At 6AMRun, we believe that integrity and authenticity are the foundation of a strong fitness community. That's why we support efforts to ensure that athletic achievements are genuine and earned.

Recently, Strava made headlines by removing 4.45 million activities from its platform — activities that had been uploaded with the wrong sport type or recorded while in vehicles. This move was part of their broader initiative to uphold fairness on their leaderboards by combatting activity cheats and ensuring that segment crowns like KOMs and QOMs truly reflect real performance.

Strava’s recent updates involve advanced machine learning models analyzing activities based on dozens of factors, such as speed, acceleration, and consistency, to flag suspicious data. Their goal is to preserve the integrity of competitive challenges and honor athletes who perform honestly.

At 6AMRun, we support this commitment by promoting honest effort and with a strict policy: no activities recorded in vehicles, using e-bikes, or while pacing in a car or motorcycle are accepted into our community’s official records. We encourage our members to share their true workouts and celebrate real accomplishments.

Honest effort is what drives us every day—whether it’s hitting personal bests or pushing through a tough workout. We believe in rewarding genuine progress and fostering a community built on authenticity and trust.

As part of this dedication, we’re also continuously improving our tools to help athletes track their real performance, whether through our app, website, or new features that highlight meaningful routes and goals.

Here’s to honest workouts and real achievements — because when effort is genuine, every crown earned is truly worth it.

Keep pushing, keep it real, and let’s make every run or ride count.

— The 6AMRun Team