Fitness

The self-hosted stats dashboard I run used to be called Strava Statistics. In June 2026, Strava restricted their API to paying subscribers, and I do not pay for Strava. The project rebranded to Dreeve in response, a deliberate move to decouple from Strava rather than stay tied to an API that could tighten further. Dreeve can still import from Strava, but will require a subscriptions. It also accepts files directly through a watch folder that ingests any FIT, TCX, or GPX dropped into it, and that is the path I use. ...

Intro This is a follow-up post on Strava: Analyse your fitness using Power BI . Go read that post to understand the basics of the PowerBI connector for Strava and how to use it. Having a group of people to run together or to track your running activities together is a great motivator to get outside and exercise. Strava knows this and supports this by offering clubs. You can create a club for your running squad and get a view on your friends’ activities. It gamifies the running experience, with a leaderboard of who ran the most in the last week. You can even use it to plan runs together. ...

Intro I have a love/hate relationship with running. I’ve always enjoyed it because it’s an activity that you can do whenever you want, for however long you want, with minimal equipment or transportation. You just step out the door, and start running. And you burn a lot of calories in the process! The hate part originates from the toll it takes on your body. A bad running form can cause injuries, and my past running experience has thought me that my knees are my weak point. Over the last couple of years, I have started running, got too excited and didn’t give my body enough time to steadily increase the mileage and get used to it. After a couple of months, my running habit went back to zero due to injuries. ...