All lines challenge is the new black

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All lines challenge is the new black

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Ok, I finally decided to try the legendary all lines challenge for the first time this afternoon. Had to slog out to Acton Town in the morning, so thought about the route on the way there. juice-rail had told me the standard route starting at Barbican and using DLR, and I figured that a faster route would have to lose the DLR. Seemed to be only one possible route after a few minutes thought.

First attempt: 4 Stinking connections, several wrong carriages leaving me at the back of several queues to get out of stations. Time was 65:10 which told me that the route wasn't a disaster.

Second attempt: Made my way back in to my start station, and tried again. Despite running the wrong way across Bank 'DLR platform? Oh b***er' I had a much better run with only one connection that didn't work, and got a time of 59 minutes 10 seconds. In rush hour as well.

Does anyone know where that stands in terms of people who have posted times?

Also, that was possibly the most tiring challenge I've ever attempted! It hadn't struck me that I would be running every 3 minutes or so, and after 2 attempts I'd had more than enough. More fitness needed!
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Having Rather too much time on my hands, these are the top 10 times to my best knowledge...
1. Geoff Marshall and Neil Blake - 56 minutes and 51 seconds
2. Peter Miller and "Bethelâ€
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Post by petermiller36 »

yeah thats right for my attempts. good job!
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May be better to just have everyones best attempt so it doesnt get too saturated :P
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Post by tpfkar »

thanks for that standclearofthedoors.

Hadn't realised it was such a good start!
happy to only count my best attempt, but it could get complicated withm
multi-person attempts!
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Post by G Force »

Little did I know that when I first attempted the "All Lines Challenge" it would become so popular. Maybe I should give it another go sometime (before the W&C closes!).
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I'll be sorting out a page on the forum for those times shortly so bear with me whilst I find some time this weekend.
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Post by CrunchySaviour »

Great, but Ric's time was 1:05:10 not 1:06:10!
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Pedantic Arse :D
The one time i screwed ups on the post
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*awaits pedantic remarks*
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BUGGER!
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