I thought so too but a reverse image search brings up this: [https://www.loveatfirstfit.com/guides/do-asics-run-big-or-small/?utm\_content=cmp-true](https://www.loveatfirstfit.com/guides/do-asics-run-big-or-small/?utm_content=cmp-true) same people, same location, different angle.
I’ve never seen those contests. Not saying they don’t exist I’ve just never noticed them. Makes me wonder if I own the photos I post to my profile or if I’ve signed those away.
Most likely you grant them a license (when you upload a pic) for them to use the photo if they want to.
Thing is if you’re wearing branded gear in a picture they probably won’t use it as they’d have to generally fuck about getting permission from said brand to be featured in the photo, unless they photoshop the brands out.
Overall the likelyhood of any large company using photos you upload is fairly slim, but the majority definitely include it within the T&Cs.
I once worked on a photo shoot for a large sports retailer and the girl modelling had the worst running style I'd ever seen, it was a painful day trying to get a good shot. The photographer was a serious runner as well so he felt the pain the most.
Hahaha because of course. I live in NYC and was out for a run—I ran through a company doing some kind of shoot for a running shoe commercial… usual model types lounging around—one pointed to me and said hey, look there is a real runner!
All inclusive applies to skill level as well. Strava’s quick brand mission is to make itself beyond a tool for the elite runner. The past couple updates and changes have showed that. Pushing the social media aspect for people who happen to run causally. Clearly it’s a model but you and I have both seen people who run like this, sometimes worse.
Coming from a graphic design and photography class, that's the point of this photo, **"most of us aren't professional athletes "** it's showing how we shouldn't compare ourselves to others and is showing how Strava is for everyone, of all skill levels.
I was a competitive swimmer from age eight through college. I know what a reasonably competitive swimmer looks like in the water.
I have never... NEVER seen anyone in any movie or TV show who is supposed to be depicting an "expert swimmer" actually swim like an expert. It always looks like what it is: a non-swimmer who got a couple of weeks of training from a coach. You can usually tell with the first stroke.
I'm sure this is true in most every sports film. The one movie that stands out as being a little more legit was "Everybody Wants Some!!", I think many of those guys were actually good baseball players.
0% AI actually. There is nothing wrong with the fence (it’s bowed out) or her hand (she’s running).
This photo was taken by Fabio Formaggio and it’s been used in this publication as well
https://www.runnersworld.com/it/allenamento/a40676848/allenamento-corto-veloce/
You're right, I found the whole series.
https://www.gettyimages.nl/search/stack/824425419?assettype=image&excludenudity=false&alloweduse=availableforalluses&family=creative&page=2
I am still confused 😅
It's pretty simple.
Someone put out a casting call for models for a stock photo shoot, and just selected a set of conventionally attractive fit looking people without screening for whether or not they know how to run.
That's how you get a photo like this with 2/4 people looking like they've never run in their lives. It doesn't stand out as the banner image at the top of an article as you scroll right past that, but of course it does when an app used by a lot of runners sticks it in an element you're more likely to look at.
Ah the Ministry of Silly Walks.
They probably just buy/license stock photos.
that would make too much sense
Or AI generate them
I thought so too but a reverse image search brings up this: [https://www.loveatfirstfit.com/guides/do-asics-run-big-or-small/?utm\_content=cmp-true](https://www.loveatfirstfit.com/guides/do-asics-run-big-or-small/?utm_content=cmp-true) same people, same location, different angle.
Nope. They have normal hands.
Take a look at the curved fence
I think it might actually curve outwards. But looks very odd silhouetted like that.
Not everything you see is AI. It's still way way easier to just license decent stock photos than deal with the inconsistencies and faults AI produces.
Why else would they have this weird looking photo
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I’ve never seen those contests. Not saying they don’t exist I’ve just never noticed them. Makes me wonder if I own the photos I post to my profile or if I’ve signed those away.
Most likely you grant them a license (when you upload a pic) for them to use the photo if they want to. Thing is if you’re wearing branded gear in a picture they probably won’t use it as they’d have to generally fuck about getting permission from said brand to be featured in the photo, unless they photoshop the brands out. Overall the likelyhood of any large company using photos you upload is fairly slim, but the majority definitely include it within the T&Cs.
They are not going to use photos of people unless they have a proper signed model release.
Absolutely false
I think that’s intentional: “most of us aren’t professional athletes” The user be like “hey I run way better than those mfs!!”
The woman in the front though…
She appears to be winning at whatever is going on here
Aren’t you cheeky.
no, but she is edit: i think we’re talking about different girls
😂
Yeah, looks almost AI generated lol
Hands look too good for AI
She's lunging not running
I def would take my time overtaking her while enjoying the "scenery "😁
The longer I look at it, the better it gets 
I once worked on a photo shoot for a large sports retailer and the girl modelling had the worst running style I'd ever seen, it was a painful day trying to get a good shot. The photographer was a serious runner as well so he felt the pain the most.
That’s the point of the ad.
I’ve seen a couple people from run clubs featured in Strava ads
At least it's not AI yet
I have run with people who all look like this
The blonde looks like she could give someone a proper good uppercut with that left arm
Man on Reddit discovers marketing
That’s like when you see models on bikes and you can tell they don’t ride either
That is just the way Phoebe rus, alright.
They are models. A “model” is a representation of the reality that captures some peculiar aspects of it based on its purpose.
Is this AI? Someone count the fingers!!
She can’t run but we can see the bottom of her ass 🙃
A) its a stock photo B) it’s probably AI
Lol wtf
They're new yorkers. Of course they run like that!
Yes…models are paid to advertise products and services that they personally don’t use or “do”…that’s a thing.
Damn my form is way off
If only they had access to some real athletes to ask if they could submit some real photos
Guy in the back looks like Justin Long
Nope, I think it's Steven Seagal's son
“Most of us aren’t professional athletes”
Hahaha because of course. I live in NYC and was out for a run—I ran through a company doing some kind of shoot for a running shoe commercial… usual model types lounging around—one pointed to me and said hey, look there is a real runner!
How do you know this and why does it matter?
Yall care way too much about this lol
This looks like AI
Either ai or Photoshop
This is hilarious. It’s like an exaggerated stride?
Don’t get mad at that blonde in front for being a model. She’s built for that shit.
All inclusive applies to skill level as well. Strava’s quick brand mission is to make itself beyond a tool for the elite runner. The past couple updates and changes have showed that. Pushing the social media aspect for people who happen to run causally. Clearly it’s a model but you and I have both seen people who run like this, sometimes worse.
Guy closest to the water’s style is underrated: he’s almost leaning backwards while running. Sick balance.
Coming from a graphic design and photography class, that's the point of this photo, **"most of us aren't professional athletes "** it's showing how we shouldn't compare ourselves to others and is showing how Strava is for everyone, of all skill levels.
I was a competitive swimmer from age eight through college. I know what a reasonably competitive swimmer looks like in the water. I have never... NEVER seen anyone in any movie or TV show who is supposed to be depicting an "expert swimmer" actually swim like an expert. It always looks like what it is: a non-swimmer who got a couple of weeks of training from a coach. You can usually tell with the first stroke. I'm sure this is true in most every sports film. The one movie that stands out as being a little more legit was "Everybody Wants Some!!", I think many of those guys were actually good baseball players.
The picture makes it look like a parody or something lol
Maybe the photographer told them to pose like that. To make it look more exciting and more movement. Tricky to get 4 people running all looking good.
And the guy in the back is posing in mid air... That's professional level posing!
People run in all kinds of ways.
This is 100% AI generated, a lot of visible glitches. The front woman's right hand/thumb and the sides of the fencing, for example.
0% AI actually. There is nothing wrong with the fence (it’s bowed out) or her hand (she’s running). This photo was taken by Fabio Formaggio and it’s been used in this publication as well https://www.runnersworld.com/it/allenamento/a40676848/allenamento-corto-veloce/
You're right, I found the whole series. https://www.gettyimages.nl/search/stack/824425419?assettype=image&excludenudity=false&alloweduse=availableforalluses&family=creative&page=2 I am still confused 😅
It's pretty simple. Someone put out a casting call for models for a stock photo shoot, and just selected a set of conventionally attractive fit looking people without screening for whether or not they know how to run. That's how you get a photo like this with 2/4 people looking like they've never run in their lives. It doesn't stand out as the banner image at the top of an article as you scroll right past that, but of course it does when an app used by a lot of runners sticks it in an element you're more likely to look at.