# General **URL:** https://community.citystrides.com/c/general/1.md [Latest](https://community.citystrides.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.citystrides.com/categories.md) --- ## [Welcome to the Community](https://community.citystrides.com/t/welcome-to-the-community/8)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.citystrides.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/welcome-to-the-community/8 "2015-06-12T23:47:26Z")
This forum is a worldwide community of runners participating in CityStrides. There are a few categories set up for us: Announcements - This is where new features, enhancements, and updates to CityStrides are announced I… --- ## [I need your help with testimonials](https://community.citystrides.com/t/i-need-your-help-with-testimonials/21181)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/i-need-your-help-with-testimonials/21181 "2026-09-16T09:09:22Z")
:wave: A good friend of mine, Maggie Bergin, is going to fix up lots of marketing content & overall copy throughout the site. I’m psyched because CityStrides needs this & she has the expertise to deliver it. Part of th… --- ## [Apple Watch Users: How are you syncing?](https://community.citystrides.com/t/apple-watch-users-how-are-you-syncing/30119)
**Author:** [@stevetursi](https://community.citystrides.com/u/stevetursi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/apple-watch-users-how-are-you-syncing/30119 "2026-09-10T16:28:27Z")
This is just to satisfy my curiosity as I’ve been a happy user of Coros for the last few years - and the direct sync to coros (as opposed as through an intermediary like strava) is definitely a killer feature. But I kno… --- ## [Overpass Street Query](https://community.citystrides.com/t/overpass-street-query/18631)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/overpass-street-query/18631 "2026-09-03T20:18:00Z")
There have been a few mentions/discussions of the query I use to collect the streets from Overpass API, so it seems like a good idea to open a thread that solely discusses this. This Google Doc - CityStrides Street Quer… --- ## [One run, three cities](https://community.citystrides.com/t/one-run-three-cities/30110)
**Author:** [@hans1](https://community.citystrides.com/u/hans1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/one-run-three-cities/30110 "2026-09-02T18:46:42Z")
Yesterday was fun! I completed three cities in one run! Not very big ones though​:rofl:. Sidney has some very small nested cities! A 10 km run gave me 30 completed streets, and completed The Rocks, Millers Point and Dawe… --- ## [CityStrides In The News](https://community.citystrides.com/t/citystrides-in-the-news/26973)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/citystrides-in-the-news/26973 "2026-09-01T15:12:17Z")
I have a page where I collect stories that mention CityStrides: CityStrides In The News :newspaper: If you’ve been featured in a story that mentions CityStrides, or if you’ve spotted a story about CityStrides, please sh… --- ## [Territory fun for math nerds](https://community.citystrides.com/t/territory-fun-for-math-nerds/30100)
**Author:** [@tev4](https://community.citystrides.com/u/tev4)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/territory-fun-for-math-nerds/30100 "2026-08-30T16:26:54Z")
Suppose you are going to run N miles in a single, contiguous run in “virgin” territory (i.e. no completed streets anywhere near you). What is the largest territory you can create in that single run, and what is the shap… --- ## [Another great use of CityStrides](https://community.citystrides.com/t/another-great-use-of-citystrides/30081)
**Author:** [@hans1](https://community.citystrides.com/u/hans1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/another-great-use-of-citystrides/30081 "2026-08-14T10:18:34Z")
Not really for running, but it’s so useful sometimes. Going back to Singapore and Sydney soon, we were there on a long trip eight years ago. But where did we stay, which hotels? I could try to search old mail archives to… --- ## [News: Chicago completed](https://community.citystrides.com/t/news-chicago-completed/29977)
**Author:** [@rutgermooy](https://community.citystrides.com/u/rutgermooy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/news-chicago-completed/29977 "2026-06-15T19:07:06Z")
Chicago completed by Joabe! Congrats! --- ## [Territory Shield](https://community.citystrides.com/t/territory-shield/29976)
**Author:** [@tev4](https://community.citystrides.com/u/tev4)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/territory-shield/29976 "2026-06-15T15:15:00Z")
I accidentally made a nearly symmetric shield-shaped territory. :shield: :slight\_smile: --- ## [Global Running Day 2026 Group Runs](https://community.citystrides.com/t/global-running-day-2026-group-runs/29949)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/global-running-day-2026-group-runs/29949 "2026-06-03T16:10:50Z")
Share your planned Global Running Day 2026 run in threads in this post. Let people know where to meet, at what time, and share a link to the Route you created with Route Builder. Post your group run events as replies to… --- ## [Operation Deepwater](https://community.citystrides.com/t/operation-deepwater/29956)
**Author:** [@tev4](https://community.citystrides.com/u/tev4)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/operation-deepwater/29956 "2026-06-02T07:41:41Z")
I finished Boston’s Chinatown today, my 11th completed city/neighborhood. I was disheartened to see that the last street I needed to complete looked like this: The water was a lot deeper than I expected: --- ## [In appreciation of the Route Builder](https://community.citystrides.com/t/in-appreciation-of-the-route-builder/25017)
**Author:** [@samteigen](https://community.citystrides.com/u/samteigen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/in-appreciation-of-the-route-builder/25017 "2026-05-28T23:20:55Z")
I only recently started using the route builder feature for paid supporters, and I think it is totally fantastic. I used to use Garmin’s route building feature (with Citystrides open in a separate window), but the featu… --- ## [Mural Run: Holyoke, MA](https://community.citystrides.com/t/mural-run-holyoke-ma/27816)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/mural-run-holyoke-ma/27816 "2026-05-20T16:14:51Z")
If you’re local and free, you’re welcome to join us on the mural run that I’m hosting with Lindsay from The Reset Fitness on Sunday July 7th at 7:30am We’ll be starting at the Open Square parking lot & doing a ~4 mile r… --- ## [Private Roads vs \*\*PRIVATE\*\* Roads](https://community.citystrides.com/t/private-roads-vs-private-roads/29263)
**Author:** [@jboz24](https://community.citystrides.com/u/jboz24)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/private-roads-vs-private-roads/29263 "2026-05-02T17:57:07Z")
Ok - so bear with me here as I’d like to have a discussion on the various types of “Private” roads and OSM. I just finished Wayne, NJ (yay me!). Within Wayne and a lot of other surrounding towns in NJ, we’ve been build… --- ## [CityStrides gave me the motivation I needed](https://community.citystrides.com/t/citystrides-gave-me-the-motivation-i-needed/29867)
**Author:** [@michellet](https://community.citystrides.com/u/michellet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/citystrides-gave-me-the-motivation-i-needed/29867 "2026-04-14T11:35:57Z")
Not to take up running. Not even to walk more. But to learn to drive! This will sound bizarre to people from car-centric places, but I’m 41 and never bothered learning. I lived in a city for my early adult years so it j… --- ## [What's Your Navigation Setup?](https://community.citystrides.com/t/whats-your-navigation-setup/26938)
**Author:** [@kenjaylane](https://community.citystrides.com/u/kenjaylane)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/whats-your-navigation-setup/26938 "2026-04-05T23:36:42Z")
Howdy, folks. I just started my ESS experience at the end of this summer ('23) and was curious about how folks ESS runners navigate their routes. How do you prefer to: Build routes Navigate routes Track them in a way … --- ## [CityStrides Slang?](https://community.citystrides.com/t/citystrides-slang/28880)
**Author:** [@qaptainqwerty](https://community.citystrides.com/u/qaptainqwerty)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/citystrides-slang/28880 "2026-03-22T16:51:49Z")
What words or phrases do you use to describe your CityStrides activities? To me, “Nuking the nodes” mean covering a bunch of nodes. “CityStriding” is doing what we do. “Nemesis” is how I refer to whoever I am trying t… --- ## [Running to add something unique to my life map](https://community.citystrides.com/t/running-to-add-something-unique-to-my-life-map/29725)
**Author:** [@amber.new.runner](https://community.citystrides.com/u/amber.new.runner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/running-to-add-something-unique-to-my-life-map/29725 "2026-02-15T19:14:45Z")
We checked the ice thickness on the lake the day before and it was 11-12 inches thick all the way to the middle. Well into the safe to walk on range. I thought it would be fun to add the lake to my life map. A 2.28 mi… --- ## [Longest street name per mile](https://community.citystrides.com/t/longest-street-name-per-mile/29478)
**Author:** [@tev4](https://community.citystrides.com/u/tev4)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/longest-street-name-per-mile/29478 "2026-01-05T20:07:43Z")
I got :100: for the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston today, and ran a street that has a remarkably long name for a remarkably short street: Patrick J. Kelly Daniel M. McGoff Memorial Park has 40 characters for just 0.0… --- ## [All Streets or All Nodes?](https://community.citystrides.com/t/all-streets-or-all-nodes/22964)
**Author:** [@4f00b71ff9f1e4307807](https://community.citystrides.com/u/4f00b71ff9f1e4307807)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/all-streets-or-all-nodes/22964 "2025-11-25T23:06:05Z")
If you have an area with perpendicular streets that only have nodes at the ends, do you go for the nodes without necessarily running on the street itself (A) or you have to run on the street for it to be “legit” (B)? --- ## [Cities with very dense street counts](https://community.citystrides.com/t/cities-with-very-dense-street-counts/29567)
**Author:** [@blairtrewin](https://community.citystrides.com/u/blairtrewin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/cities-with-very-dense-street-counts/29567 "2025-11-25T17:27:58Z")
I’m currently in Venice. Got a bit of a surprise after going for a run this morning to see that I’d completed 82 streets in less than 4k (the most I’ve ever got on a run before, including plenty of much longer ones, is 3… --- ## [Autumnal England](https://community.citystrides.com/t/autumnal-england/29542)
**Author:** [@unclemarmite](https://community.citystrides.com/u/unclemarmite)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/autumnal-england/29542 "2025-11-10T15:13:26Z")
Afternoon Striders, Just thought I’d share a few pics from my lovely morning walk around some country lanes in Kent, SE England showing why, when I’m fully motivated (!), I love a bit of striding even though it took 2+ … --- ## [Garmin GPS issues (again)](https://community.citystrides.com/t/garmin-gps-issues-again/29538)
**Author:** [@peterrichardson1975](https://community.citystrides.com/u/peterrichardson1975)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/garmin-gps-issues-again/29538 "2025-11-07T16:12:05Z")
I know this has come up before with Garmin, but I’ve not seen it mentioned for a couple of years or so, anyway - my Forerunner 965 set to Best Accuracy and known to be one of the more accurate GPS watches is misbehaving,… --- ## [Sunday Morning Routine](https://community.citystrides.com/t/sunday-morning-routine/29529)
**Author:** [@queequek32](https://community.citystrides.com/u/queequek32)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/sunday-morning-routine/29529 "2025-11-04T21:00:53Z")
Who else has this Sunday Morning Routine to hit those crazy highway nodes without a sidewalk that otherwise hard to run during the weekdays? Santa Fe Road in Littleton, Colorado --- ## [City Strides UK Local News](https://community.citystrides.com/t/city-strides-uk-local-news/29512)
**Author:** [@mark.darlington](https://community.citystrides.com/u/mark.darlington)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/city-strides-uk-local-news/29512 "2025-11-03T13:53:48Z")
100% done, Well done to Nigel of Harborne Birmingham --- ## [Halloween Challenge](https://community.citystrides.com/t/halloween-challenge/26799)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/halloween-challenge/26799 "2025-10-16T20:42:47Z")
Some friends suggested a silly thing to celebrate Halloween, so I kinda hacked it together… Nightmare RUN, where every street is Elm Street I only updated the street names on the map. If I have some free time before… --- ## [Strava functional changes](https://community.citystrides.com/t/strava-functional-changes/29504)
**Author:** [@liz](https://community.citystrides.com/u/liz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/strava-functional-changes/29504 "2025-10-13T03:09:47Z")
I have a Strava question that isn’t related to CS, but I figured there are a lot of other Strava users on here that might be able to provide some insights. Just over a month ago, having not been able to go walking for a… --- ## [Can A Walking Tracker Truly Reflect Our City Connection or Just Our Steps?](https://community.citystrides.com/t/can-a-walking-tracker-truly-reflect-our-city-connection-or-just-our-steps/29502)
**Author:** [@gerta21w2](https://community.citystrides.com/u/gerta21w2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/can-a-walking-tracker-truly-reflect-our-city-connection-or-just-our-steps/29502 "2025-10-10T14:11:43Z")
Lately, I’ve been reflecting a lot on how walking in the city connects us—not just physically through streets and paths, but emotionally, through memories and small discoveries along the way. I’ve noticed that every rout… --- ## [How hilly are your CityStrides?](https://community.citystrides.com/t/how-hilly-are-your-citystrides/26151)
**Author:** [@kevincharlespels](https://community.citystrides.com/u/kevincharlespels)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/how-hilly-are-your-citystrides/26151 "2025-10-06T15:24:06Z")
We banter a lot about technical challenges to Citystriding like repeated road names and difficult to reach nodes, or even tricky dirt/gravel roads, but I don’t remember many threads about elevation gain. My home city (Li… [Next page](https://community.citystrides.com/c/general/1.md?page=1)