Runner draws GPS hunchback to honour Notre-Dame

If you liked our recent article about a runner’s GPS drawing of a weasel, here is a new one from the same runner yesterday in Paris – this time in honour of Notre-Dame.

Selma Daddi

Published Tuesday 23 April 2019 - 12:17 Modified Tuesday 23 April 2019 - 12:17

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Nicolas Verdès, 46, ran 39.8kms to pay homage to Notre-Dame with a drawing of Quasimodo holding a heart on a gargoyle.

The runner initially wanted to draw the cathedral but admitted “it was too complicated” – and he would have to run over 160kms to show all the details.

He previously drew a map of France in Paris, as well as a map of Brittany, where he is from.

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