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 mountain climbing 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 hottest segments for U.S. runners visiting Canada.
Different tendencies 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 an even bigger image. Try the tendencies, 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 evaluation is an annual report from Strava revealing world tendencies in sports activities and lively transportation, celebrating athletes’ achievements and memorializing tales from the neighborhood.
Worldwide journey can also be again to its pre-pandemic numbers, with over 101 per cent development in actions uploaded exterior athletes’ residence nations over the previous 12 months. There have been seven billion actions uploaded to Strava in 2022 throughout all 195 nations, with virtually 10 billion kudos exchanged between athletes.
“International tendencies 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 might be amplified and encourage others once we share all of the features of our lively lives with our neighborhood.”
