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    Strava Rolls Out Local Legends Feature for Selected Zwift Segments

    Eric Schlange
    By Eric Schlange
    October 19, 2021
    LAST UPDATED October 15, 2021
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    Strava rolled out its “Local Legends” feature in July of 2020 as a way to reward consistency and not just raw speed. Unlike the Strava KOM, which is based strictly on segment time, athletes become a “Local Legend” for a segment by riding it more than any other rider.

    It doesn’t matter how fast you go. It just matters how many times you’ve completed the segment recently. The idea is a brilliant one because it’s something Strava’s entire userbase can chase, from the fastest to the slowest. Or, as DC Rainmaker put it, “If you, like me, aren’t likely to take the KOM anytime soon – then you too can win an award for failing the most times.”

    How Local Legends Works

    Local Legend status is granted based on a rolling period covering the last 90 days. Whoever has completed a segment the most over the past 90 days receives the laurel wreath as the Local Legend. There is an overall competition as well as one for women only.

    As Strava says: these aren’t laurels you can rest on. Since your activities age off, you have to continue completing a segment in order to retain Local Legend status.

    Every segment has a Local Legends detail page, available at strava.com/segments/[SEGMENT-ID]/local-legend in your web browser or by clicking “View Local Legends” on the segment’s detail page in Strava’s app.

    For example, here’s a local segment where I’m currently the Local Legend: strava.com/segments/24430788/local-legend (you may call this a #humblebrag, but 3 efforts in 90 days isn’t exactly impressive. The competition pool is small.)

    Got more questions? See Strava’s Local Legends support page.

    Included Zwift Segments

    Until this point, only IRL segments were part of the Local Legends feature. But now Strava has rolled it out to selected Zwift segments!

    We’ve been told the 90-day rolling period began on October 18 – Strava isn’t entering older segment completions into the competition. So beginning yesterday, the following segments (all originally created as Zwift Insider verified segments) will award Local Legend status based on whoever has completed them the most:

    Ride Segments

    Watopia

    • Alpe du Zwift
    • Volcano KOM
    • Hilly KOM Forward
    • Fuego Flats Sprint Forward

    Richmond

    • Libby Hill
    • Monument Ave Sprint

    London

    • Box Hill
    • The Mall Sprint Forward

    New York

    • KOM Forward
    • KOM Reverse

    Innsbruck

    • KOM Forward
    • KOM Reverse

    Yorkshire

    • KOM Forward
    • Sprint Reverse

    Makuri Islands

    • Temple KOM
    • Country Sprint

    France

    • Pavé Sprint
    • Aqueduc KOM Forward 
    • Petite KOM Forward

    Paris

    • Champs-Élysées

    Run Segments

    Watopia

    • 5K Loop
    • May Field
    • That’s Amore
    • Chili Pepper

    Our sources tell us a wider rollout including more segments will probably happen once Strava has tested the feature with this short list. (See our full list of Zwift Insider verified Strava segments here.)

    Getting Connected to Strava

    Of course, you can only grab Local Legend status if you’re uploading your Zwift activities to Strava. Activities must be public (visible to “Everyone” to be included in Local Legends count.

    If you haven’t hooked your Strava account to Zwift yet, here’s Zwift’s support page explaining how it’s done.

    Questions or comments?

    Post below!

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      Richard
      Richard
      1 year ago

      While I do like the Local Leged idea, and actually managed to become one once (for a day), Strava infuriates me that it is split into Overall and Women. Since Local Legends have nothing to do with physical ability differences between Men and Women, it should either be Male and Female legends, or simply overall. It’s probably just me, but I see no need for the split.

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      Gil_SantaMaria
      Gil_SantaMaria
      1 year ago

      Waiting for the day when I will no longer see my activity on Zwift over water. Ridiculous to see the map where the road goes over the sea. Time to fix this

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Gil_SantaMaria

      It would be super-cool if Strava could use Zwift’s maps. Maybe some day…

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      Ross
      Ross
      1 year ago

      I wish there were more Strava segments for Zwift. I know there used to be way too many, but now it’s not nearly enough

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      Ian H
      Ian H
      1 year ago

      Ok, I got my screenshot as local legend of AdZ. You all can come take it now!

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Ian H

      No thanks, you can have it! 😂

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      Ian H
      Ian H
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Ian H

      …..and it’s gone. I must have looked midway through strava sync. Now that all the data caught up, I’m down by 100. LoL!

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      Leo Icebear Po
      Leo Icebear Po
      1 year ago

      The problem is that new and/or occasional zwifters will have no chance to get these if the level 50 and/or class A racers do these sections on a full time training basis.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Leo Icebear Po

      But how is that a problem? The people who ride it more should be rewarded, right? Otherwise… what’s the point of an award?

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      Kareltje (RR)
      Kareltje (RR)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Eric Schlange

      Awards should be there to motivate ordinary people to ride more. With the amount worldwide being ridden by 10/100 of thousands people, and especially by the more professional amateur/pro people, I think there is not much chance getting an award by “normal” people. The gap is just too big to get motivated to strive for an award.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Kareltje (RR)

      OK, Kareltje. But that’s just the nature of the beast. When the competition is worldwide, it’ll be tougher to win.

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      Mike
      Mike
      1 year ago

      How soon until we start seeing folks pull repeated u-turns for some of those short sprint segments?

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      Eric Schlange
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      1 year ago
      Reply to  Mike

      It won’t be long. 😅

      I think using the sprints as Legend segments is a bit silly. I would much rather see long routes used! I think it’ll come in time…

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      Mika Alen
      Mika Alen
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Eric Schlange

      Local legend on PRL Full, that would be a major achievement.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Mika Alen

      Truth, Mika!

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      Colin C
      Colin C
      1 year ago

      Shame they didn’t include Repack Ridge amongst the Watopia segments, would have been a good way to “encourage” some more people to take it on!

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      Eric Schlange
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      1 year ago
      Reply to  Colin C

      Totally agree!

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      Jason McA
      Jason McA(@jasonm75)
      1 year ago

      Surely Strava could have saved themselves some effort by just pencilling Bacon in as a placeholder straight away?

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      Jonas
      Jonas
      1 year ago

      Wow it’s a thing no one asked for.

      Would be nicer if they actually fixed the issue they created by deleting tons of segments, then creating a few new – and not re-evaluating old rides against those segments.

      Strava ruined segments on Zwift like they ruin every feature that give them slight issues.

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      Sam T
      Sam T
      1 year ago

      I wish they would allow you to see the leaderboard for people I’m following for virtual segments.

      Do we know the rationale behind this?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Sam T

      They already do allow this. I can see the leaderboard on Zwift segments for riders I follow on Strava.

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      Sam T
      Sam T
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Eric Schlange

      What?! That’s curious. Neither me nor any of my friends can, mix of Android & iOS, paid and free.

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      Sam T
      Sam T
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Sam T

      Oh, just realised I should have been more specific, I meant just on the app. I assume you can only see this on desktop too?

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      Eric Schlange
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      1 year ago
      Reply to  Sam T

      Yes, only on desktop.

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      Kareltje (RR)
      Kareltje (RR)
      1 year ago

      Take a look at Llama’s youtube video on this update. Although it is a bit of a rant, he has some valid points. I personally don’t really fancy this much, I like to ride different routes as much as possible, and AdZ only as often as needed to get my wheels! (frustration sound…) But maybe that is because I know I will never ride as much as others in this world. The only time I like(d) to ride the same round over and over again is when it is an organised group ride, like Monica Schlange did last year with… Read more »

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