what drove him to do it. i think the most common reaction is probably like i m mad or, you know, kind of wondering why i would do this. so, i m michael shanks. and since the first lockdown in 2020, i ve been running every single street and lane and road in the city of glasgow, 6,500 streets. so, the why is a good question. i suppose it started outjust a more kind of useful use of the daily exercise that we had back then. one of the interesting things has been all these little nooks and crannies of the city that i didn t know existed. and, yes, so many lanes. like, in the east end and the south side in particular, just lanes, absolutely everywhere, connecting places. i ve kind of picked up different themes, as i ve been going along. so, high rise flats all over the city, the ones that are left. the subway route, so, the whole of the glasgow subway. also, no ball game signs. the city is littered in these,
so, the why is a good question. i suppose it started outjust a more kind of useful use of the daily exercise that we had back then. one of the interesting things has been all these little nooks and crannies of the city that i didn t know existed. and, yes, so many lanes. like, in the east end and the south side in particular, just lanes, absolutely everywhere, connecting places. i ve kind of picked up different themes, as i ve been going along. so, high rise flats all over the city, the ones that are left. the subway route, so, the whole of the glasgow subway. also, no ball game signs. the city is littered in these, i ve called them nae fun allowed . and i ve probably got the biggest collection of signs welcoming you to the city of glasgow, because every time i cross a border, i ve been taking a picture of the signs, as well. there s been a bit of spotting scenes from taggart, from various murder scenes over the years. but a lot of it, i mean, it has been as well a fitness challenge
and the south side in particular, just lanes, absolutely everywhere, connecting places. i ve kind of picked up different themes as i ve been going along. so high rise flats all over the city, the ones that are left. the subway routes or the whole of the glasgow subway. also, no ball game signs. the city is littered in these, i ve called them nae fun allowed . and i ve probably got the biggest collection of signs welcoming you to the city of glasgow, because every time i cross a border, i ve been taking a picture of the signs as well. there s been a bit of spotting scenes from taggart, from various murder scenes over the years, but a lot of it, i mean, it has been as well a fitness challenge. it s been an adventure exploring your own city, a place you feel like you would know quite well. but actually, when you get in about it, you realise you don t know different streets. the difficulty with this challenge is, if you were to run every single street in glasgow once, it would be about 12