How the Club Mileage Summary Works, By Nolan Randall

Ride miles are tracked using the sports website Strava. If you have a Garmin or similar GPS enabled device, you can set it up to log miles directly to Strava and you do not have to do anything more. Or you can log your ride miles directly from the Strava app on your phone as you ride. You can also manually log miles into the Strava app or website afterwards if you do not track them as you ride. However you log your miles, they show up in your summary on the website. That is where I go at the end of each month and tally the miles for our club members.

Here are some other things to know: You must have a Strava account (it can be a free one) to log miles on the Strava site/app. You must also add “Shasta Wheelmen” as one of your clubs on Strava. You also must be a paid-up member of the Shasta Wheelmen. Strava can track cycling miles as well as walking, running, and many other sports (do not forget to make sure you have selected the correct sport to track). I only record cycling miles. I grab miles at about 10:00 pm on the last day of the month. If any miles get logged by you later than that, then they will show up on the next month’s total. For the end of the year summary, I am able to wait a few days to make sure everything is entered. NOTE: If your Strava account is “Private”, you will be getting a “Follow Request” from me. Please accept this so I can see your miles, otherwise I see nothing and can’t add your miles to the monthly summaries.

If you have issues getting connected to Strava or have questions, please let me know. I am certainly not a Strava expert, but I will try to help in any way I can. And if you are not on the current ride summary list and you create a Strava account and start logging miles, please let me know so that I can add your name to my list. Otherwise, I will not know you are there.