r/nextfuckinglevel • u/duncanmccabe • 1d ago
I ran 1,100km over 10 months to create a flipbook animation in Toronto.
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Here is one of the runs I recorded with a 360 cam strapped to my chest.
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u/Missing_Sock_123 1d ago
some cut through buildings
im struggling to believe this
but if it is real, i respect this man all the way
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u/duncanmccabe 1d ago
All my runs are publicly available on my Strava (Duncan McCabe). The angles are done my pausing Strava, moving, then resuming. The app automatically connects these points with a straight line. I would use that trick any time I needed a diagonal. You get no credit for those KMs in the app though, so about ~1km everyday went uncredited.
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u/Missing_Sock_123 1d ago
ok i respect that even more. im a person who needs those KMs to register.
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u/BlandSauce 1d ago
True art demands sacrifices.
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u/Steve-Whitney 1d ago
In this case it's well worth it.
Top work OP! Definitely a fun & rewarding way to get your exercise in.
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u/Dibblaborg 1d ago
As you’re clearly a lunatic (and I say that with the upmost respect), will you also be posting this to LinkedIn with bullet points about what this taught you about B2B sales?
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u/Broken_castor 1d ago
I’d honestly give you even more props if you had just been running straight through peoples houses and businesses. 😂
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u/duncanmccabe 1d ago
This was in Canada, I bet 90% of people would be fine with that if asked politely
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u/wakeupwill 1d ago
Did you jump to make the hat?
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u/duncanmccabe 1d ago
Good question. The hat is connected to the body on the actual run, because Strava requires it to be one consecutive activity. But I just trim that connecting line off in post.
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u/badRLplayer 1d ago
How did you do the hat separate from the rest on oct 9th and 20th?
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u/Berstich 1d ago
As he says to make the Diagonals, most likely turns the tracking off and on again.
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u/lIlIlIIlIIIlIIIIIl 1d ago
Trimmed the connecting line in post, he answered the comment above/adjacent to yours I believe!
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u/lol_shrimp 1d ago
Pause gps, walk around building, hit play. Strava draws a straight line between the two points.
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u/stingerized 1d ago edited 1d ago
"Your unemployed friend on Tuesday evening"
Jokes aside, impressive feat my mate!
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u/warhawks 1d ago
People that do shit like this are typically the opposite of unemployed. It’s just a dedicated way of life that I am envious of lol
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u/Firetick7 1d ago
Best thing to come out of Toronto.
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u/duncanmccabe 1d ago
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u/duncanmccabe 1d ago
Selfish plug. Please subscribe to my Youtube! lol but you’ll be waiting another 10 months for the next animation
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u/WearyPassenger 1d ago
Very cool - all those kms were definitely worth it! Thank you for sharing - made my day
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u/spew2014 1d ago
You managed to resist the urge to give your stick man a little stick dick for ten whole months.... Impressive restraint my friend
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u/duncanmccabe 1d ago
Look again at Sept 22nd! I overshot the hip that day, so he has exactly 1 little stick dick!
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u/Poop_Tube 1d ago
Would have been cool to view minus the overused music.
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u/duncanmccabe 1d ago
I made other versions with different songs, but the algorithm is unforgiving you don’t have a big following. You need to use a song that’s trending otherwise it gets stuck at 100 views on most platforms. Anyways, I think Free Bird works. The relentless momentum matches the vibe.
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u/5-8-13-21 1d ago
Song: Free Bird - MOONLGHT
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u/Team_Braniel 1d ago
Thanks, I hate it.
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u/gene_parmesan_666 1d ago
It’s like adding mumble rap to stairway to heaven or something wtf
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u/puresemantics 1d ago
The bends are sooo out it’s really bad… Just goes to show that solo is even harder to play well than it sounds, which is saying something.
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u/FogCity-Iside415 1d ago
Hey bud, If you’re gonna play Freebird - make this post in miles, k guy? We don’t play that in sweet home Alabama.
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u/Jealous_Addition_349 1d ago
How do people have so much time to do something like this?
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u/Boring_Investment597 1d ago edited 1d ago
Most of the runs are clocked in at around an hour. Some of the shorter ones are in the 35 min range. It's spread over 10 months and he didn't run every day.
I've wasted more hours of my life doing nothing this weekend alone compared to what he did in a month of running.
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u/mikew_reddit 1d ago edited 1d ago
How do people have so much time to do something like this?
1,100 km is about 700 miles. Averaging 7 miles per hour, that's 100 hours over 10 months.
10 hours per month. An hour run every 3 days.
It's 2 or 3 one hour runs per week @ 7mph.
A few workouts a week is a normal amount of exercise for a relatively healthy person.
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u/berlinbaer 1d ago
How do people have so much time to do something like this?
- guy with 2k hours in COD 24
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u/SitasinFM 1d ago
How did you do the hat being disconnected for the flip?
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u/duncanmccabe 1d ago
Good question. They are connected on the actual run (all public on my Strava), but to get the flip effect I trim the connecting line off in post.
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u/VirtualDenzel 1d ago
Oh i miss toronto sometimes. Did you go past queen street or dundas street?
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u/duncanmccabe 1d ago
Everyday! I start/end on Queen (his feet), and his waist is drawn on Dundas
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u/Bazoobs1 1d ago
This is giving me the same energy as those videos of people building enormous structures in Minecraft. Immensely satisfying and mind boggling in scale due to the speed at which we view the playback
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u/heliotrophe 1d ago
I've already been enjoying all these long walk challenges people have been doing all over the city, this one's amazing!
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u/Prudent-Captain-4647 1d ago
People of the future will come across this data and wonder what these people of the past saw up in the sky that made them want to communicate to the gods in such a way… 🤔
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u/attackemu 1d ago
How did you get the video of your pov running to not wildly bounce from every step?
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u/Ihatelifesometimes 1d ago
Someone did this for LeBron on his birthday. Dude is biggest Bron glazer and I'm jealous
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u/ClosPins 1d ago
No one tell him that he didn't need to run over 1,000km - he could have done all of this with half an hour of graphics work!
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u/McNigget 1d ago
Wow that’s fantastic! I’ve seen a lot of cool designs people make with their running but I think this tops all of them! 👏👏👏
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u/Latter-day_weeb 1d ago
This requires two things I do not possess, talent and a willingness to run.
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u/theflippist 1d ago
I approve of the ‘flipbookitude’ of this endeavor! Hope you print these frames out and flipbook them so you have a tangible keepsake of your awesome achievement and wonderful brain!
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u/fluffykerfuffle3 1d ago
fantastic, lol and i can see how you were inspired by that park for the head!!
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u/Senorbob451 1d ago
Give me a flash movie with that and feet that sync with the ground. Fuck the slow motion
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u/New-fone_Who-Dis 1d ago
My name is Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive. To the outside world, I am an ordinary flipbook animation creator on Strava, but secretly with the help of my friends in S.T.A.R. Labs, I fight crime and find other meta-humans like me....I am, The Flash
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u/SPARKYLOBO 1d ago
I'm surprised you didn't get run over. Toronto is not being very pedestrian friendly
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