The sports explosion jumps the pandemic: profile of the Spanish athlete according to the Strava report

The expansion of the coronavirus and the months of strict confinement has been followed by a sports explosion. This follows from the annual report of the social network Strava that allows to extract, from 95 million people and 1.800 million registered activities, an X-ray of the exercise carried out around the world, as well as a profile of the athlete by country.

In this way, activities grow by almost 40%, among which stand running, biking, outdoor walks, hiking, yoga and other indoor sports. Instead, downhill skiing and snowboarding are due to the closure and restrictions of ski resorts. This factor also translates into the increase in ski mountaineering and cross-country skiing.

Spain.

The increase is really notable also in our country, which is situated as Outstanding leader in time spent walking with 3.7 hours per week. 46% of this group run and 20% run and also ride a bicycle.

The records of walking routes have doubled compared to 2020 and are growing among women, as well as among those over fifty and, especially, in over seventy.

The three most popular sports for female athletes were running first, walking second, and cycling third. In the case of men, cycling, running and walking.

The average distance of the routes on foot is six kilometers and the duration exceeds one hour (1:06). Runners average 7.9 kilometers and almost 45 minutes per activity (0:44:54). The cyclists cover 39.8 kilometers and almost two hours (1:58).

Sundays and Tuesdays are the busiest days in Spain for sports activities. Fridays appear as the least active.

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The report leaves a total distance of 172.9 million kilometers for runners, 1.2 billion kilometers for cyclists and 42.7 million kilometers for walks.

Rest of the world and other data.

Walk has also been the activity with higher growth in the rest of the planet, especially in countries like United Kingdom (3.5 hours per week), France (3.2) or Germany (3.0).

The report leaves a total distance of 3.8 billion kilometers for runners, 16 billion kilometers for cyclists and 1.1 billion kilometers for walks.

The meteorological conditions have also been recorded by their direct influence in user activity. Snowfall Filomena in Madrid (-69% of outdoor activities), the winter storm with power cuts in Texas (-57%), the floods of Nagano (-61%), the hurricane of Louisiana (-40%) or the heat wave of Moscow (-13%) reflect it.

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