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Strava Integration

Fundraisers can embed their Strava activities directly on their personal fundraising pages, making it easy to showcase virtual walks, runs, rides, and other athletic events.

Use Cases

  • Virtual races and walkathons
  • Fitness-based fundraising challenges
  • Athletic endurance events
  • Personal fitness goals tied to fundraising

How to Embed Strava Activities

Fundraisers can add their Strava activities through the Member Portal.

Step 1: Log in to Member Portal

  1. Go to your fundraising site
  2. Click Log In or My Account
  3. Sign in to the Member Portal

Step 2: Open Your Personal Page

  1. Scroll down to Your Pages
  2. Select your personal fundraising page

Step 3: Add Strava Activity

  1. In the page editor, find the Appeal section
  2. Click the media icon in the text editor
  3. Go to your activity on Strava
  4. Copy the URL from the browser address bar
  5. Paste the URL in the CauseVox media embed field

How It Appears

The Strava activity embed displays:

  • Activity map/route
  • Distance
  • Duration
  • Activity type

This appears inline within your fundraising appeal, showing supporters your progress.

Tips for Fundraisers

Privacy Settings

  • Ensure your Strava activity privacy is set to "Everyone" for the embed to work
  • Check that your start/end locations are hidden if desired

Multiple Activities

  • Add multiple Strava activities to show ongoing progress
  • Great for multi-day challenges or training journeys

Combine with Story

  • Add context about your activity in the appeal text
  • Explain why this event matters to your cause

Campaign Manager Tips

If you're running a virtual event:

  • Mention Strava integration in your fundraiser communications
  • Provide instructions on how to embed activities
  • Encourage fundraisers to share their progress

Supported Activities

Strava tracks many activity types that can be embedded:

  • Running
  • Cycling
  • Swimming
  • Walking
  • Hiking
  • And more

Troubleshooting

Embed Not Showing

  • Verify the Strava activity is set to public
  • Check that you copied the full activity URL
  • Try refreshing the page after embedding

Wrong Activity Displaying

  • Make sure you copied the URL for the specific activity, not your profile
  • Activity URLs look like: strava.com/activities/123456789

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