{"id":7037,"date":"2017-04-07T22:53:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T21:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7037"},"modified":"2017-04-07T22:53:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T21:53:57","slug":"generating-gpx-file-strava-tech-let","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/generating-gpx-file-strava-tech-let.htm","title":{"rendered":"Generating a GPX file for Strava after the tech let me down"},"content":{"rendered":"

This afternoon\u00a0was glorious. The sun was shining and, even though it was a work day, the company I work for had arranged\u00a0an afternoon out for staff at Cannock Chase (Go Ape)<\/a>. High ropes, Forest Segway, or Mountain biking activities were all available – right up my street!<\/p>\n

I decided I’d like to Segway but I\u00a0was in the second group (which meant waiting around for an hour or so), so I took a bike out for\u00a0a little ride whilst I was waiting. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my Garmin with me and\u00a0my iPhone’s attempts to capture my movements on Strava were woeful.<\/p>\n

Shortly after setting off on “Follow The Dog<\/a>“, I lost the rest of the group (whilst messing around with Strava!) and decided\u00a0that I would rather come back and ride another day with my son than ride on my own and (potentially) miss the Segway opportunity. But I still wanted to capture the\u00a0details of the (admittedly short) ride…<\/p>\n

Generating a GPX file to upload to Strava is straightforward enough – I used Mapometer for that<\/a>. Unfortunately though, Strava won’t allow GPX files without time information to be uploaded<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The workaround is to estimate some time data and insert it in the file – which is where the excellent Gotoes\u00a0site helped! Goetoes\u00a0has several utilities for Strava and Garmin Connect<\/a> including:<\/p>\n