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sir_quirky_k) wrote,
@ 2009-03-17 22:39:00

Something to chase
I never did report on my Tube Challenge; to be honest, to admit I took two hours, 36 minutes in this company was quite embarrassing. I did raise a three-figure sum with ease at the university, though - not that I can recall how much.

It is a traditional fundraising approach I am taking this year, though - the old-fashioned charity endurance run. A full 16,093m... that's ten miles, imperial fans... in the New Forest on July 12. (The organisers take entry fees to local charities; I will be raising money independently of this.)

Current plan is to split funds between the National Autistic Society and Beat. Which leads on to a second, cut-protected post.

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daweaver
2009-03-18 06:24 pm UTC (link)

I never did report on my Tube Challenge; to be honest, to admit I took two hours, 36 minutes in this company was quite embarrassing.

(goes off and digs through notes.)

2h36 minutes is a good time. The published record is 2h13 minutes, and I would doubt that it can be reduced under 2 hours.

For what it's worth, a quality runner can complete the circle on the surface (about 20 miles) in about two-and-a-half hours. Guv'nor of Alaska and sometime Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton took something over twice that when training for her ultra-marathon.

the old-fashioned charity endurance run. A full 16,093m... that's ten miles, imperial fans... in the New Forest on July 12.

Well, jolly good luck with that. Ten miles is quite a challenge, and the pen is quivering over the cheque already.

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sir_quirky_k
2009-03-19 08:09 pm UTC (link)

Glad to hear it. I'm sure I came across reports of much quicker times than that but can't remember where, and don't much feel like undermining achievements right now. I do enough of that, as you know, and this is a non-trivial reason why I'm stepping in at the deep end on the running front.

(There will be blog posts detailing my training; it may be on a separate blog, and it will certainly be marked such that those who don't wish to see them for whatever reason will not see them.)

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	daweaver 2009-03-21 10:32 am UTC (link)
	I'm sure I came across reports of much quicker times than that but can't remember where I think it was once on the same page as the All Lines Challenge, where the objective is to take a trip using trains belonging to each line. The record for that is slightly less than an hour, and completing in 90 minutes should be achievable under normal circumstances. (Reply to this)(Parent)