Strava adds race discovery inside the app, powered by Runna.
With today’s free update to the Strava app, you can now search for races directly in Strava.
A new Events tab in the Groups section lists races and local group runs and rides, matched to your sport and location. As you would expect, races are filtered by distance, date, location, sport, elevation, and temperature. Club events can also be filtered by date, location, format, and distance, and the race discovery screens and race details are shown in these example images I just pulled from my app.
The race listings come from Strava’s recent acquisition, Runna, and are live at races.runna.com. Strava runs it as a separate product, and this is the first time its race database sits inside Strava, in front of a claimed 195 million users.
Once you enter a race, Runna (not Strava) builds a training plan around that specific date and distance.
Strava has also rebuilt its Club Organiser Hub at strava.com/club-organisers, giving the people who run club events updated tools to grow their groups and fill their events. The full details are in the official Strava announcement.
While on the subject of cool running routes, Brooks has curated a few Hidden Running Gems here.
What this could mean
The race discovery we see today may well turn out to be the smallest part of the impact. Superficially, nothing too new has been announced, and there are many similar offerings, but what sets Strava apart is the sheer scale of its user base. That base dwarfs all other sports platforms, even Garmin. The scale and the fact that we all use Strava to some degree could make it the default place for race organisers to list their events and the starting point for athletes.
Perhaps Strava will eventually charge race listing fees, perhaps not. But the real gains are capturing athletes’ research and booking activity in its platform and then cross-selling a portion of them tailored training plans, further locking those that follow them into the Strava ecosystem.
Whether or not that works depends on how well it is done.
The quality of the execution shows after you enter the race. Once a system holds your race date, distance, and course, entry becomes the trigger for everything that follows: the plan, its monitoring, adjustments, tailoring, and, in the fuller versions of a whole race experience, driving directions to the start line and weather on the day.
Strava is not alone in building towards that. Garmin bought the timing company MyLaps in 2025 and connected race listings into Garmin Connect through Ahotu, aiming to own the run from discovery through registration, training, timing and results. Garmin also has a race-focused workflow in Connect. British Triathlon has gone further on booking, listing more than 800 events and taking entries directly or through partner systems.
All of it rests on one condition – race entry. The race listing then has to be created correctly at source, with accurate distance, real elevation, a location, a route, and a firm date. A thin listing produces a thin plan. The value sits with whoever holds the cleanest race data, which is why Strava, Garmin and others are competing to be the place you first look and book on.
Quick answers
Where do I find race discovery in Strava?
Open Strava, tap Groups in the bottom navigation, then the Events tab. It lists races and local group runs and rides matched to your sport and location.
Where do the race listings come from?
The races come from Runna’s database, also available at races.runna.com. Strava owns Runna but runs it as a separate product, and this is the first time the catalogue sits inside Strava.
Can I filter races by course profile?
Yes. Races are filtered by distance, date, location, sport, elevation, and temperature, so you can separate a flat-road 10k from a high-altitude trail marathon.
Last Updated on 5 October 2026 by tfk the5krunner
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