Send a Gmail message when you log a new Strava activity
9 ready-made Gmail and Strava Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Strava can start an automation with "New activity by you", and IFTTT can then run "Send an email" on Gmail.-
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Send a Gmail email when your Strava shoes pass a distance threshold
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Send yourself an email when you log a new Strava activity
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Send a notification and email when you complete a new Strava activity
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Email yourself new Strava activities with photos
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Email yourself new Strava routes
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Email yourself when you star a Strava segment
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Log new Strava activities to Gmail, Google Calendar, and Day One -
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Log new Strava activities to Google Calendar and Gmail
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Create your own Gmail and Strava workflow
Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.
17 triggers, queries, and actions
New activity by you
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you complete a new activity on Strava.
New activity by you with photo
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you complete a new activity that includes a photo.
New club event scheduled
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time there is a new event scheduled for one of your clubs.
New route by you
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new route on Strava.
New starred segment by you
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you star a segment on Strava.
Shoes over distance threshold
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when distance tracked by Strava for selected shoes crosses a threshold you specify.
Get Athlete Activities
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
Get a list of your activities.
Get Athlete Totals
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the activity stats of an athlete.
History of activity by you
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you completed a new activity on Strava.
History of activity by you with photo
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you completed a new activity that included a photo.
History of club event scheduled
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time there is a new event scheduled for one of your clubs.
History of route by you
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you created a new route on Strava.
History of starred segment by you
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you starred a segment on Strava.
Create an activity
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new activity in Strava.
Send an email
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will send an email to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account.
Send yourself an email
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will send yourself an email. HTML, images and links are supported.
Update weight
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will update your weight on Strava.
Create an activity
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new activity in Strava.
Get Athlete Activities
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
Get a list of your activities.
Get Athlete Totals
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the activity stats of an athlete.
History of activity by you
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you completed a new activity on Strava.
History of activity by you with photo
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you completed a new activity that included a photo.
History of club event scheduled
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time there is a new event scheduled for one of your clubs.
History of route by you
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you created a new route on Strava.
History of starred segment by you
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you starred a segment on Strava.
New activity by you
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you complete a new activity on Strava.
New activity by you with photo
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you complete a new activity that includes a photo.
New club event scheduled
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time there is a new event scheduled for one of your clubs.
New route by you
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new route on Strava.
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If
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New activity by you
New activity by you with photo
New club event scheduled
New route by you
New starred segment by you
Shoes over distance threshold
Then
Select an action the automation will perform
Create an activity
Send an email
Send yourself an email
Update weight
You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the next step!
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About Gmail
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About Strava
Strava is the social network for athletes. Turn on Applets to automatically track your activities, compete with friends, stay on top of new club events, and quickly bring information from other services into Strava so you can have a full picture of your performance.