New GWR: Marc Gawley - 21 April 2011

[palkanetoijala31]

Hmmm! How odd. I see the newest member is someone of the username MarcG... Could it be?

Well we might hear from him soon then perhaps.

[TheFatBuoy]

I've pretty much given up on any realistic hope of beating the world record, but I do hope to get all stations done without relying on running, and agree with Sam that it should be possible to plan well enough so as to not rely on too many runs. I've also got an idea of a Bromley-by-Bow finish, just to be different. It's clearly probably never going to happen.

[moley]

I've pretty much given up on any realistic hope of beating the world record......

What is really interesting about this is that given the record had stood for 18 months, it was looking indestructible. Now that the record has gone, my email box has been full of messages.

Some indicating that there is no way the new record will be beaten. Some have seen this as an oppotunituy - ive had comments from people along the lines of "well if he could go circa 15 mins quicker then surely it proves the records are beatable".

If Mark could do his time then someone could beat his time by 10 seconds. I only needs the last train to be 10 seconds earlier, the first train to leave 10 seconds later.

This really is GAME ON!

[palkanetoijala31]

I've pretty much given up on any realistic hope of beating the world record......

What is really interesting about this is that given the record had stood for 18 months, it was looking indestructible. Now that the record has gone, my email box has been full of messages.

Some indicating that there is no way the new record will be beaten. Some have seen this as an oppotunituy - ive had comments from people along the lines of "well if he could go circa 15 mins quicker then surely it proves the records are beatable".

If Mark could do his time then someone could beat his time by 10 seconds. I only needs the last train to be 10 seconds earlier, the first train to leave 10 seconds later.

This really is GAME ON!

Get your calculations right i see it as 17 months 1 week but eh your right and you lot have now got a challenge on your hands

[tubeguru]

I think Chris was simply rounding it up for convenience.

[moley]

If you feel it necessary to be arsey about it then it was 16 months 7 days and about 13 minutes.

[tubeguru]

you lot have now got a challenge on your hands

So you've "retired" then?

[palkanetoijala31]

If you feel it necessary to be arsey about it then it was 16 months 7 days and about 13 minutes.

not being arsey about it i still make it 17 months 1week or 1 year 5 months dec-april and 1 extra week 14th-21st
yes i have stated that i will not go challenging for this time so i wish you all luck even you moley!

[tubeguru]

Play nicely now children ...

[Sam]

Jeez, this has gone so petty...

[Sam]

If you feel it necessary to be arsey about it then it was 16 months 7 days and about 13 minutes.

not being arsey about it i still make it 17 months 1week or 1 year 5 months dec-april and 1 extra week 14th-21st
yes i have stated that i will not go challenging for this time so i wish you all luck even you moley!

To be precise, the record was held by Tangy, Steve and Andi for 1 year, 4 months and 7 days, so I am not sure how Andi made it 1 year, 5 months and 7 days. Wishful thinking maybe....

[palkanetoijala31]

If you feel it necessary to be arsey about it then it was 16 months 7 days and about 13 minutes.

not being arsey about it i still make it 17 months 1week or 1 year 5 months dec-april and 1 extra week 14th-21st
yes i have stated that i will not go challenging for this time so i wish you all luck even you moley!

To be precise, the record was held by Tangy, Steve and Andi for 1 year, 4 months and 7 days, so I am not sure how Andi made it 1 year, 5 months and 7 days. Wishful thinking maybe....

you right well done i apologise does this beat or compare to the last record i held beat by urself i be interested to kno which i held longer.

I reckon Marc record will be held for a long time going on that basis.

[Sam]

The previous record held by Steve Karahan and Andi James for 1 year, 4 months and 10 days!!

[palkanetoijala31]

The previous record held by Steve Karahan and Andi James for 1 year, 4 months and 10 days!!

spooky eh! getting back to subject its strange that the current record holder hasnt updated his own website though i did note in his website that he spoke to someone on here and suggested he dont reveal his real name!

I got to admit though kudos for this new world record i will now put him just above Sara in the rankings list (there are many reasons for this a its only his 1st record and no idea if he wishes to set more and improve his time)and also no publicity from the man himself but to get the record on his 2nd attempt (and i know some people will say 1st but a trial run of 17h is an attempt if it went wrong that day then its still an attempt)

Perhaps Marc is a cross between Hakan and myself lol

[TheFatBuoy]

I measure time using my own proprietary system of units:

The Jumper: the average time taken for an old lady to knit a jumper (based on a sample of 89 old ladies, aged between 58 and 83).

The Tescorrisainsburasdarose: the average time taken for one person doing the weekly supermarket shop for a family of four, based on a mid-afternoon sample of four randomly picked qualifying shoppers each day, over the whole week.

The SleepWeek: average number of hours spent asleep based on some people.

According to my system, it was roughly 245 SleepWeeks, 94 Tescorrisainsburasdaroses and 36 Jumpers.