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Route in Strava and Komoot

Load the GPX into Strava or Komoot and send it to your phone or watch.

A GPX file is not a picture – you don't double-click it, you load it into an app that guides you along it.

Strava

  1. On the Strava website open Maps → My Routes → Create Route.
  2. Choose Import GPX and pick the downloaded file.
  3. Save the route. On your phone it shows up under Maps → Saved, and you can send it to a connected watch too.

Komoot

  1. On the Komoot website click Plan → Import GPX file.
  2. Komoot loads the route as a tour. Save it.
  3. Start it in the app with voice navigation, or send it to your watch (Garmin, Wahoo, Suunto…).

Heads up: Komoot may "improve" the route along its own paths when importing. If it offers to re-plan, decline – it would break the shape.

After the run

Upload the activity as usual. The map shows the finished picture – now just share it.

Your first routes are free. No card needed.

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