Strava's New Events Tab Turns Your Feed Into a Race-Finding Machine

The app that once existed purely to prove you actually did the run now wants to help you find your next one.

Strava just dropped a new Events tab (July 9, 2026), and for once it's not another badge, another AI feature, or another way to argue about segment leaderboards. This one's genuinely useful: a built-in hub for discovering races, group runs, rides and local club meetups — all without leaving the app. What's actually new The Events tab lives inside Strava's Groups experience and splits into two jobs. First, race discovery. Strava has plugged Runna's race database — thousands of global events — directly into the app. That's the big one. Ever since Strava bought Runna, everyone assumed this integration was coming, and here it is: a native Races hub that matches upcoming events to your goals, schedule and preferences. You can filter races by distance, date, location, sport, elevation, and — our favourite detail — expected temperature. Because nothing ruins a "fun local 10K" quite like discovering it's a 32°C death march an hour in. Find a race you like, and you can spin up a custom Runna training plan on the spot. From doomscrolling to signed-up-and-training in about four taps. Second, local community. The Events tab surfaces nearby group runs, rides and club sessions, filterable by date, location, format and distance. So if you're new to a city (or just tired of solo Zone 2 with only your thoughts for company), it's now easier to find people to suffer alongside. For the club leaders Strava also gave its Club Organizer Hub a facelift over at strava.com/club-organizers, with fresh resources for building and growing running and cycling clubs. Translation: the people herding the Saturday-morning cats get better tools too. Why it matters for the hybrid crowd Strava has always been strong on tracking and weak on what next. This closes that loop. For the HYROX, hybrid and endurance crowd who are permanently on the hunt for the next race to justify the training block, having a filterable event database baked into the app you already open ten times a day is a legitimately smart move — and a clear shot across the bow at dedicated race-finder sites and calendars. The rollout is landing on iOS and Android now, timed neatly for peak Northern Hemisphere running season. Whether you use it to find your next marathon or just to confirm the parkrun down the road is, in fact, still on — Strava wants to be the first place you look. Now if only it could also find you the motivation.*