Final week, Strava, the main social media platform for endurance athletes, launched the 2022 version of its annual 12 months In Sport information report and listed Canada as the highest working vacation spot for U.S. runners.
What makes Canada the go-to vacation spot for U.S. runners? Canada’s superb 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) had 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 approach – 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 overview is an annual report from Strava revealing world traits in sports activities and lively transportation, celebrating athletes’ achievements and memorializing tales from the neighborhood.
Worldwide journey can be again to its pre-pandemic numbers, with over 101 per cent progress in actions uploaded outdoors athletes’ residence international locations over the previous 12 months. There have been seven billion actions uploaded to Strava in 2022 throughout all 195 international locations, with nearly 10 billion kudos exchanged between athletes.
“International traits within the report present large vitality for actions we will do collectively,” says Michael Horvath, CEO of Strava. “The enjoyment and connection we get by being lively collectively might be amplified and encourage others once we share all of the features of our lively lives with our neighborhood.”
