You appear to think that I worship Geoff & Neil, and their "famous" time, based on this post and the other one where I light-heartedly mentioned a "tribute" to them. You couldn't be more wrong - otherwise, why do you think I would have tried to break their record myself a few times, and indeed help you out considerably when you did break it? I just said that it "seems" that the record is being broken regularly - and compared to when I first became interested in Tube Challenging, I'm pretty sure that the record is being broken more often (though I'd be interested to know the precise stats). There was no "tone of my voice" (not least because it was text, not my voice). As I said, I find the new time to be "astonishing", and generally that's a word used to signify awe and respect for the achievement in question. I heartily congratulate you as the new record holders.Steeevooo wrote:Not entirely sure where you are coming from here Ollie - Andi and Steve K's record stood for a very long time until Sam finally cracked it a couple of weeks back, so I would hardly say that it is falling every few weeks! The tone of your message implies that you are against the improvement of the record time - surely records are there to be beaten, and as long as people have the belief that it is possible to go quicker, then that is a good thing - your argument could equally be put to the 100m world record, people used to think sub 10 seconds was impossible, now Usain Bolt is doing 9.50ish, yet I don't hear people bemoaning that the "famous" record time by whoever is being smashed. Perhaps you wish that Tube Challenging ceased to exist after Geoff & Neil's time, so as to preserve their time for eternity...?Root wrote:This is just getting ridiculous. I mean, well done and everything, but the record seems to fall every few weeks nowadays... and every time, I think "surely it can't go any lower"? It's nearly a whole two hours less than the famous Geoff & Neil time. That, to me, is astonishing, even taking into account the configuration changes.
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Surfice to say our route is a secret but it wouldnt be hard to work out the starting station we usedgeofftech wrote:ah! here's the thread. still no start/finish stations though. i'm assuming an Amersham/Chesham start and a Heathrow finish?
with regards to two hours of the time: well. me & Neil got what... 18:35, but that included wasting 25 minutes around the Mill Hill East/Finchley central area. which is why i always maintained on a better day, we could have done 18:10. and on a near-perfect day, 18 hours. So take 18 hours... subtract 45/60 minutes for no more ELL, and that brings it down to 17:15, or 17:00 straight for me.
so yeah.. a whole 20 minutes faster than what i think i could do it in. now THAT'S what i call a challenge ...
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Too late... i've been told... Maida Vale! Wow, not something I would have done personally
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Maida vale well at least i could sing Warwick Avenue early on to not deafen anybody we even picked up a few coins singing that.Sam wrote:Too late... i've been told... Maida Vale! Wow, not something I would have done personally
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We may not have a 16hr 44mins but we're not far off!
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I wonder if my Archway DLR wormhole would shave some time off the record...
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We were discussing that at the time i wonder if i filmed it.?jamesthegill wrote:I wonder if my Archway DLR wormhole would shave some time off the record...
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Especially as it's mid-line. Odd, yet obviously effective. Still, wasn't it the great Bob Robinson who started at Temple, another "odd" place to kick off, that got him the then record?Sam wrote:Too late... i've been told... Maida Vale! Wow, not something I would have done personally
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CONGRATULATIONS! Very well done guys!
I think one of the main reasons records like this are possible is the substantially more reliable service nowadays, as compared to only a couple of years ago.
Another reason, that's been touched upon in this thread is clearly the physical aspect of it all. Running HB-Cockfosters is not for everyone...
I think one of the main reasons records like this are possible is the substantially more reliable service nowadays, as compared to only a couple of years ago.
Another reason, that's been touched upon in this thread is clearly the physical aspect of it all. Running HB-Cockfosters is not for everyone...
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Here are a few link videos i have uploaded to Youtube
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x28RmjmV-g
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I say this not for myself, but for the charity I will be raising for in February...
STOP BEATING THE RECORD AS IT MEANS I WON'T RAISE AS MUCH MONEY!!!
STOP BEATING THE RECORD AS IT MEANS I WON'T RAISE AS MUCH MONEY!!!
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How much money extra have u been promised if u do.?RichieG wrote:I say this not for myself, but for the charity I will be raising for in February...
STOP BEATING THE RECORD AS IT MEANS I WON'T RAISE AS MUCH MONEY!!!
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Just looking at Pauls signature giving this was his 1st attempt and me and white stig ran this route and were 40 minutes up until we got delays out of no where.Just proves that u have the ability to improve and now u know to run out of High Barnet instead of waiting for the busWanstead wrote:Especially as it's mid-line. Odd, yet obviously effective. Still, wasn't it the great Bob Robinson who started at Temple, another "odd" place to kick off, that got him the then record?Sam wrote:Too late... i've been told... Maida Vale! Wow, not something I would have done personally
There are no sacred cows as far as start/finish stations go.
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I have some devious routes for that run and I can just see myself trying them out next time I find myself in London. I don't think there's any real substitute for putting in some physical training, though: when the record is as tight as it is you can't afford to miss trains because you ran out of breath on a run. Bizarrely this is my motivation for getting fit next year.palkanetoijala31 wrote:Just looking at Pauls signature giving this was his 1st attempt and me and white stig ran this route and were 40 minutes up until we got delays out of no where.Just proves that u have the ability to improve and now u know to run out of High Barnet instead of waiting for the bus
And as Andi knows, running the right way helps too!
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