Glasgow man runs every inch of pavement in city
Modern Studies teacher, Michael Shanks, started the challenge in the first lockdown.
A Glasgow man has completed a fitness challenge he set himself nearly to years ago which was to run every inch of pavement in the city.
It all started for Michael Shanks during the first lockdown in March 2020 when he would go out running as part of his exercise routine.
He told Clyde 1: "I just began to explore the local community every day as a way to get out for fresh air.
"I then discovered an athlete in the United States who had finished a similar challenge in San Francisco and he had used an app called city strides."
In the end Michael had ran all 6,143 streets in Glasgow and that was a total distance of 2,325km.
He added: "I am definitely not an athlete and in fact I am a very amateur runner.
"One day I would go and run around Possilpark or Castlemilk and tick off 20 or 30 streets whilst doing a 10km run.
"Some streets took longer to complete than others like Duke Street or Great Western Road.
"It was so interesting seeing parts of the city I thought I knew very well when in actual fact I didn't because you tend to take the same route everywhere.
"There are so many places, even in my own community, that I have driven through for so many years and I have not stopped to explore them."
Despite seeing every part of Scotland's biggest city, Michael would struggle to pick a place to call his favourite.
"I enjoyed running around Craigend and Garthamlock near the water tower because these areas are built for pedestrians and cars."
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