Runner's challenge: Every street in Whitehorse

A Whitehorse runner has completed a challenge to run every single street in Whitehorse at least once.

It took Blair Phelps four months from Jan.1 to April 30.

The total distance is about 650 kilometres.

"It was a new years' resolution," he said.

Collecting them all: 457 streets

Phelps and his wife Carleen Kerr recently moved back to Whitehorse from Alberta.

He says the project was a way to explore the city.

"I thought it would be a good way to see all the nooks and crannies that I hadn't before," he said."I think one good thing about the pandemic is that it has made runners and athletes get creative, and take on new challenges ... I think this was a great one."

A list provided by the City of Whitehorse lists 457 streets in all.

Phelps used an app called CityStrides to track his progress on a digital map.

He thanks Kerr for being a support driver, taking him out to run specific remote streets and then picking him up.

After running every highway, street, avenue, cul-de-sac, and way, he's picked one favourite as an underrated running spot: Squatters' Road.

"It's just a great run," he said. "I had never been in that part of town before and it was spectacular. It's a quiet, narrow road within the city and you feel like you're in a remote backcountry," he said.

Phelps said his next project will explore another aspect of the wilderness city.

He is going to try and run every city trail.