Garmin® Announces Partnerships with Leading Fitness Applications Strava, MapMyFitness and Endomondo

Garmin is excited to announce API partnerships today with leading fitness applications Strava, MapMyFitness (including MapMyRun and MapMyRide) and Endomondo. The partnerships allow Garmin Connect users to seamlessly view their data in these third-party applications. Garmin is continuing to work on partnerships with additional third-party training applications.

When logged into Strava, MapMyFitness and/or Endomondo users can opt to link their Garmin Connect account to automatically sync. Once the accounts are linked, users’ activities are viewable on the third-party platforms immediately after they are uploaded via Garmin Express, Garmin Connect Mobile or WiFi. Users can currently link with a Strava account; availability for MapMyFitness and Endomondo will be coming soon.

About Garmin Connect

Garmin Connect is a free online fitness community that allows users to analyze training progress, set and track goals, and share activities with other Garmin Connect users or on social media sites. Relive a run, evaluate heart rate, compete on segments and join online challenges for extra motivation to reach fitness goals. Additionally, users can plan their workouts, or grab a training plan to send directly to their compatible Garmin device. *

About Strava

Strava is the online network that connects the global community of athletes. Founded in 2009, millions of athletes have joined Strava for the competition and camaraderie found in tracking and sharing their fitness activities. The company’s free mobile apps and website help members discover and plan workouts, record and share activities, and analyze and compare performance. Strava’s ability to connect athletes around the world makes fitness a more social experience, providing extra motivation even when training alone.

About MapMyFitness

MapMyFitness is the leader in Connected Fitness – building the world’s largest digital fitness community by providing interactive tools to make fitness social, simple and rewarding. The flagship consumer brands – MapMyRun, MapMyRide, and MapMyWalk – are among the most popular apps on iOS and Android and the cloud-based platform has been supporting millions of users since it launched in 2007. MapMyFitness is an open platform, seamlessly integrating with more than 400 fitness tracking devices, sensors and wearables. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, MapMyFitness has over 100 employees and offers integrated marketing and advertising solutions, premium consumer subscription products, and a SaaS platform that helps partners of any size tap into advanced fitness tracking technology, workout database, nutritional data, calorie calculators, and 160+ million of the best running, cycling and walking routes around the world. For more information visit www.mapmyfitness.com. MapMyFitness is an Under Armour company.

About Endomondo

Founded in 2007, Endomondo’s social fitness network and very popular Endomondo Sports Tracker mobile app help turn a smartphone into a personal trainer and social motivator.  Now with nearly 25 million fans around the globe, Endomondo stands apart from other activity tracking apps because it helps users connect with like-minded people and encourages the sharing of experiences and support in achieving collective goals. Operating on most GPS-enabled smartphones, Endomondo lets people track workouts, analyze performance, and aids in the discovery of new activities and insights so people become and stay active.  Users can send friends real-time pep talks while they exercise, compete against friends for fun, challenge co-workers, and share it all across popular social networks. For more information about Endomondo, please visit http://www.endomondo.com or http://blog.endomondo.com/.

*Available Garmin Connect features depend on model of device used.

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