Stride and Strava

Stride no longer connects to Strava. Strava changed its API terms to prohibit passing athlete data to AI, which rules out the way Stride works. Syncing ended on 1 September 2026.

What changed#

Strava's developer policy now forbids third-party applications from putting athlete training data in front of an AI, described in the policy as ingestion into a context window. Stride's insights, its planner and its chat all read your training data, so there is no version of Stride that both works as intended and stays within those terms. The one exception Strava allows is its own connector, offered to Strava subscribers, which is not something a third-party app can build on.

This is not specific to Stride. Every third-party training app that uses AI is in the same position.

What this means for you#

• Strava no longer appears on the Integrations page, and existing connections have stopped syncing.
• Anything that already came in through Strava stays in Stride. Nothing has been deleted.
• Activity names and routes no longer flow between the two, and Strava routes and segments can no longer be turned into courses.
• Your Strava account is unaffected. Carry on posting, chasing segments and collecting kudos as before.

If you see a Strava error such as "Limit of connected athletes exceeded" anywhere in Stride, it is from the old connection and can be ignored.

What to connect instead#

Connect the device or platform you actually record on. It is a better source than Strava was, because Strava strips detail out of the files it stores. See Connecting Your Devices for the full list.

• Garmin, Wahoo, Hammerhead, COROS, Polar and Magene for watches and bike computers
• Zwift and ROUVY for indoor riding
• WHOOP and Oura for recovery and sleep, or Apple Health on iPhone and Health Connect on Android

A direct connection gives Stride the original file, so power, heart rate, cadence and GPS arrive intact, and most connections work in both directions: your planned sessions are sent to the device in the days before you are due to do them. Most connections bring history with them, five years in Garmin's case.

Bringing your Strava history across#

Strava's own data export is separate from the API and still works. Request your archive from Strava, then upload the ZIP at Settings > Import on the web. Stride reads the FIT and TCX files inside it. Rides that Strava only holds as GPX carry no power or heart rate data, so those are skipped. Duplicates are handled for you, so it is safe to do this even if the same rides already synced from a device. Importing Your Data has the step-by-step.