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Getting Data from Strava

For this exercize, I'm using GPX data from Strava. Strava's free account allows you to download/export GPX-formatted data.

Step 1: Log into Strava's Website

This is self-explanatory

Step 2: Export Strava Datasets

For each exercise activity you do, you can export it's GPX-formatted data as shown in the screenshot below...

export_strava

Overview of GPX Data

GPX data is in XML format. It's a highly descriptive, easily parsible format.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx creator="StravaGPX iPhone" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1">
 <metadata>
  <time>2020-11-20T00:03:18Z</time>
 </metadata>
 <trk>
  <name>Afternoon Ride</name>
  <type>1</type>
  <trkseg>
   <trkpt lat="39.6271650" lon="-104.8685840">
    <ele>1713.8</ele>
    <time>2020-11-20T00:03:18Z</time>
   </trkpt>
   <trkpt lat="39.6271630" lon="-104.8686280">
    <ele>1713.8</ele>
    <time>2020-11-20T00:03:19Z</time>
    </trkpt>

Each GPS entry is a "track-point" (i.e. <trkpt>). The entry includes latitude, longitude, elevation, and timestamp.

TBD: Automatically use Strava's Rest API

This is still a work in progress.