The Next Challenge

Category: Tim’s Adventures

  • The Dishwasher Dash (and 9 other ways I squeeze exercise into my working day)

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    One of the frustrating things about being desk-bound for the majority of my working days is the lethargy it threatens to instill. As such, I’ve been dabbling with a number of ways to squeeze in little tidbits of exercise to my daily routine. Here’s a few of them: Leaving my phone in the next room…

  • 100 pounds, 29 photos – The Story Board

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    I’m not sure what exactly made me wedge a miniature whiteboard into the back of my rucksack last Sunday but I’m certainly glad that I did. I was attempting to have an adventure on a budget of £100. Not only did the whiteboard help with the hitch-hiking (several people said they wouldn’t have picked me…

  • Should I break a World Record? (Vote now!)

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    Come spring time I’ll be saddling up in one of those three-wheeled pedal-powered vehicles they call a rickshaw. I’ll be raising money for Special Olympics Great Britain by trying to pick up 2,012 passengers in celebration of the London 2012 Olympic Games. I’ll also be trying my darnedest to have a bit of an adventure…

  • Typical expenditure for running a Tube line

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    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…

  • A Thousand Tiny Ants

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    I’m lying on my back, awake in bed with my mind wide open. Whatever it is, it courses my body invigorating the very nerve fibres of my being. And with it a thousand tiny ants dance across the skin’s surface, their minute legs tickling me to excitement and a new level of alertness. It is…

  • This one’s for you

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    This is a message for those that know meAnd it is a signal to those that don’tIt goes out to those that are reading thisAnd it’s written for those that won’t Your words are fuelYour gestures the catalystYour thoughts provide an impetusYour feedback the direction This is for the “Wow” that marked a turning pointFanning…

  • 23 Ideas

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      I keep lists. Some examples include: Tim’s Big Ideas – My Mile and the rickshaw thing lurked there for a while and it includes other great ideas like “Cycle to the South Pole!” and “Tow a car somewhere!” Books/songs/films – There is always so much great new stuff out there that I can rarely…

  • 50k (The Gatliff Marathon)

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    “50k?”, shouts the skinny man running towards me in tiny shorts and a flourescent vest.“50k!”, I cry in return before wading into the river. Well, it’s more of a flooded field than a river but it certainly looks like the latter and, as it rises across my shins, over the knees and up my thighs,…

  • 10 things I’ve started doing since going “freelance”

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    #1 – Coming up with ridiculous job titles Challenge Consultant, Freelance Adventurer, Founder of the Next Challenge. They’ve all gone through my head or, worse still, on forms or come out in verbal form to those unfortunate enough to ask what my profession is. – #2 – Eating a lot of junk Cheese sandwiches at…

  • Running the Tube

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    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…

  • Goodbye Cruel World!

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    Apparently, one of my recent blog posts came across as a bit defeatist. Like I was giving up, giving in and getting out. Perhaps I didn’t express myself clearly or perhaps it was misinterpreted but a message of defeatism certainly wasn’t my intention. I think that some of the realities of “the new lifestyle” are…

  • Egg & Spoon Race – A Video

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    Here’s a little video from the Egg & Spoon Race I organised recently. It was put together by a cool new organisation called Leap Anywhere who I gave a talk to recently and are well worth checking out.