Runner creates amazing GPS art of a tiger, a bear and a T-Rex

A TIGER, a bear and a T-Rex dinosaur are among the GPS artwork created by a runner.

Jeric Yuen, 37, from London, has made more than 50 drawings since 2019, using the plotaroute.com website to plan directions for his smartwatch.

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Jeric began creating the line patterns after experiencing “one of the most devastating moments of my life”.

He explained: “I was training hard for the Berlin marathon and three weeks before that I sort of broke a toe and was on crutches for three months.”

“It took me almost four months to recover – it was one of the most devastating moments of my life going from being super active to being immobilized and seeing people doing things on social media that I couldn’t.

“After I recovered I thought I should give back to the community because I think everyone deserves to be able to stay active and I found out about Spinal Research and have been raising funds for them ever since.”

The endeavor started by accident after noticing that one of his barrels looked faintly like a face from above.

“So I thought maybe I’ll go out and see if I can draw a human face, went out for a run and I was like – wow, it really does look like a human face.

“And then I found another park in Glasgow that looks like a T-Rex and drew that and started thinking about what else I could draw when I get back to London.”

Although it starts out as a coincidence, that doesn’t make the endeavor a small expense.

“What the people behind the scenes don’t see is that there are many, many hours of planning,” he explains.

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