If you’re a strict East Sider like me, you may have seen this guy obsessively walking around Silver Lake.
He’s known as the “Silver Lake Walker” because well, that’s all he does. No exaggeration, here’s his daily marathon in an excerpt from the article:
“It’s not an obsession, it’s a routine.” A routine that includes his epic 20-mile route around the Silver Lake reservoir, up Griffith Park Boulevard, down Sunset Boulevard to Silver Lake Boulevard, and back around again twice — plus 2 miles in his lap pool at home in the S.L. hills, and 4,000 push-ups every day. A routine that includes an extra 15 miles at night on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. A routine that he never breaks no matter what the circumstance or weather.
All day every day wearing the same green shorts and of course, shirtless. He is a doctor, so you’d think he’d be aware of the dangers of skin cancer…But I don’t mean to dump on him. I love him. He’s so unusual and endearing. It’s an absolute treat driving past this guy randomly or even better – WALKING PAST HIM!! He whizzed past me a couple of weeks ago as I was strolling the reservoir and I eeked out a starstruck “hello”. No response. He’s got too much pavement to cover!
Spotting him feels like I’ve found Waldo and now can go about my day with this extra bit of good luck. It’s not just his incessant walking that’s amusing, but that he reads a newspaper while he walks. So his head is down and he’s so focused on it that his back hunches over. This article says he’s been walking and reading this way for like, 20 years…what if he’s reading the same paper over and over from 1990?? That would be so great. Here’s the article about him. Such a relief to know he has a home and a career.
Next I have to crack the identity of the guy who paints on his beard with a magic marker at the corner of 6th and Virgil. He sits at the bus stop with that crazy painted beard. If you know his story, please email me!
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