For Strava runners and riders

Turn your Strava routes into audio adventures

You know every split on your favourite loop. Now hear what you are running past. A narrator tells the story of each place as you reach it, with music in between.

Upload your routeHear a preview

£29.99 per route. Ready within the hour. Or try one of our ready-made routes.

A group of runners and walkers on a path past a cricket pavilion in early morning lightIllustrative photo
The Vine cricket groundStory 1 · playing as you arrive
1 storyfor each place you pass
Plays by GPSas you reach each place
1 hourusually ready within the hour
50%to you from every sale of your route
Route Stories · Contributor programme

Your routes. Your stories. Your earnings.

Turn your favourite walks, runs and rides into narrated experiences. Share them with your friends, followers and community, and earn every time someone buys your route.

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50%of every sale, to youAdd your favourite routes. Share them. Earn. Grow with us.
How it works

From a route you know by heart to one you hear

  1. Export the GPXOn the Strava website, export a route or one of your own activities as GPX.
  2. Upload it hereDrop the file in at routestories.me/create. Pick run or cycle, so the stories are timed to your pace.
  3. Run and listenWe research the places along it and narrate a story for each one. It is usually ready within the hour, and we email you.
Getting your route out of Strava

Export a GPX file from Strava

Strava says exporting is done on its website, not in the app. These steps are from Strava's help centre, checked in October 2026. On a phone, open strava.com in your browser.

Website

A route

  1. On strava.com, open the route.
  2. Select the download (down arrow) icon.
  3. Choose GPX.
  4. Upload the file at routestories.me/create.

Strava says you can export any public route this way.

Website

One of your activities

  1. On strava.com, open the activity.
  2. Open the ⋯ (more) menu.
  3. Choose Export GPX.

You can also download your whole account from Settings, My Account, Download your account. Strava emails you a link.

Pick your pace. When you upload, choose run or cycle. We time the stories to that speed, so they fit the time you spend on the route.

Routes that work well

Routes Strava people come back to

The routes you repeat every week are the ones that need something new. Stories give an old loop a fresh reason to go.

Running

Your Sunday long run

Ten miles past places you have never looked at twice. Each one gets its story as you pass.

Running

A city loop on holiday

Run a new town at sunrise and learn it as you go. A great way to see a place before breakfast.

Cycling

A club ride through the villages

Churches, pubs, old mills and manor houses. At riding speed, the stories come thick and fast.

What it costs

Any route up to 8 hours of walking, running or riding. However long it is, it gets up to 40 stories spread along the whole way.

  • A story for each place we find along your route
  • A professional voice, with original music between stories
  • Stories play by GPS as you reach each place
  • Usually ready within the hour. We email you when it is.
Upload your route£29.99 per route, once
Share it and earn

Share your route with your club

Run or ride with a club? Post the link in your club or with your followers. When someone buys your published route, you earn 50% of the sale.

50%of each sale
  • Anyone who buys your published route can share it with 5 people for free
  • You earn 50% of each sale, after VAT and fees
  • Stripe pays it to your bank

You need the right to share the route. That means it's your own route, or a public right of way route you've drawn yourself. How earning works

Questions

Questions from Strava runners and riders

Can I export a GPX from the Strava app?

Strava says data export is done on its website. On a phone, open strava.com in your browser, sign in and use the steps above.

Does it work for running as well as walking?

Yes. Pick run when you upload. We time the stories to running pace, so each one plays as you reach its place.

My run is a loop I do every week. Is that a good route?

Yes. Familiar routes are often the best ones. You will notice things you have passed a hundred times.

Can I use a friend's route?

You can make a Route Story of a route for your own use. To publish it and earn from it, you need the right to share it: your own route, or a public right of way route you have drawn yourself.

How do I share it with my club?

Share the link in your club, group chat or with your followers. Anyone who buys your published route can share it with 5 people for free, and you earn 50% of each sale, after VAT and fees. Royalties go down to 10% after a route's first 100 sales. Stripe pays it to your bank.

Your next run, with a story every few minutes

Export the GPX and upload it. Your stories are ready within the hour.

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