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I've just seen this thread and signed up to Squadrats this week - figure it's maybe a good way of keeping motivation going and finding some new places to run/ride.
A thing to remember is that you'll be going over the local ground a lot to get to further places, so don't worry too much about missing local tiles, they're easy to pick up on later runs/rides.
I used to plan my rides/runs for optimal coverage, now I just skip the occasional tile if it would make a really convoluted route as I know I can get it another time.
Also, you'll probably get to a point where increasing the square becomes a pain in the arse, at this point I switched more to focusing on increasing my "yard" rather than the square.
It does help with motivation though!
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I've just seen this thread and signed up to Squadrats this week - figure it's maybe a good way of keeping motivation going and finding some new places to run/ride. Only joined Strava recently too, so coming from a very low starting point. Looks like cycling will get the big squares, and running will do the -inhos.
Went out last night in the wet and dark to increase my 'big' square from 5x5 to 8x8, so guess it must be motivating me already. The square stopping me from 9x9 is woods with no roads, so will need to go running there sometime.