Runner Uses The Streets As His Canvas, Maps Out Artistic Designs With His Routes (31 Pics)
Jogging is a truly healthy activity for both physical and mental health; we all know this already. For some people, it comes naturally. For others, it’s either a struggle not worth contemplating or just a little, well, boring.
Without a jogging buddy or any element of competition, how do you spice up your runs? Well, there are now plenty of apps that you can download, that keep track of things like speed, distance, heart rate, calories burned and even challenges against other users to keep you motivated.
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
San Franciscan Lenny Maughan doesn’t have any problems with motivation though, he loves to run! He uses the social fitness app Strava to create amazing pieces of ‘running art;’ carefully planning his route beforehand to run in the pattern of a certain image with the streets of San Fran as his canvas.
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Lenny sometimes has to run incredible distances – his ‘Frida Kahlo’ masterpiece covered 29 miles and took almost 6 hours to complete – all the while being careful not to make any mistakes. A single wrong turn can ruin the whole piece!
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
“You can’t see the lines drawn until after you finish your run,” Lenny told SFGATE. “So it’s such a joyful feeling when you put in all of that work and you finally finish and get to see what you envisioned at the end.”
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
“San Francisco is my canvas. I use the streets as a framework for what I want to do, find shapes, and make it work. Kind of like how little kids look up at the clouds.”
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Lenny has been doing his running art for over 3 years now and has created 30 unique designs. Far from the stereotypical image of an artist sitting patiently at an easel for days on end, painstakingly applying the gentlest of brush strokes, this very modern type of art is as exhausting physically as it is mentally!
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
What do you think? Do you enjoy jogging, or is it something that you find boring and a struggle? Scroll down to see the rest of Lenny’s hard-earned art for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
Image credits: Lenny Maughan
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This man is amazing! He encourages exercise in an... interesting way!!!!! :)
These are very clever and creative. I like how he incorporated Golden Gate Park into the engine of the USS Enterprise.
The lady sitting down, he could have placed her boobs over Twin Peaks! 😆😆
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There's a cyclist who does that on Strava. I think his name is Bikealangelo.
He should have put the Taco route through The Mission...what kind of San Franciscan misses something this obvious?
My draw last week 🙂https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3098190906888427&id=100000926445662
the fist one got me and the foot made me think of.......................................
Anyone else seeing a lot of Frida Kahlo lately???? Cause I just came back from Turkey and my girl was everywhere!!! Bags, purses, portraits, mugs, notebooks, etc etc etc. Like I'm glad you getting a lot of publicity again, but did I miss a "trend" or something this past month????
This man is amazing! He encourages exercise in an... interesting way!!!!! :)
These are very clever and creative. I like how he incorporated Golden Gate Park into the engine of the USS Enterprise.
The lady sitting down, he could have placed her boobs over Twin Peaks! 😆😆
Load More Replies... There's a cyclist who does that on Strava. I think his name is Bikealangelo.
He should have put the Taco route through The Mission...what kind of San Franciscan misses something this obvious?
My draw last week 🙂https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3098190906888427&id=100000926445662
the fist one got me and the foot made me think of.......................................
Anyone else seeing a lot of Frida Kahlo lately???? Cause I just came back from Turkey and my girl was everywhere!!! Bags, purses, portraits, mugs, notebooks, etc etc etc. Like I'm glad you getting a lot of publicity again, but did I miss a "trend" or something this past month????
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