Strava visibility update: Coaching is ok!

I have just had a call with Strava about the changes to the Strava API terms and conditions, specifically the requirement to only show Strava activities to the athlete who performed the activity.

Strava’s intention was to avoid the situation where someone grants access to their data to someone else (e.g. accepts a follow request on Intervals.icu) and then forgets about it leading to privacy problems much later.

The intention is not to prohibit coaching relationships. So intervals.icu can continue to allow coaches to see their athlete’s data from Strava on Intervals.icu.

So soon your followers will not be able to see your Strava activities but your coach will. This is a great outcome for everyone being coached on Intervals.icu and for coaches using the platform to manage their athletes.

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Great news and well done. Presumably the analysis done by this site is also acceptable?

Thanks

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Perfect. In my opinion it is the most important thing.

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You’re the goat !

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How do I set myself up as a “coach” and establish the relationship to another?

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Hero!

Here’s information on establishing a coaching relationship with another user: How to find People I agreed to coaching? - #7 by david

And setting yourself up as a coach: What is the procedure to become a coach (in intervals.icu)

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How about the data analysis performed by Intervals/icu - is Strava ok with this as well?

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So the actual words didn’t mean anything

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Thank you!

For those of us who have woken up and now want to disintermediate Strava are you still going ahead with the Strava uploader @david ?

I think the common phrase now needs changing to…
“If it’s ONLY on Strava, it didn’t happen.” :rofl:

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Ghat is good news. I don’t know why Strava can’t just say it in public though. It also raises new questions about how they intend the social side of Strava to work?

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This is great news!

This is great news, although I might not tell the team just to make sure all the riders make the Garmin connection :joy:

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I was considering getting the company that print my Blue Cat kit to do a special run of “If it isn’t on Intervals it didn’t happen” :joy:

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very constructive way to deal with changes ! you are the best …

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Excellent news David. I hate to be a party pooper but, as someone pointed out on the other thread on this topic, if the Ts and Cs say one thing, but you have been told something different about their “intentions” by a representative of the company, which takes precedence?

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So excited to see this! I rely heavily on this platform and strava integration just means I can upload my rides hassle free.

Thank you, David. You’re the man!

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Thanks David, we appreciate you!