Strava question.

bjdw_1977

What is the 4 in the little red circle beside the time on one of the segments?

Cheers.

sijomial

That's a Category 4 climb.

"To decide the category of a climb Strava multiplies the length of the climb (in meters) with the grade of the climb. If that number is greater than 8000 then it is a categorized climb.

Cat 4 > 8000
Cat 3 > 16000
Cat 2 > 32000
Cat 1 > 48000
HC (Hors Categorie) > 64000"


It does have some quirks in that you might start to climb a hill with a long but easy approach which adds to the Strava score due to the distance but doesn't really make the climb any harder.

bjdw_1977

sijomial wrote: »

Thanks.

Next weekends mission, find a bigger hill :-)

VegasFit

Learned something new!