VIDEO: 16 Miles of the Great Los Angeles Walk on Olympic in 13 Minutes

Thanks to Great LA Walk participant Ron's Log for posting this time-lapse video of the entire walk, taken by his GoPro camera. Shot in classic black and white, and set to Miles Davis' "Walkin'." Watch above!

And thanks again to everyone who participated in this year's walk. We've got a special one planned for our 11th walk in 2016... save the date! As always, it's the Saturday before Thanksgiving: November 19, 2016!

The Great Los Angeles Walk 2015 Recap: A Gold Medal for Olympic Boulevard!

We did it again!

16 miles. 38,060 steps (per one Walk participant). 400 (or so) participants. Hundreds of passionate Angelenos, fueled by love of city and community, hiked across the city via Olympic Boulevard this past Saturday.

The 10th annual Great Los Angeles Walk attracted what was quite possibly our largest crowd ever, including many new walkers!

Together, we kicked things off at the newly rehabilitated Clifton's Cafeteria (which opened an hour earlier than usual, at 9 a.m., to accommodate us). After brief pep talk from Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne, we were off... over to Main St., and then starting down the entire length of West Olympic. For lunch, Walkers experienced food trucks, Ethiopian restaurants and the legendary Tom Bergin's. The majority of the crowd made it to the beach by sunset.

Some pics from this year's event:


Pic by Jon Weisman of the crowd waiting to go in, outside Clifton's


Waiting to go in, from the top of the line


Thanks to the Los Angeles Times' Christopher Hawthorne for kicking things off! (And sorry that Clifton's couldn't turn the music off!)


Group shot!


Even more group


My selfie with the group


And they're off! (Down Broadway)


Waltarrrrr's GLAW-themed pith helmet, with Olympic already included!


Passing the Orpheum


HA HA!


Buddha


"Mirrors should think longer before they reflect"


Keeping an eye on us


Standard Oil Company


Give us a hand!


Spotted in a downtown store


"Olympic" (at downtown's JW Marriott hotel)


"Happy Day Sale"


Open Ur Heart


Olympic Boulevard was named after the 10th Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles in 1932. (As spotted in Koreatown.)


The face of Olympic


Yikes! Maybe walking is the way to go!


Koreatown


Guelaguetza Restaurant


Imaginary phone


Give us a hand!


Olympic Car Wash


Oxford Square


Selfies!


"Always a hill, always a tower, always a timepiece."


The chained-up underground tunnels of Olympic


Tom Bergin's for lunch


The Bergin's bar


Inside Bergin's


The horse heads of Tom Bergin's


"Well, we sorta welcome you."


The stairs of Olympic (in West L.A.)


Mt. Sidewalk


One walker noted that, of all the streets the Great LA Walk has traveled, this was the most pleasant 405 experience. That's because, unlike streets like Wilshire or Santa Monica, there is no off ramp here.


The Expo line. As of next year, Great LA Walkers will easily take Metro light rail back to downtown!


Are You Ready?


Welcome to the Hotel California


Tongva Park


We made it! A group gathers at Original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, at around 4:30 p.m.


More walkers at the end


16 miles, completely on bare feet! Thanks to this Walker, who came all the way from Santa Fe!


This guy was waiting for us at the end!


Day is done!

Send us links to your photos! Some roundups below:

Scott Trimble

Edward Kirkpatrick

DOWNLOAD: The 2015 Great Los Angeles Walk Handout

Download here, or view these docs on your smart phone:

See you Saturday at 9 a.m.! Doors open then; grab breakfast, then hear the Los Angeles Times' Christopher Hawthorne chat about Olympic and Los Angeles' other boulevards. Then we hit the road!