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Tag: Running the Tube

  • Extreme Couples: Interview with The Telegraph

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    We were interviewed by a journalist from The Telegraph recently for a piece about couples who go on ‘extreme adventures’. The article (which you can read here) was very short but we actually wrote a lot more in response to the original questions so I thought I’d share the rest of the interview here. [divide]…

  • Warm Welcome to a New Tube Runner

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    My friend Mike drew my attention yesterday to a website I’d not come across before: Harry’s Tube Runners. It transpires that a chap called Steven Whyley took it upon himself to run some Tube Lines to raise money for Cancer Research after following the inspiring story of young Harry Moseley. Steven was initially just going…

  • What We Took While Running the Tube

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    A brief overview of the kit we used on our Tube running challenge, as well as the food and drink we took: What we wore Running shoes – mine were old New Balance, Laura’s were new Asics. Socks – we each always used the same pair of running socks, both from Decathlon. They retained less…

  • These Boots Are Made For Walking

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    The above image depicts my recently retired running shoes. I had been using them regularly since the summer of 2007. They were kindly donated by Decathlon Surrey Quays for my “real world” triathlon from London to the Isle of Wight and, after almost four years of use and abuse, they finally came to an end…

  • Top 10 Expedition Highs

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    Lying beneath the stars in the Inylchek Valley, my first night out on my first big expedition Cresting the final hill after 18 months’ preparation and 14 hours of cycling, swimming and running, to see a huge crowd gathered outside Thom’s house to mark our arrival Reassembling my bike outside Stansted airport Arrivals to finish the…

  • Running All the Tube Lines

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    Just a quick update for those of you that haven’t been following Stephen Wright‘s progress. Steve is currently running between every single Tube station in London. Unlike mine and Laura’s Running The Tube project last year, Steve is breaking the lines into chunks to ensure he visits every station (Laura and I missed about a…

  • 2010 Review – A Year of Adventures

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    How has your year been? As another precious one slides by, I’ve found myself, as ever, wondering how it’s passed so quickly. So, to make myself feel better, I cast my mind back to the adventures I’ve had over the past twelve months. And it’s worked a treat. What a year! This is the first…

  • Why Run the Tube? / If Not With Words

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    When I tell people that my girlfriend and I have been spending many of the last eight months’ precious weekends running tens of miles along transport lines through Greater London, they invariably ask “Why?”. If not with words then with silence. Well, I don’t have an answer that is both meaningful and succinct but I…

  • One Small Piece of Advice… (Start Running)

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    I frequently get emails from people asking for help with their expeditions – it’s the reason I started this website and the reason there’s a big green button at the top right of your screen offering as much. More often than not, such conversations peter out and I never hear from the people again (with…

  • Some stats from Running the Tube

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    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:…

  • ‘Running the Tube’ BBC News Feature

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    This is the BBC News piece featuring Laura and I on our final Tube run. Apologies for the awful quality.

  • ‘Running the Tube’ on TV, midday tomorrow

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    Laura and I completed our attempt to run the length of every Tube line in London last night. Myself as Napoleon and Laura as a Banker, we ran between Waterloo and Bank with a throng of British Lung Foundation supporters and friends dressed variously as Shepherd’s Bush, High Barnet, Angel and Kew Gardens. I’ll write…