"I think we should do it", Laura said, determined. And everything changed. With the acceptance that it was happening, my body put itself into the appropriate gear and set about moving its way north west to Stanmore. Through the crowds by the London Eye, over a busy Westminster Bridge and a busier Parliament Square. Amidst picnic-ers in St James Park, through traffic on the Piccadilly and into a shop for sup ...

Ever since running 29 miles along the Northern Line, going out for a run has felt a bit different. Discovering that I could run that distance without any real training or preparation has left me feeling entirely calm about the prospect of covering any lesser distance and Sunday morning was no different. The Jubilee Line stretches 23 miles from Stratford to Stanmore, crossing the river four times as it does ...

One of the best thing's about mine and Laura's challenge to run the length of every Tube Line in London is that people "get it". Sure, most people don't spend their Sundays running 20, 30, 40 miles through Central London but it's understandable in a way that, say, climbing mountains or skiing to Poles might not be. That makes it all the more important and fun to document. The only practical way to do that a ...

As you may know, I'm trying to run the length of every London Underground train line with my friend Laura this year. Shortly after we decided to go ahead with the idea, I decided to ring Transport For London because I thought it might be of interest to them. I'm quite used to the hard sell of explaining slightly odd expeditions to whoever it is that's unfortunate enough to pick up the phone at the organisat ...

I ran 30 miles along the Northern Line the other day. I'd run that far once before and didn't really think anything of it the morning I set off, in part because I didn't know how far it would be but then I also didn't think much of it afterwards.At school, "long distance" running meant the 800-metres.When I started training for my triathlon a few years back, I knew nothing about swimming (I still know very ...

One of the things I enjoy most about my latest challenge - to run the length of every Tube line in London - is its simplicity. And part of that is the low running cost (note the pun).Thus I present to you today the expedition budget for a typical day spent running the length of a London Underground train line:-Transport to/from start: Bicycle - FreeTransport back to start from end: Tube - Free (courtesy of ...

Over the course of 2010, I will be running the length of every London Underground train line. I started yesterday, going about 14 miles or so around the route of the Circle Line. - How? Let's use the Victoria Line as our example. I''ll "touch-in" with my Oyster card at Brixton then turn around and run back up the steps to the street. Then I'll run to every Victoria Line Tube stop on my way overland to Walth ...