# Beginners, how to use CityStrides
**URL:** https://community.citystrides.com/t/beginners-how-to-use-citystrides/18942
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 28, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/beginners-how-to-use-citystrides/18942 "2019-12-28T03:45:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@gpenalosa](https://community.citystrides.com/u/gpenalosa)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/beginners-how-to-use-citystrides/18942/1 "2019-12-28T03:45:22Z")
Thanks for this great tool, to get to know cities, be motivated to run, more.
I am new user but I want to start 2020 doing it right . Questions:
- Is there a document, video or similar for beginners to learn how to use CityStrides?
- How do I set what cities to track? I travel much, does it automatically mark all cities or the ones I ask for? If that is the case, how to set a specific city,
- Can the Streets ‘follow’ of a city be done as of a specific date, such as January 1st?
- If I live in a big city, can I specify an area to do over x period? Such as a 2020 goal?
- Do I need to open the page each time to see movement or is there an App?
Thanks!
Gil
Gil Penalosa, [gpenalosa@880cities.org](mailto:gpenalosa@880cities.org) +1-416-399-2550
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### Author:  [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/beginners-how-to-use-citystrides/18942/2 "2019-12-28T04:51:55Z")
Check out this thread for the answer to a few of your questions [Time based filtering and challenges](https://community.citystrides.com/t/time-based-filtering-and-challenges/18777)
It does automatically figure out which cities you’re running.
There’s no app yet - you’ll have to visit this site to se progress.
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### Author:  [@gpenalosa](https://community.citystrides.com/u/gpenalosa)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/beginners-how-to-use-citystrides/18942/3 "2019-12-28T17:15:20Z")
Thanks James. Useful information.
However I still do not know how to set just 2020 runs?
Also, is there a way to see past runs such as all 2019 which I have in Garmin?
Finally, can you split a city and just have a section as goal?
Gil
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### Author:  [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/beginners-how-to-use-citystrides/18942/4 "2019-12-28T17:21:35Z")
The time-based idea (just 2020 runs, etc) is here: [Time based filtering and challenges](https://community.citystrides.com/t/time-based-filtering-and-challenges/18777)
There’s no way to do city-section goals (yet?) - I’d suggest adding that to the #ideas category. I would need to do some serious thinking on if that would be possible.
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### Author:  [@john2](https://community.citystrides.com/u/john2)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/beginners-how-to-use-citystrides/18942/5 "2022-12-27T06:56:29Z")
Hi Gil,
Have you made any progress.
I am afraid I am about to give up, I can’t get to save any of my progress.
I am on safari and using mapmyfitness.
Hope you having more success than me.
John