The A/R Off Topic Thread

adrian522 · 13-05-2016 02:18PM

It is fixed but 2 more have popped up since then. Once it reaches 10 again I'll clear it. These are all notifications I've seen already by the way.

RayCun · 13-05-2016 02:55PM

OH has approximately 4000 mails in her inbox :eek:, about half of them unread :eek::eek:

Firedance · 13-05-2016 02:58PM

RayCun wrote: »

OH has approximately 4000 mails in her inbox :eek:, about half of them unread :eek::eek:

you can turn off strava emails (if that's what they are!) but you can't seem to turn off the notification bell... :rolleyes:

RayCun · 13-05-2016 03:04PM

Firedance wrote: »

you can turn off strava emails (if that's what they are!) but you can't seem to turn off the notification bell... :rolleyes:

oh no, they're just emails
lots of bulk mails in there of course

ThisRegard · 13-05-2016 03:13PM

I'm the same,depending on the mail programme the unread count is always maxed out at 99+ etc. My Strava notification count can be the same.

Chivito550 · 13-05-2016 03:13PM

From an outsiders perspective, Strava comes across as the biggest load of sh1te!

RayCun · 13-05-2016 03:17PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

I'm the same,depending on the mail programme the unread count is always maxed out at 99+ etc. My Strava notification count can be the same.

No offence, but you're both monsters who shouldn't be allowed email

Myles Splitz · 13-05-2016 03:21PM

Chivito550 wrote: »

From an outsiders perspective, Strava comes across as the biggest load of sh1te!

Depends on what you use it for.

Personally I find it has great use;

- Training log which uploads splits from the watch without my need to manually input
- Hill Gradients
- Finding good training loops for reps, hills etc
- Good for Race Analysis comparing splits and courses to see where you were fading as opposed to just a tough part of a course.
- Where else are you going to get day to day info of 13 min 5k runners/70 min HM runners (female), 2.20 marathoners.

Social Media side is just one part to a very useful training tool.

Chivito550 · 13-05-2016 03:32PM

Myles Splitz wrote: »

Depends on what you use it for.

Personally I find it has great use;

- Training log which uploads splits from the watch without my need to manually input
- Hill Gradients
- Finding good training loops for reps, hills etc
- Good for Race Analysis comparing splits and courses to see where you were fading as opposed to just a tough part of a course.
- Where else are you going to get day to day info of 13 min 5k runners/70 min HM runners (female), 2.20 marathoners.

Social Media side is just one part to a very useful training tool.

Ah yeh, my post was only in jest. It's the social media/kudos/trophies/course records/backslaps b0lloxology that makes it come across a bit sh1t.

average_runner · 13-05-2016 03:35PM

RayCun wrote: »

OH has approximately 4000 mails in her inbox :eek:, about half of them unread :eek::eek:

I have 9,246 in work inbox, 2.867 unread
In my non work i have 25,187 and 16,545 unread

All non strava related as I don't use it

Myles Splitz · 13-05-2016 03:36PM

Chivito550 wrote: »

Ah yeh, my post was only in jest. It's the social media/kudos/trophies/course records/backslaps b0lloxology that makes it come across a bit sh1t.

How is it any different to an online training log? On some level everyone who logs here wants there training to be acknowledged in some shape or form otherwise we would be writing in a word document saved to our computer or an old fashioned hand written training diary.

ThisRegard · 13-05-2016 03:38PM

RayCun wrote: »

No offence, but you're both monsters who shouldn't be allowed email

Just for you, my 3 inboxes today.

edit: can't remember that trick to get your attached pics showing up inline. edit again, remembered it!

davedanon · 13-05-2016 03:40PM

What is the correct Strava etiquette? Must you return Kudos?

Chivito550 · 13-05-2016 03:40PM

Myles Splitz wrote: »

How is it any different to an online training log? On some level everyone who logs here wants there training to be acknowledged in some shape or form otherwise we would be writing in a word document saved to our computer or an old fashioned hand written training diary.

Probably very little difference tbh. But old fashioned folk like myself like to rant about all these new hip gadgets and gizmos.

jamule · 13-05-2016 03:45PM

davedanon wrote: »

What is the correct Strava etiquette? Must you return Kudos?

Ignore them in the hope the people following you go away

ThisRegard · 13-05-2016 03:46PM

average_runner wrote: »

I have 9,246 in work inbox, 2.867 unread
In my non work i have 25,187 and 16,545 unread

All non strava related as I don't use it

Jesus, I thought I was bad.

kit3 · 13-05-2016 03:47PM

davedanon wrote: »

What is the correct Strava etiquette? Must you return Kudos?

Didn't know there was an etiquette !

Firedance · 13-05-2016 03:54PM

davedanon wrote: »

What is the correct Strava etiquette? Must you return Kudos?

ya'll know we're just having a laugh right? no one takes this stuff seriously! follow, don't follow, give kudos, don't give kudos - whatever :pac:

adrian522 · 13-05-2016 04:03PM

I'd one guy who was giving kudos for everything, obviously hoping I'd return the favour. He used to do it for everything, cycle into work, short run, warmup, everything.

Even after I removed him as a follower still the same until I dropped out of various "clubs" on strava such as the boards club or the parkrun club.

Now its setup such that I have to approve followers, so only really have people I know and it works a lot better.

I love it though, especially analyzing sessions/races, so much info and so easy to find. Also great to be able to look at athletes like Josh Harris or whatever and see the sort of sessions they are doing.

Still no sign of Sonia approving my request to follow though!

RacoonQueen · 13-05-2016 04:24PM

I feel uneasy just knowing about peoples unread emails

jamule · 13-05-2016 04:26PM

Why can't Strava give hugs

Firedance · 13-05-2016 04:30PM

adrian522 wrote: »

Still no sign of Sonia approving my request to follow though!

me neither

but then we might not approve her application to join boards

dna_leri · 13-05-2016 04:36PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

Just for you, my 3 inboxes today.

Whatever about getting to Inbox Zero, all those draft messages unsent, how can you sleep at night? :eek:

Chivito550 · 13-05-2016 04:45PM

adrian522 wrote: »

I'd one guy who was giving kudos for everything, obviously hoping I'd return the favour. He used to do it for everything, cycle into work, short run, warmup, everything.

Even after I removed him as a follower still the same until I dropped out of various "clubs" on strava such as the boards club or the parkrun club.

Now its setup such that I have to approve followers, so only really have people I know and it works a lot better.

I love it though, especially analyzing sessions/races, so much info and so easy to find. Also great to be able to look at athletes like Josh Harris or whatever and see the sort of sessions they are doing.

Still no sign of Sonia approving my request to follow though!

Think back to that freak you mentioned who stalked you on Strava. Now multiply that by 10,000 for Sonia. That is why she has not accepted.

adrian522 · 13-05-2016 04:47PM

Chivito550 wrote: »

Think back to that freak you mentioned who stalked you on Strava. Now multiply that by 10,000 for Sonia. That is why she has not accepted.

Exactly yeah. I know she is following at least one boardsie though!

ThisRegard · 13-05-2016 05:44PM

dna_leri wrote: »

Whatever about getting to Inbox Zero, all those draft messages unsent, how can you sleep at night? :eek:

Most of them are places for storing info like server and remote machine addresses and credentials. There's so much crap to keep track of across machines the world over I found storing them as draft emails the best, and I have access to them anywhere.

Every now and again I go on a big purge but with the price of storage these days I've become an expert on ignoring anything that doesn't seem important but leaving them there as a just in case.

Up until recently 1 company mailbox I used had a ridiculous 100Mb limit and it was being disabled on a weekly basis on me.

Murph_D · 13-05-2016 09:01PM

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I feel uneasy just knowing about peoples unread emails

Here's another one for ya:

Firedance · 13-05-2016 09:16PM

Murph_D wrote: »

Here's another one for ya:

Mine is similar but I can't remember how to post a photo inline :pac:

Question for ye - I leave an email unread as I plan to go back and read it when I have 'more time' this time never materialises of course - are he the same or just not bothered ever to read/delete etc?

RacoonQueen · 13-05-2016 10:07PM

I've just marked loads of my emails as unread and then marked them as read again to make myself feel better.

hot buttered scones · 14-05-2016 07:22PM

Firstly:

Secondly:

Finally:

This heat is killing me. Wasn't it winter just 2 weeks ago? I don't know what pace to run at anymore.

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