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Just a few weeks to go… Super Good Friday – DONATE TODAY!

Just a quick timely note as today is Good Friday and Tommy’s has advised that all donations made onto Virgin Money Giving pages via Paypal on Good Friday will be matched, pound for pound up to a total of £25,000! … Continue reading

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Regent’s Park; Primrose Hill, and following in footsteps of the Bakerloo Line

10/2/2013 – 13.6 miles in 2h26 (10:47 min/mile) GPS/HRM Record of Route: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/273567143 I’m writing this up on Friday 15 February, which is unusual because I normally write up my tube runs same day. After I had spent the whole morning … Continue reading

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The hilly traversal of North London (West to East) to the Olympic Park

27/1/2013 – 17.3 miles in 3h04 (10:41 min/mile) GPS/HRM Record of Route: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/266541382 It was the bright idea of Mrs W on Saturday at Wimbledon parkrun when we were talking to two new running buddies that I could incorporate my … Continue reading

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Neros to Neros

17/11/2012 – 8.8 miles in 1h27 (10:00 min/mile) GPS/HRM Record of Route: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/244482775 It’s great when you rise early for a weekend run and you can see that although there is frost on the car, the skies are blue.  This means … Continue reading

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Soy español. Me quejo, luego existo

4/11/2012 – 11.4 miles in 2h07 (11:09 min/mile) GPS/HRM Record of Route: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/240278548 Drowned rats would be an apt way to summarise how me and new tube running companion Ivan (@ipedrazas) looked at the end of our two-hour run today.  The … Continue reading

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Tube Run to the Beat

28/10/2012 – 16.3 miles in 2h52 (10:34 min/mile) GPS/HRM Record of Route: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/237988918 As usual my planning was done well in advance. About 6 hours in advance – right about midnight when I should have been tucked up in bed! Erk. … Continue reading

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Beyond Tube Running… Murmurings for 2012 action!

Yes folks, it’s been some months since the last post but I’m still here (just!) and the time is about right to be thinking about activating “phase 2″ of running the tube lines – as mapped out in late 2011. … Continue reading

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A time to remember

Last weekend we visited two places that represent the most important features of our 2011.  Whereas we both spend the week in town, it is nice to be able to come into London and see the sights and sounds of … Continue reading

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Disused Tube Station Visit: Aldwych

On Friday 25 November 2011 Zoe and I visited the disused London Underground station at Aldwych. I’d seen the opportunity had come up offered by the London Transport Museum, and for £20 each I had a feeling that the tickets … Continue reading

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Happy 1st Birthday, Running the Tube Lines!

Exactly one year ago I completed the first part of a running adventure which would take me 435 miles along the length of the London Underground.  Regular followers of my website will recall the write-up, (here), and will have an idea … Continue reading

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