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A runner has used a route tracking app to draw festive artwork while jogging through a London park.
Owen Delaney, from Teddington, mapped out the Christmas-themed images using Strava - an app which allows users to keep track of their cycling and running routes.
Created during his runs in Bushy Park, Richmond, his festive drawings have included a reindeer’s face, a sleigh and a snowman.
The 40-year-old father-of-two said: “I was looking at a map of Bushy Park last week and I thought the Diana Fountain would make a great Rudolph's nose, so I drew him using the Strava route planner and just went out and ran it.
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"People seemed to like it, so I did Santa the next day.
"That was the toughest one, trying to run his eyes and eyebrows through knee deep bracken, in the dark.
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"It was very unforgiving on the legs.”
After the success of the first two drawings, he decided to come up with a different image each day in the run-up to Christmas.
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He added: "My kids seem quite confused by it all though.
"I show them the pictures after I've done a run, and they just give me a funny look like I've lost the plot.”
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