CityStrides In The News

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I have a page where I collect stories that mention CityStrides: CityStrides In The News :newspaper:

If you’ve been featured in a story that mentions CityStrides, or if you’ve spotted a story about CityStrides, please share the link here so I can add it to the page. :raised_hands:

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Did anyone in the Vancouver area catch the Global News story this morning? They were profiling a PoCo city councilperson who had run every street in Coquitlam, PoCo, and Port Moody, using an “app”, and then they mentioned CityStrides.
Chris Gailus: wow, I’ll bet not many people have done that.
Me: oh, you fool, you have NO IDEA!

@JamesChevalier, might want to be prepared for an influx of new members!

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I bet it was Teri Towner! She tweeted about it the other day.

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Saw that a strider made it on to the BBC website (although no links back here)

Well done @michaelgshanks!

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Thanks Mike! Not for the want of trying - I mentioned City Strides several times in interviews! There’s a longer video piece coming out from the BBC next week at some point which I’m certain includes a reference.

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Congratulations Michael! An amazing achievement. I hope you can enjoy a bit of a rest before you find your next challenge :slight_smile: I definitely felt a little lost and unfocused until I figured out my next project.

Catriona

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Haha, my neighbour sent me the BBC news item above: “this is what you’ve been up to as well, right?”

Congrats, Michael!

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A screen shot of part of my LifeMap made it onto a local newspaper story about my ESS experience: Runner's quest will take him down every street in Tulsa

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Well done Mike, that’s a great interview - the BBC interviewed me after I completed my last street of Sheffield, I could hardly string a sentence together! Jim

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The Running Public pod turned me on to Citystrides a few weeks ago. Pretty interesting episode about running every street in Milwaukee.

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CityStrides gets a shoutout in this article. Cheers!

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Howdy @JamesChevalier !

Haven’t been on the forum in a little while because I’ve been focused on a fundraiser I’m doing this May. I’ll be running 10 marathons in 10 consecutive days in 10 provinces to raise $1 million for children’s charities in Canada (full story on my website at 10in10in10.

While the runs themselves will not be CityStrides runs, some of the coverage has included my previous efforts. Sharing a few below:

Also, had some fun earlier in the year completing all of Manhattan. No public articles, but did receive a personal letter from Mayor Eric Adams.

As you can imagine my focus on this initiative right now is on fundraising so won’t be explicitly messaging CityStrides in opening remarks, but wherever I can find opportunities to include it and direct folks to the site, I will continue to do so.

(Okay one last note - finally met up with @supermitch in Calgary for a long overdue heatmapping session. Got a nice 65 streets / 0.66% of Calgary…)

Cheers,
Dave

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You could create a “10in10in10” Challenge for yourself and Mike:

  • Set its date range to the timeframe of the 10 days
  • I don’t think it’ll matter if it’s collaborative or competitive since you’ll both be running the same routes
  • Don’t set a city
  • Make it invite-only (and invite Mike)

You probably won’t be completing many streets in marathons, but at least this way you have a single view of your 10 days.

Message me privately if you have any questions/ideas.