Changing source of activities

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:link: My profile link : Ed Sheldon - StreeTRailn - CityStrides

I have taken a break from running and I am close to returning. I discovered that my watch and platform is no longer supported so I had to purchase a new watch which cannot download to my primary source of activities located in MapMyFitness. For my 7+ years on CityStrides, All of my original and edited actitivies come from MapMyFitness. Many of these activies (but not all) have been pushed to Strava over the last 5+ years.
Question: Can I just add Strava in my CityStrides settings without creating a problem with my lifemap and losing activities? I am worried about the large overlap with my MapMyFitness & Strava accounts. i would like all my activities from this date backwards to come from MapMyFitness and all activities going forward to come from Strava.

Question2: Have you considered having the ability to backup user data up to a selected date and then being able to load a backup and then only sync (going forward) from that date? Not sure if that would cut down on the amount of processing that has to be done when resyncing a user account.

Looking forward to returning and continuing the adventure. Thanks!

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  1. Yes, you can add other activity trackers to your account in the Activity Trackers section of your Settings page. Activities are de-duplicated based on their start time, so if the data is the exact same in Strava as it is in MapMyFitness then it will be skipped.

  2. I see CityStrides as a lifelong project - I think it’s most useful/interesting when you’re looking at your entire life’s effort. I created Challenges as a way to time-block efforts - you can set a start date, an optional end date, and optionally choose a city. This lets you e.g. run every street within a certain year or after a certain date.

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Thank you @JamesChevalier
Re #2: I didn’t mean to imply backup data as a way to start fresh on a new project, but as a way to prevent data loss in the future. During my time away from running I lost access to my running watch’s platform (TomTom) and any chance to backup the data. Thank god I had everything on MapMyFitness, but in the future, if they go away, I would lose all my old data.

Thanks for all you do!