Earlier this year, my girlfriend Laura and I completed our challenge to run the length of every Tube line in London.
Here are some numbers from the event:
- Lines Run: 12
- Duration of Challenge: 7 months
- Average cost of run: 75p?
- Runs started outside the M25 and off the A-Z: 1 (Central Line)
- Physio visits: 4 (two each)
- Number of runners on Waterloo & City Line: 22
- Of which in fancy dress: 12 (above)
- Fundraising Target for British Lung Foundation: £1000
- Amount Raised: £1,055 [Donate Here]
Distances:
- Total Distance Run: 288 miles
- Shortest Line: 4 miles, Waterloo & City
- Longest Line: 45 miles, Central
- Average Length: 24 miles
- Runs qualifying as Ultra Marathons: 5
- Marathons completed between us prior to challenge: 1
Media:
- Television appearances: 1
- Videos: 2 (above plus one from TFL)
- Blog posts on this site: 12 (including this one)
- Blog posts for other sides: 2 (Going Underground and Alastair Humphreys)
- Visitors to Running the Tube page: 2,751
- Re-Tweets of Running the Tube page: 75
London Underground Stats:
- Tube Stations visited: 223 out of 270
- Miles of track covered: 221 out of ~250
- London Boroughs visited: 27 out of 32
- Number of people who have walked the Tube: 2 (Mark Moxon and London Photo Project)
- Number of people who have run the Tube: 2 (Laura and I)
And finally, the lines…
- Circle Line – January 10th – 15 miles, 3 hours
- Hammersmith & City – January 24th – 22 miles, 4 hours
- Victoria Line – January 31st – 15 miles – 3.5 hours
- East London Line – February 10th – 7 miles – 1.5 hours
- Northern Line – February 28th – 29 miles – 5.5 hours
- Bakerloo Line – March 28th – 18 miles – 5 hours
- Jubilee Line – June 7th – 38 miles – 9 hours
- District Line – June 26th – 35 miles – 7.5 hours
- Central Line – July 10th – 45 miles – 12 hours
- Piccadilly Line – August 22nd – 36 miles – 9 hours
- Metropolitan Line – August 28th – 24 miles – 6 hours
- Waterloo & City Line – September 9th – 4 miles – 45 minutes
