Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
For those of you in the London area, footage of the Tube Race will be on BBC London News tonight, so watch out for me and everyone else running around like idiots, and sounding (hopefully) not too much like tube-spotting geeks. For today only (5th August) you can view the bulletin here (Real Player required). The Tube Race is about 9min30sec into the bulletin. Anyone out there able to mpeg this so I can host a copy here?
…when we left Tom and Ewan, they had caught a District Line train at the first attempt, and were making their way towards a “between stations” over-ground run at Aldgate East… We’re all getting ready for the sprint from Aldgate East to Aldgate, made all the more intersting by being able to point out the window while saying to the camera “That’s where we need to be” as Aldgate slips past us and we continue on the District. Nicely placed in the rear coach, the doors slide open (and we might have helped them a little bit…) It’s the first
So how did Tom and I get on with the Tube Race on Friday? Well, here’s the first part of our run, from the start line at Vauxhall, through to Bank/Monument on the Circle Line (Here’s a link to a ‘blank’ version of the map above, in case the other teams want me to post their routes at the end of the summary). Firstly, a big thanks to the Bike Shop just round from the entrance of Vauxhall Mainline Station, who let me use their toilet to ’empty’ myself before the start of the race. From there, it was round
2 Hours, 56 Minutes, 39 Seconds That time not only smashed the existing record for visiting every Tube Station in Zone 1 by a massive twenty minutes, it was good enough for second place in the race. Tom Reynolds and I were beaten back from first place by a margin of 49 seconds. Over three hours. How close was that? Been a good day, but I have jelly legs and a right arm that’s very sore (was using it to slingshot round tight corners). Going to bed now, and will write more on the adventure tomorrow and over the next
I’m leaving now to get to Vauxhall to start the challenge. I’ll see if I can update this post as I go, but chances are we’ll be posting from “above ground” over at Tom Reynolds site, who’s running with me.
…so I’m expecting a few cancellations, people turning up out the blue, and a surprise from the media. Let’s take those one at a time, after a quick recap of what you actually should be doing during the day. Basically, make sure you have a notebook with you, and note the time you pass through each station. If you can grab the number of the Tube Train, so much the better. Some subtle pics (maybe on some nice camera phones) might be nice as well. If you are walking or busing between stations at any point, then you should note
