Sick and tired of Dating Apps, This Lady Considered Strava discover Times

At 95 million users and counting, Strava’s popularity as a social networking program and largely positive, even wholesome, online space for fostering community amongst other runners (and cyclists) has been well documented. People joke about writing overwrought novels on your Strava caption, eyeing a run-crush’s stats, and deciphering the meaning behind someone’s kudos. British runner and Times Deputy Food Editor Hannah Evans has found that Strava has another unique use, even if it’s not what the developers had in mind. The newly single 28-year-old has been using the workout and run-tracking platform as a dating app.

Even before the age of dating apps, running groups and events have provided a natural avenue for meeting potential dates who also love to run. Which in our midst hasn’t spotted a cute runner at an event and then searched the race results for their name or bib number? Strava, with its built-from inside the social functions and features-allowing users to add photos and comment on posts, and give congratulatory kudos akin to Facebook’s like button-gives some runners yet another way to connect, flirt, and find dates.