Sign in with Strava or Google
One click signs you in — or creates your account. Strava arrives already connected; Google arrives already verified.
Creating an account here used to mean a form, a password, a confirmation email — and then, once inside, finding the Strava connection to actually bring your runs in. Those were two errands. They are now one button.
One click, connected
On the sign-in and sign-up pages there is now an orange button: sign in with Strava. The first time, it asks Strava for permission, then asks you for exactly two things — an email address and your agreement to the terms — and that is the whole signup. A short profile follows, a name and a username, the same one every account fills in — and the moment it is saved, your past runs start importing, kilometre splits and race detection included, as described in the last post. Give the profile your birth date and sex and the age grade arrives with them. Runs, trail runs and walks come across; rides do not.
The email matters more than it seems: confirm it when the verification message lands, because it is how you recover the account if you ever disconnect from Strava, and where the occasional important notice goes. Your account starts without a password — if you would like one, ask for it through "forgot password" and set it from the email.
Already connected? Already done
If you connected Strava before today, there is nothing to set up. The button recognises your Strava and signs you straight in — no form, no second step.
Two honest edges. If you untick the activities permission on Strava's consent screen, we stop there and say so: without it the account could never sync, and an account that silently does nothing is worse than a clear no. And if the email you give already belongs to a Calcpace account, we do not merge them behind your back — sign in with your password and connect Strava from your settings instead.
Or with Google
The same door exists for Google, one button below. Google vouches for your email address, so the first time asks even less: your agreement to the terms, nothing else — no email field, no verification message waiting in your inbox. And if that address already belongs to a verified Calcpace account, the button simply links the two and signs you in; your password and your Strava connection stay exactly as they were.
Elsewhere
Calcpace is now on Instagram — short posts on what ships here and the running science behind it.
