Project by Gabriela Ramos Figueroa
This atlas maps the lived logistics of long-distance training in New York City. When the miles tip into double digits, the city becomes both partner and antagonist: heat pools in the open, lights either steady your nerve or leave gaps, crowds and signals tug at cadence, and hills ask for more while the heart keeps score. I will capture what the run truly feels like using my watch, GPX traces, Kobo Toolbox, and geotagged photos, then read those traces against city datasets to uncover the patterns beneath the effort. This Atlas will be a series of maps, where each map isolates one facet, and together they show how small choices before and during a run, accumulate into pace, safety, and joy mile by mile. In the end this is a story about a body moving through a city, and a city shaping the body in return.
