Strava’s 12 months in Sport: Canada listed as high operating vacation spot

Final week, Strava, the main social media platform for endurance athletes, launched the 2022 version of its annual 12 months In Sport knowledge report and listed Canada as the highest operating vacation spot for U.S. runners.

What makes Canada the go-to vacation spot for U.S. runners? Canada’s wonderful trails and mountaineering locations! Sulphur Mountain Path in Banff, Alta., the Sea to Sky Path in Squamish, B.C., and Montreal’s Mont Royal (full) have been three of the preferred segments for U.S. runners visiting Canada.

Different traits from 2022 present that the variety of runners finishing marathons doubled in comparison with 2021. That is proof that pandemic-era runners have continued to lace up their sneakers and are motivated to toe the beginning line collectively.

We every did 2022 our personal means – however collectively, we painted a much bigger image. Try the traits, stats and tales that outlined the #YearInSport. https://t.co/k3OFnsh2aI pic.twitter.com/tqxE3wFT4a

— Strava (@Strava) December 7, 2022

The 12 months in Sport assessment is an annual report from Strava revealing world traits in sports activities and lively transportation, celebrating athletes’ achievements and memorializing tales from the group.

Worldwide journey can also be again to its pre-pandemic numbers, with over 101 per cent progress in actions uploaded exterior athletes’ residence international locations over the previous yr. There have been seven billion actions uploaded to Strava in 2022 throughout all 195 international locations, with virtually 10 billion kudos exchanged between athletes.

“International traits within the report present great power for actions we are able to do collectively,” says Michael Horvath, CEO of Strava. “The enjoyment and connection we get by being lively collectively could be amplified and encourage others after we share all of the facets of our lively lives with our group.”