all that time, participating in races, social events and several "grand tours" that replicated real circuits during the 21 days that would really be"

Everesting has become fashionable

This year, Everesting (the activity that consists of repeating a climb over and over again until reaching 8.848 meters of positive elevation gain) has become popular among both professional cyclists and amateurs.

Alberto counter he was encouraged to make his own everesting in the port of Navalpelegrín in July, while Jaime Moreno, European champion in 2019 of 24h in MTB, also added 10.890m of positive elevation gain in a personal challenge in the Sierra de Alor in which he sought the national record for MTB elevation gain in 24 hours

Women have taken the lead.

The female segment of Strava is the one that has increased its activity the most in 2020 worldwide.

The Spanish Strava athletes, who are already 2,9 million, have increased their average activities per week by 12,39%, with women between 18 and 29 years old in the lead (+ 27%).