Frequently asked questions

A 9:16 video, about 28 seconds long, where a camera chases your GPS line over real 3D terrain. It flashes each kilometre as you cross it, labels landmarks along the way, then pulls back to show the whole route before a short outro card with your stats. It downloads as an MP4 sized for Instagram Reels and Stories.

No. Connecting Strava is the quickest way to bring in your activities, but you can upload a GPX file from Garmin, Coros, Wahoo, Apple Watch or any app that exports one. The free GPX to 3D tool doesn't need an account at all.

Relic asks for read-only access to your activities: name, date, distance, time, elevation, heart rate, power and the GPS stream. It uses them to draw your videos and posters and to calculate your training analysis. Relic never posts, comments or changes anything on Strava.

Five from every activity: The Flyover (9:16 video), The Finish Line (1:1), The Highlight (4:5), The Portrait (4:5, with your own photo) and The Relief (4:5 render of the 3D terrain). Each exports at 1080px wide, and Relic writes a caption you can paste into Instagram. You can also turn a year of routes into a territory poster or running collage.

For runs: Relic Effort (a load score for every session), fitness, fatigue and form, Relic VDOT from genuine race efforts, aerobic decoupling, pace fade, time in heart-rate zones and a training plan built to a race date. For rides: a power-duration curve, Critical Power and W′, a Relic mFTP estimate, Normalized Power and training stress, and a fueling protocol.

Yes. Flyover videos, posters, the training analysis and the GPX to 3D tool are all free to use today.

Yes. Upload a GPX to the free GPX to 3D tool and download a 3D-printable terrain model of your route as STL and 3MF files, plus a framed PNG preview. Print it at home or send the files to any print service.

Not yet. We're gauging interest in display-ready relics cast for you. If you'd want one, contact us with the route and we'll let you know if and when we start.

Your activities, videos and analysis are private to your account, and nothing is posted anywhere unless you download it and share it yourself. Other signed-in athletes can see your display name, profile photo and follower counts, and your name on any territory you lead. If you join a pack, your display name, activity names and distances appear on that pack's public city wall.

You can disconnect Strava at any time. To delete your account and every activity Relic has stored, email datasparklabs@gmail.com from the address you signed up with.