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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-strava-jockey-trend-viral-running-4472421

JAKARTA/ SINGAPORE: Newly graduated from high school and waiting for
an entrance test to join the police in September, Jakarta teenager
Wahyu Wicaksono found a way to make some money from his love of
running.

He became a “Strava jockey”, clocking up running achievements for
others on the popular exercise tracking app for a fee.

“I am active on (the social media platform) X and it (the Strava
jockey trend) is booming there,” said Wahyu, 17, who started
advertising his Strava jockey services almost two weeks ago.

“My hobby is to run so I thought I should take advantage of the
situation and make it a business.”

His fledgling venture bagged eight clients in the first six days.

Wahyu charges 10,000 rupiah (US$0.62) per km to run at “Pace 4” (1km
in four minutes). For every km run at “Pace 8” (1km in eight minutes),
he charges 5,000 rupiah.

Clients pay up before he starts running and he runs using either his
own Strava account, or login details they have given him.

His most lucrative job so far, he said, has earned him 100,000 rupiah.