davieG Posted 15 February 2014 Posted 15 February 2014 Accountant Duncan Clarke has logged his running on a GPS tracking device, which has produced a map An accountant has completed a three-year challenge to run down every street in Leicester. Duncan Clarke finished the 735-mile mission at the aptly named Every Street in the city centre at about 11:30 GMT. The idea was sparked by memories of his grandfather Barri Clarke joking that he had "walked down Every Street in Leicester". "When I was a kid I wondered if he actually had walked every street," said Mr Clarke. His grandfather made the joke when Mr Clarke, now 37, was aged seven. "Then three years ago when I was in Leicester I remembered his joke and I started the run the next week," he said. Saying you have walked down Every Street in Leicester is a common joke in the city He set off from Helmdon Road on 27 February 27 2011 and has completed more than 80 runs, producing a map by logging them on a GPS tracking device. Strange looks He has spent the last two months running along the many new streets which have been created since he started his run. He said he has received a few strange looks - especially when running up dead ends then straight out again. "Dead ends are the worst because you've got to do double to get the street done," he said. "I did run past a bright kid in Astill Drive near the Red Hill Roundabout who guessed what I was doing. Duncan Clarke hopes to raise £1,000 for Leicestershire Cares "I heard him tell his mates that I was running on every street - little did he know how right he was." He hopes to raise £1,000 for Leicestershire Cares, a charity associated with his employer, CS Ellis. The running has also helped him train for marathons. Mr Clarke, who grew up in Evington, added: "It's nice to go down my old childhood streets and places I've lived all my life but it was as much about seeing the ones I didn't know as the ones I did."
Stadt Posted 15 February 2014 Posted 15 February 2014 Leicester or Leicestershire?Just Leicester I think
Rocket-Ron Posted 15 February 2014 Posted 15 February 2014 I've walked down every street in Leicester.
Mickey O'Neil Posted 15 February 2014 Posted 15 February 2014 That's some going to be honest. The thought of even running around a soulless place such as Hamilton Estate files me with fear. Fair play to him
rico Posted 15 February 2014 Posted 15 February 2014 I've walked down every street in Leicester. Same here
Unabomber Posted 15 February 2014 Posted 15 February 2014 Ive done that pissed trying to find a taxi, nothing to brag about imo.
Dr The Singh Posted 15 February 2014 Posted 15 February 2014 I've chundered in Every Street in Leicester. How much did you raise for charity?
Jimothy Posted 15 February 2014 Posted 15 February 2014 How much did you raise for charity? People were surprisingly unreceptive to my requests for sponsorship.
Dr The Singh Posted 15 February 2014 Posted 15 February 2014 People were surprisingly unreceptive to my requests for sponsorship. I can't understand why, it's far more trying then just jogging!!
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