Thursday, January 31, 2013

RATL! - January 2013

RUNNING THE STREETS OF ATLANTA! FIND MORE INFO HERE

STATS:

MONTHLY

Miles: 37.00
Runs: 6

CUMULATIVE

Miles: 37.00
Runs: 6



Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Running Atlanta!


THE SEARCH FOR RUNNING INSPIRATION

So, things have been really quiet on the running front here.  I've been plagued by my ankle injury which put me in a funky downward spiral of just hating running.  Until one day in December when I looked at a blog where I am taking the inspiration for this from.  As some of you know I am slightly OCD, and quite a while back I stumbled on this guy who is walking every street in New York City.  Holy smokes!  He has a cool map with pictures and comments and it is literally a full time job.  This is AWESOME.
Unfortunately, I already have a full-time job (not related to running) and just can't run the streets of Atlanta for a living, so this is my feeble attempt at doing something similar.  No, I am not going to post an interactive map with pictures and such, rather, at the end of each month I am going to post an image of a map that will continually evolve as I go along.

Things to note:
  • I am only highlighting runs that I do in direct relation to this project.  I run a lot of trails and in other places, but they won't be shown here.
  • I may show pictures.  I may not show pictures.
  • The map is made up of gray and red lines only.
  • The map I am using is based on GIS data that I got from Fulton County and converted to an AutoCAD file.
  • This AutoCAD file is then made into a PDF which is then converted into a JPG.
  • I will often drive to different starting locations.
  • I run in Brooks Ghost 5.
  • I have long hair and run.

With that, enjoy!