The script that generates the random gpx files from template files.
Shell Script
Just edit the YearMonth and Start_Date variables accordingly.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# this script will generate over 80K of distances for strava/lulu challenge! ;)
# just change the YearMonth and Start_Date accordingly, then run the script.
# upload all the newly generated .gpx file and you're set.
YearMonth="2018-01-"
Start_Date=2
ls -1 template*.gpx | perl -MList::Util -e 'print List::Util::shuffle <>' | while read line
do
Day=$(printf "%02d" $Start_Date)
echo "generating $YearMonth$Day-$line ..."
sed "s/<time>201.-..-../<time>${YearMonth}${Day}/" $line > ${YearMonth}${Day}-$line
((Start_Date++))
done
GPX Template Files
Instruction
Just download these file into the same directory as the script above, then run the script.
Heres an example:
$ ls -1
gen-gpx-files-for-strava-lulu-challenge.sh*
template-01.gpx
template-02.gpx
...
template-06.gpx
template-07.gpx
$ ./gen-gpx-files-for-strava-lulu-challenge.sh
generating 2018-01-02-template-07.gpx ...
generating 2018-01-03-template-01.gpx ...
...
generating 2018-01-07-template-04.gpx ...
generating 2018-01-08-template-05.gpx ...