The Different Types Of Kudos On Strava

Happy Valentine’s Day! On this fine day of love and romance, we thought we’d share an insight into the one real sign of appreciation you can give someone. Kudos on Strava. It’s one icon but it can mean many things.

Customary Kudos

Reserved for the likes of friends and family you very rarely pay attention to how far or how fast they’ve run. You simply give Kudos because of the person running because they’re a legend. In fact, if you were to see their activity and scroll straight on past, shame on you. Next time, double down and WhatsApp them their own run with some words of encouragement like “BEAST!” or “YASSS!”. You owe it to them.

Envy Kudos

Pretty self-explanatory this one. You see somebody that has just completely a 16.3km training run at a pace of 3:42/km and all you can do is sit there on your phone, eating Doritos out of your belly button, dreaming of a day you could drop that kind of pace. Kudos to them. They wouldn’t be seen dead loafing on the sofa. Or with crisps. Or with a belly button because their abs are so goddam tight.

Fanboy/Fangirl Kudos

We all give kudos to the kinda of people we wish we were. They’ve dropped some outrageously long and quick runs, they’re part of the coolest inner-city run clubs of Stockholm or Paris, and the photos they post are as if they’re doing the latest Spring/Summer shoot for Satisfy. A million miles away from your asthmatic, shit-hole runs in light drizzle.

Genuine Kudos

It’s probably worth mentioning that not every form of giving kudos has ulterior motives. Sometimes you genuinely just want to applaud somebody’s run, or stats. And that’s okay. A bit weird, but okay.

Let’s Be Friends Kudos

Somebody you don’t know has just given you kudos. You check them out. They run near you. Despite the fact you could easily drop them a message, you find their latest run and reciprocate their gesture as if to say “Hey friend, your profile picture paints a picture of somebody that won’t stab me near a canal. Maybe we could run together sometime?” This fantasy never happens but you still persist with this strategy.

Please Check Out My Stats Kudos

Again, somebody has just given you kudos, but for a bad run. Maybe you got 2km in and didn’t fancy it, or you were turtle-heading 90% of the way. Action is required. You go and like their latest run to try force a relationship where they delve into your profile and discover that you are not the type of runner that last run suggests. You are indeed, much faster and can run much further.

Please Follow Me, I’m Trying To Start A Running Blog Kudos

Quite a specific one, this. The running equivalent of swiping right for everybody on Tinder. Yeah, I’m a Strava Slut. I don’t need tellin’. Anyway. follow me.