This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Strava, the world's best app for runners and cyclists.

I bet there is not a ride in the last five years I haven't used Strava for.

I upload every single ride that I do.

This is outside columnist and mountain bike tester Aaron Gully. He lives in an airstream trailer

and travels around the country riding bikes and every single ride goes on Strava.

It basically makes tracking information for me super simple.

You know, like for me to look back and go like oh like I rode

6,000 miles this year I rode 8,000 miles this year you know just a casual 8,000 miles

on dirt or you know like I rode only 400 miles this month and then go like wow like that was kind of an off month

But Strva is not just for the super fit trailer dwelling 400 miles as an off-month data trackers of the world.

Knowing how far you've run or biked, how fast and where, it helps you stay motivated,

helps you stick with the goals you set.

Because in those times when things would normally get tedious,

Strava makes it interesting.

You know like it comes up on your device, like Bruce is two seconds behind you.

Straffa basically makes every ride or run more social and that's just way more fun

than going alone and when just way more fun than going alone.

And when exercising is more fun, you'll want to do it more.

Pretty soon, you'll be competing with Aaron. Generally, for me, January is a, you know, 900,000 mile long.

Probably not this errand, unless you're also a trailer dwelling bike tester,

but with over a million users,

there is probably an errand out there somewhere around your pace.

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