Tube Challenge Day

petermiller36 · Post by **petermiller36** » 30 Jun 2006, 13:24

i'll be up for doing this. make sure its 10:30ish so that us cheap skates can survive! Im working on my fitness so watch out!

Root · Post by **Root** » 05 Jul 2006, 16:01

Right, time for an UPDATE.

I propose a date of the 17th of July (Monday week).

We will be doing three Challenges in one day. You may compete either on your own or in a team, and the team with the lowest combined time at the end will be declared the overall winner. There will also be a winner of each event.

Here is the plan for the day:

1030 - meet outside North Greenwich station. The draw for the starting station for the Bottle and Zone 1 Challenges will take place. This means that, in the event of someone falling behind on one of the events, they will know where to go for the next one. We will be heading off as soon as the draw has been made - don't be late!

1100 - start of the South London Challenge. We can all start at North Greenwich. This should make the Challenge shorter and easier than it would be were we to start from a random station, which will be good seeing as nobody has done it before.

1500 - start of the Bottle Challenge

1830 - start of the Zone 1 Challenge

2200 - meet at the usual pub (near Bond Street and Baker Street stations). Results will be announced at 2230.

If you finish any event early, head to the start point of the next event. The day has been structured to allow time for everyone to congregate at the next event before it starts.

Should anyone be in the position where they are drastically behind and in danger of not making it to the next challenge, I encourage them to abandon their current challenge and try and be on time for the next one. Make a note of how many stations you have missed - it may be less than other teams! If you do not turn up on time for an event, they may still attempt it but they will suffer a 20 minute time penalty.

You must be responsible for keeping your own timings - bring pen & paper to write down all your times, and of course a stopwatch or a watch with a 'second' hand. Bring a mobile phone if possible, and make sure someone who isn't on your team has your phone number in case we lose you.

The final standings will be determined firstly by number of stations missed, then time. So, for example, a time of 10 hours with no stations missed would beat a time of 9 hours with 1 station missed.

Please post in this thread if you will be entering. Feel free to bring team-mates who are not on these forums, too. If you do not have a team, you should be able to join up with someone on the day.

The date can be changed if nobody else can make it, but otherwise I think it'd be good to have a firm date for it now.

Going Underground · Post by **Going Underground** » 05 Jul 2006, 16:12

Root wrote:Right, time for an UPDATE.

I propose a date of the 19th of July (next Friday).

We will be doing three Challenges in one day. You may compete either on your own or in a team, and the team with the lowest combined time at the end will be declared the overall winner. There will also be a winner of each event.

Here is the plan for the day:

1030 - meet outside North Greenwich station. The draw for the starting station for the Bottle and Zone 1 Challenges will take place. This means that, in the event of someone falling behind on one of the events, they will know where to go for the next one. We will be heading off as soon as the draw has been made - don't be late!

1100 - start of the South London Challenge. We can all start at North Greenwich. This should make the Challenge shorter and easier than it would be were we to start from a random station, which will be good seeing as nobody has done it before.

1500 - start of the Bottle Challenge

1830 - start of the Zone 1 Challenge

2200 - meet at the usual pub (near Bond Street and Baker Street stations). Results will be announced at 2230.

If you finish any event early, head to the start point of the next event. The day has been structured to allow time for everyone to congregate at the next event before it starts.

Should anyone be in the position where they are drastically behind and in danger of not making it to the next challenge, I encourage them to abandon their current challenge and try and be on time for the next one. Make a note of how many stations you have missed - it may be less than other teams! If you do not turn up on time for an event, they may still attempt it but they will suffer a 20 minute time penalty.

You must be responsible for keeping your own timings - bring pen & paper to write down all your times, and of course a stopwatch or a watch with a 'second' hand. Bring a mobile phone if possible, and make sure someone who isn't on your team has your phone number in case we lose you.

The final standings will be determined firstly by number of stations missed, then time. So, for example, a time of 10 hours with no stations missed would beat a time of 9 hours with 1 station missed.

Please post in this thread if you will be entering. Feel free to bring team-mates who are not on these forums, too. If you do not have a team, you should be able to join up with someone on the day.

The date can be changed if nobody else can make it, but otherwise I think it'd be good to have a firm date for it now.

Can you just confirm if this will be held on Friday 14th or Wednesday 19th July? Thanks

Root · Post by **Root** » 05 Jul 2006, 16:13

EDIT: This post has now become completely meaningless. It will be the 17th of July.

petermiller36 · Post by **petermiller36** » 05 Jul 2006, 16:56

sorry guys - i cant make that date. thats the date when im quitting my job.

Steeevooo · Post by **Steeevooo** » 05 Jul 2006, 16:59

Likewise I also cannot make this as I will be in Oslo at the time!
Good luck to everyone taking part in it though, I will be interested to hear how the South London Challenge goes!

Root · Post by **Root** » 05 Jul 2006, 16:59

Pete: So you wouldn't be able to make next week at all?
Seeing as the only people who have expressed a definite interest are Yourself, Kevin, Adham, Anthony and I, we can't really afford to lose people due to non-availability!

I suppose Monday the 17th would work too.

petermiller36 · Post by **petermiller36** » 05 Jul 2006, 17:00

yeah that week is fine (the missus is away). 17th works for me for that day. 19th for the full thing.

Going Underground · Post by **Going Underground** » 05 Jul 2006, 17:02

petermiller36 wrote:yeah that week is fine (the missus is away). 17th works for me for that day. 19th for the full thing.

If (big if) I can make it and trust me I would like to, 17th is better

Root · Post by **Root** » 05 Jul 2006, 17:07

-Sigh- okay, 17th it is.

And Pete, do you want to use that day to discuss our Full Attempt? We can team up and discuss it as we go round.

petermiller36 · Post by **petermiller36** » 05 Jul 2006, 22:36

yes sounds good. problem with the 19th though. see relevant thread...

Starkey7 · Post by **Starkey7** » 05 Jul 2006, 23:02

Yes count me in please; this sounds a good laugh.

Going Underground · Post by **Going Underground** » 06 Jul 2006, 08:26

Bugger and bugger again, I can't get the day off work

Ollie please let me know how the day goes and maybe we can do this again sometime

Root · Post by **Root** » 06 Jul 2006, 14:50

Try eating a dozen raw eggs before the day - Salmonella is a small price to pay for the day off work and a day out Tube Challenging

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Going Underground · Post by **Going Underground** » 06 Jul 2006, 17:02

Yeah that's one idea.....might slow you up a bit during the day though with toilet breaks

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