This saturday Sweden will host the first FigureRunning tournament in Hallstahammar. Of course we have done global competitions before, but this is the first tournament where competitors all run and the same time in the same place.
The tournament is organised by one of the first Swedish FigureRunners, Emil Berglund, and the city of Hallstahammar. People are challenged to run art and afterwards the public can vote for the most creative artpiece, amongst others in the local library.
We are looking forward to see the results! Want to join?
More information can be found here [Swedish]:
FigureRunning Flickr Gallery
What is FigureRunning?
Start FigureRunning NOW!
1) Choose a theme (#royal, #alphabet, #easter)
2) Think of a simple Figure matching that theme
3) Search the map of your neighbourhood for that Figure (streets/gardens)
4) Get a phone with GPS and download a running app, like Runkeeper, GeoTracker or Nike +
5) Go to the beginning of the Figure, start tracking, start running
6) Make a screenshot of your FigureRun when you're done (iPhone: hold big button below and button on top at the same time)
7) Send the figure to mydrawing@figurerunning.com or tweet/facebook it with #figurerunningFigureRunning flickr pica’s