I love maps & the shape of routes. While some people spot shapes in the clouds, I find them in Strava/Garmin maps.

That’s where my idea for ‘training art’ came from – a fun way to share meaningful shapes and celebrate the effort and shared bond of training and sharing the results, the maps and the moments.

The designs & how they’ve evolved

I originally had an idea for a set of meaningful shapes that I thought would look great on strava maps, and built up from a birthday balloon, to heart, to crowns.

And from my own festive strava art, I came up with a vision of what Santa’s strava art might look like.

People loved gifting hearts for weddings and anniversaries, and I was soon able to meet the requests to offer personalised prints for these special occasions.

I’ve even now got a range of shapes you can choose to represent a team, a family or friends, in a Training Art print.

The designs have evolved, and yes, my heart rate increases every time the app changes!

By popular demand, I’ve added personalised birthday and heart cards, so people are getting creative by adding their own special touches.

How do people use them?

Hearts have been used for good luck in events, weddings and anniversaries.

The ‘King of the Dads’ and ‘Queen of the Mums’ designs are popular all year round, not just for Mother’s or Father’s Day.

Prints have been a hit with friends, family, partners, and parkrun buddies, with personalised cards sent for all sorts of milestones – not just the big ones!

Sarah’s annual festive twist on strava art

Each December, I add a festive twist to my training, spotting new seasonal shapes in my routes. The challenge is fitting in time to create and share them, otherwise I’d be doing this all year round!

The ‘rules’ are simple

• add minimal embellishments to runs to suggest festive shapes.
• single colour, with red allowed for Rudolph noses. (& apart from my Valencia marathon Santa which I embellished for fun & clarity)
• all December runs up to Xmas Day
  
  

Sarah’s annual strava art

Kudos to those who run or ride actual strava art and make the map when they are training. It takes serious effort, so I keep it as a special festive project during the holidays.

Do you spot shapes in your training? Have you ever created any strava art? How are you using your Art Of Your Success products? I’d love to hear!

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