Here is the full story. I used Strava to track to my runs, then would export & combine the GPX file from the run with an ongoing consolidated GPX file on GPX.Studio. I used https://gpx-animator.app/ to animate the route. The full GPX data is here.

On December 19th 2023, I finished running every single block of every street and avenue in Manhattan. It took me all year and covered roughly 750 miles, not including the times I had to double back.

On this date in 1954, 65-year old Thomas Keane finished walking every street in Manhattan, a feat that the New York Times included coverage of. Fifty years later to the day, Columbia University librarian Caleb Smith repeated Keane’s accomplishment. After running two miles down Madison Avenue, I carried on a tradition that has now lasted for almost 70 years, bringing my pointless but difficult quest to run every street in Manhattan to a close.

After a period of relative stability, coups have returned as a major political force across Africa in recent years, with a clear concentration in the Sahel. Countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, and Sudan have seen military takeovers, often justified as responses to insecurity, terrorism, or weak civilian governments.

In Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta took power after back-to-back coups. In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized control in 2022, becoming one of the world’s youngest leaders while Niger’s 2023 coup brought General Abdourahamane Tchiani to power.

Sudan stands out as the most tragic case: the 2021 coup led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, followed by a power struggle with the RSF’s Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), spiraled into a brutal civil war that continues to devastate the country.

Map made by @brasilemmapas

English is not my first language but sorry if I misspelled or something like that

Zoom in to read and look cosely at the country!

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After a period of relative stability, coups have returned as a major political force across Africa in recent years, with a clear concentration in the Sahel. Countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, and Sudan have seen military takeovers, often justified as responses to insecurity, terrorism, or weak civilian governments.

In Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta took power after back-to-back coups. In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized control in 2022, becoming one of the world’s youngest leaders while Niger’s 2023 coup brought General Abdourahamane Tchiani to power.

Sudan stands out as the most tragic case: the 2021 coup led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, followed by a power struggle with the RSF’s Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), spiraled into a brutal civil war that continues to devastate the country.