This is currently what's v1.1 on wp.org :)

lib/API.class.php

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ public function post( $uri, $data = NULL ) {
 
 		$response = wp_remote_post( $url . $uri, $args );
 
+		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
+			return $response;
+
 		if ( $response['response']['code'] != 200 ) {
 			//see if there's useful info in the body
 			$body = json_decode( $response['body'] );

lib/LatestMapWidget.class.php

@@ -3,26 +3,31 @@
 class WPStrava_LatestMapWidget extends WP_Widget {
 
 	private $som;
-	
+
 	public function __construct() {
 		$this->som = WPStrava_SOM::get_som();
-		
+
 		parent::__construct(
 	 		false,
 			'Strava Latest Map', // Name
 			array( 'description' => __( 'Strava latest ride using static google map image', 'wp-strava' ), ) // Args
 		);
 	}
-	
+
 	public function form( $instance ) {
 		// outputs the options form on admin
+		$title = isset( $instance['title'] ) ? esc_attr( $instance['title'] ) : __( 'Latest Activity', 'wp-strava' );
         $distance_min = isset( $instance['distance_min'] ) ? esc_attr( $instance['distance_min'] ) : '';
 		$strava_club_id = isset( $instance['strava_club_id'] ) ? esc_attr( $instance['strava_club_id'] ) : '';
 
 		//provide some defaults
-        //$ride_index_params = $ride_index_params ? $ride_index_params : 'athleteId=21';
+        //$ride_index_params = $ride_index_params ?: 'athleteId=21';
 
 		?>
+		<p>
+			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Title:' ); ?></label> 
+			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" />
+		</p>
         <p>
 			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'distance_min' ); ?>"><?php echo sprintf( __( 'Min. Distance (%s):', 'wp-strava' ), $this->som->get_distance_label() ); ?></label> 
         	<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'distance_min' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'distance_min' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $distance_min; ?>" />
@@ -31,29 +36,31 @@ public function form( $instance ) {
 				<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('strava_club_id'); ?>"><?php _e('Club ID (leave blank to show Athlete):'); ?></label> 
 				<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('strava_club_id'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('strava_club_id'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $strava_club_id; ?>" />
 			</p>
-        <?php		
+        <?php
 	}
-	
+
 	public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
 		// processes widget options to be saved from the admin
 		$instance = $old_instance;
+		$instance['title'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );
 		$instance['strava_club_id'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['strava_club_id'] );
 		$instance['distance_min'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['distance_min'] );
         return $instance;
 	}
 
 	public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 		extract( $args );
+
+		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', empty( $instance['title'] ) ? __( 'Latest Activity', 'wp-strava' ) : $instance['title'] );
 		$distance_min = $instance['distance_min'];
 		$strava_club_id = empty( $instance['strava_club_id'] ) ? NULL : $instance['strava_club_id'];
 		$build_new = false;
-		
-		//try our transient first
+
+		// Try our transient first.
 		$ride_transient = get_transient( 'strava_latest_map_ride' );
 		$ride_option = get_option( 'strava_latest_map_ride' );
 
-		if ( $ride_transient )
-			$ride = $ride_transient;
+		$ride = $ride_transient ?: null;
 
 		if ( ! $ride ) {
 			$strava_rides = WPStrava::get_instance()->rides;
@@ -73,37 +80,38 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 			}
 
 			if ( ! empty( $rides ) ) {
-			
+
 				if ( ! empty( $distance_min ) )
 					$rides = $strava_rides->getRidesLongerThan( $rides, $distance_min );
 
 				$ride = current( $rides );
 
 				//update transients & options
-				if ( $ride->id != $ride_option->id ) {
+				if ( empty( $ride_option->id ) || $ride->id != $ride_option->id ) {
 					$build_new = true;
 					update_option( 'strava_latest_map_ride', $ride );
 				}
 
-				if ( $ride->id != $ride_transient->id )
-					set_transient( 'strava_latest_map_ride', $ride, 60 * 60 ); //one hour
+				if ( empty( $ride_transient->id ) || $ride->id != $ride_transient->id ) {
+					set_transient( 'strava_latest_map_ride', $ride, HOUR_IN_SECONDS );
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ( $ride ):			
+		if ( $ride ) {
 			echo $before_widget;
-			?><h3 class="widget-title">Latest Ride</h3>
-			<a title="<?php echo $ride->name ?>" href="http://app.strava.com/activities/<?php echo $ride->id ?>"><?php
+			if ( $title ) echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
+			?><a title="<?php echo $ride->name ?>" target="_blank" href="http://app.strava.com/activities/<?php echo $ride->id ?>"><?php
 			echo $this->getStaticImage( $ride->id, $build_new );
 			?></a><?php
 			echo $after_widget;
-		endif;
+		}
 	}
 
 
 	private function getStaticImage( $ride_id, $build_new ) {
 		$img = get_option( 'strava_latest_map' );
-		
+
 		if ( $build_new || ! $img ) {
 			$ride = WPStrava::get_instance()->rides->getRide( $ride_id );
 			$img = WPStrava_StaticMap::get_image_tag( $ride );
@@ -112,5 +120,4 @@ private function getStaticImage( $ride_id, $build_new ) {
 
 		return $img;
 	}
-
 }

lib/LatestRidesWidget.class.php

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 		?>
 		<?php echo $before_widget; ?>
 			<?php if ( $title ) echo $before_title . $title . $after_title; ?>
-				<?php echo $this->strava_request_handler( $strava_club_id, $strava_som_option, $quantity ); ?>
+				<?php echo $this->strava_request_handler( $strava_club_id, $quantity ); ?>
 			<?php echo $after_widget; ?>
         <?php
 	}
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 	public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
 		$instance = $old_instance;
 		$instance['title'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );
-		if( in_array( $new_instance['strava_som_option'], array( 'metric', 'english' ) ) ) {
-			$instance['strava_som_option'] = $new_instance['strava_som_option'];
-		} else {
-			$instance['strava_som_option'] = 'metric';
-		}
 		$instance['strava_club_id'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['strava_club_id'] );
 		$instance['quantity'] = $new_instance['quantity'];
 
@@ -74,7 +69,7 @@ public function form( $instance ) {
 
 	// The handler to the ajax call, we will avoid this if Strava support jsonp request and we can do it
 	// the parsing directly on the jQuery ajax call, the returned text will be enclosed in the $response variable.
-	private function strava_request_handler( $strava_club_id, $strava_som_option, $quantity ) {
+	private function strava_request_handler( $strava_club_id, $quantity ) {
 
 		$strava_rides = WPStrava::get_instance()->rides;
 
@@ -85,7 +80,7 @@ private function strava_request_handler( $strava_club_id, $strava_som_option, $q
 		$response = "<ul id='rides'>";
 		foreach( $rides as $ride ) {
 			$response .= "<li class='ride'>";
-			$response .= "<a href='" . WPStrava_Rides::RIDES_URL . $ride->id . "' >" . $ride->name . "</a>";
+			$response .= "<a href='" . WPStrava_Rides::RIDES_URL . $ride->id . "' target='_blank'>" . $ride->name . "</a>";
 			$response .= "<div class='ride-item'>";
 			$unixtime = strtotime( $ride->start_date_local );
 			$response .= sprintf( __("On %s %s", "wp-strava"), date_i18n( get_option( 'date_format' ), $unixtime ), date_i18n( get_option( 'time_format' ), $unixtime ) );

lib/RideShortcode.class.php

@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 <?php
 
 class WPStrava_RideShortcode {
-	static $add_script;
+	private static $add_script;
 
-	static function init() {
-		add_shortcode('ride', array(__CLASS__, 'handler'));
-		add_action('wp_footer', array(__CLASS__, 'printScripts'));
+	public static function init() {
+		add_shortcode( 'ride', array( __CLASS__, 'handler' ) );
+		add_shortcode( 'activity', array( __CLASS__, 'handler' ) );
+		add_action( 'wp_footer', array( __CLASS__, 'printScripts' ) );
 	}
 
 	// Shortcode handler function
 	// [ride id=id som=metric map_width="100%" map_height="400px"]
-	function handler($atts) {
+	public static function handler($atts) {
 		self::$add_script = true;
 
 		$defaults = array(
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ function handler($atts) {
 		$map_height = str_replace( '%', '', $map_height );
 		$map_width = str_replace( 'px', '', $map_width );
 		$map_height = str_replace( 'px', '', $map_height );
-		
+
 		if( $rideDetails ) {
 			return '
 				<div id="ride-header-' . $id . '" class="wp-strava-ride-container">
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ function handler($atts) {
 		}
 	} // handler
 
-	static function printScripts() {
+	public static function printScripts() {
 		if (self::$add_script) {
 			wp_enqueue_style('wp-strava-style');
 

lib/SOM.class.php

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ public static function get_som( $som = NULL ) {
 			require_once WPSTRAVA_PLUGIN_DIR . 'lib/SOMMetric.class.php';
 			return new WPStrava_SOMMetric();
 		}
-			
+
 	}
-	
+
 	abstract public function distance( $m );
 	abstract public function distance_inverse( $dist );
 	abstract public function get_distance_label();
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ public function time( $seconds ) {
 	public function get_time_label() {
 		return __( 'hours', 'wp-strava' );
 	}
-}
+}