February 19, 2005

Here We Go (Underground) Again!

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
I guess this page makes it official. Yes, the Zone One Tube Challenge is back on. The date is May 20th, which is one day before I may need to fly out to the USA (again) for another conference. I'll watch as a few readers scurry off to get their...
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August 05, 2024

Tube Race On The Telly Tonight

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
For those of you in the London area, footage of the Tube Race will be on BBC London News tonight, so watch out for me and everyone else running around like idiots, and sounding (hopefully) not too much like tube-spotting geeks. For today only (5th August) you can view the...
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August 04, 2024

Zone 1 Race Report - Part 2, Monument to Oxford Circus

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
...when we left Tom and Ewan, they had caught a District Line train at the first attempt, and were making their way towards a "between stations" over-ground run at Aldgate East... We're all getting ready for the sprint from Aldgate East to Aldgate, made all the more intersting by being...
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August 03, 2024

Zone 1 Race Report - Part 1, Vauxhall to Monument

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
So how did Tom and I get on with the Tube Race on Friday? Well, here's the first part of our run, from the start line at Vauxhall, through to Bank/Monument on the Circle Line (Here's a link to a 'blank' version of the map above, in case the other...
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July 30, 2024

Oh Fiddlesticks and Fudge... The Tube Race is Over!

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
2 Hours, 56 Minutes, 39 Seconds That time not only smashed the existing record for visiting every Tube Station in Zone 1 by a massive twenty minutes, it was good enough for second place in the race. Tom Reynolds and I were beaten back from first place by a...
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Follow Me Around the Tube

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
I'm leaving now to get to Vauxhall to start the challenge. I'll see if I can update this post as I go, but chances are we'll be posting from "above ground" over at Tom Reynolds site, who's running with me....
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July 29, 2024

The Zone 1 Tube Race is Almost Here

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
...so I'm expecting a few cancellations, people turning up out the blue, and a surprise from the media. Let's take those one at a time, after a quick recap of what you actually should be doing during the day. Basically, make sure you have a notebook with you, and note...
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July 28, 2024

Getting Ready For Friday's Tube Run

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
Well, it's all hotting up. Some more details and confirming a few things. Be at Vauxhall Tube Station for 12.20 if you want to join us, outside the Ticket Office. When it's all over, head to The Horse and Groom in Great Portland Street. We shuld (fingers crossed) have the...
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July 13, 2024

Station List and Team Update

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
We're up to five teams for the Zone 1 Challenge. Joining Geoff and Neil, is myself (now looking for running partners), Imajes and company from #joiito, Adham (via emil) and Jody. One thing that Jody was asking for was a complete list of the stations that have to be visited,...
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July 10, 2024

Tube Challenge Dates and Rules

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
There's four teams entered now, including the probably World Record Holders. Plus a quick re-cap of the rules.
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July 09, 2024

Join Me In My Farewell "Do Somthing Mad in London"

- Zone 1 Tube Challenge
Since reading Tunnel Vision, and coming across an article in the Evening Standard about the idea of visiting every Tube Station on the London Underground in one day, I've wanted to attempt it, but know that it would take too long, and take too much planning. Jody, on the other...
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