Originally Posted by
jtwilson
I found this picture on google and used it because I think it's a pretty cool idea. Just because you are intentionally logging times on segments doesn't mean you put any stock into it, or as we call here, "e-wang." It could be for any number of reasons, including legitimate training value. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that segments are often placed where folks tend to want to go all out and see what they can do anyways. No harm there - Strava just helps in aggregation and display of data.
We aren't really talking about legitimate training values here. And anyone who is doing serious training would keep their own records, like I do, on an Excel spreadsheet, or some other training-specific program.
It's the riders that Psimet is targeting in his comments that think they are in a big competition and take unwarranted risk on public highways and paths in the mistaken belief they will "win" some mystical prize called bragging rights.