ZONE 1: MAY 19th, 2006

Post by **tubeguru** » 19 May 2006, 09:32

I shall be leaving shortly.

I could murder a sausage and egg McMuffin ...

Post by **tubeguru** » 19 May 2006, 09:46

I'll try to win it for you

(I've got SK on my team now)

TheFatBuoy · Post by **TheFatBuoy** » 19 May 2006, 10:09

Right, I'm on my way - see you all there. And I've got a cracking team name for my as-yet one-man team

zeibura · Post by **zeibura** » 19 May 2006, 10:12

dustmask - are you gonna be bringing any copies of bakerloo e.p. when you come to the pub? if so, bring one for me

CrunchySaviour · Post by **CrunchySaviour** » 19 May 2006, 10:18

tubeguru wrote:I'll try to win it for you

(I've got SK on my team now)

You two will be unstoppable!

Z - I will have 15 copies of the EP. The eleven or twelve remaining reservers will, of course, have first dibs upon them.

Nutteronabus · Post by **Nutteronabus** » 19 May 2006, 10:35

I'm in an internet cafÃƒÂ© just down the road from the meeting place. Ã‚Â£1 an hour. Not bad.

Anyway, yes. Here's what I was going to say, for the benefit of absolutely nobody;

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!

tpfkar · Post by **tpfkar** » 19 May 2006, 10:38

Just thinking about getting out of bed.....guess I should!

Ric

Adham · Post by **Adham** » 19 May 2006, 21:44

I hope it went well. I'm sorry I couldn't be there.

standclearofthedoors · Post by **standclearofthedoors** » 19 May 2006, 22:03

Anyone got any results- come on- ONE of you must be sober..

zeibura · Post by **zeibura** » 19 May 2006, 22:58

yep. david scard & ric brackenbury's team (can't remember the third name - sorry!) won by a stride with 2:51. next in line was steven karahan's duo with 3 hours.

there was a leeetle problem though, some twat decided to commit suicide at warren street around 3:30, which shut off the entire victoria line in zone 1 until just before half 4. so not everyone managed to visit every station.

oh and the funniest team name was "snow white and the seven sisters"...

more info later from someone who's got it i'm sure!

Nic · Post by **Nic** » 19 May 2006, 23:11

Hello! *waves around*

I still haven't slept yet..... but had excellent fun today! I will doubtlessly confuse people when I try to explain the concept of the Tube Challenge to them.

Starkey7 · Post by **Starkey7** » 19 May 2006, 23:53

My most vivid memory is a mad, horrible dash from Euston Square to Euston at about 3:38pm, followed by a six minute wait for a Northern line, followed by "the Victoria line is closed". Sigh. And don't anybody mention Bayswater. Or Earls Court.

If you're after times, then I sadly can only remember four of them:

2nd: Ummm ... some team name or other - 3:00'14"
5th: Team Needing Tardis - 3:18'43"
6th: I'd rather run than take the Circle line (me) - 3:18'44"
7th: Snow White and her lot - 3:21'00"

I'm sure the experts will give you all the rest! I'll write up my side of the story on my website sometime. If you like, you can see my route and times here:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ma1jas/londonzone1.doc

TheFatBuoy · Post by **TheFatBuoy** » 20 May 2006, 01:28

"The Zone One-derers" - 3:29.55.

Oh yes, we beat the mighty 3h30m milestone. And that was not giving a shit about breaking any form of record - good job, 'cos we didn't come remotely close! Rock on(gar)!

zeibura · Post by **zeibura** » 20 May 2006, 08:25

myself and nic (the autistic and the bipolar) got 3:27:27.

i think stevens team were called "the chinese tube trotters"

tpfkar · Post by **tpfkar** » 20 May 2006, 08:44

Team ******** made it round in a spectacular 2:51:54.

We had some superb connections, although all our problems were on the circle and district lines!

Full credit to David Scard for our route - I suggested a Vauxhall finish so I'm glad we chose his route instead!

Also worth saying that it would have been very close with Neil and Stephen had the Victoria line been running at the end for them - they would probably have edged us if they'd got lucky with their last connection.

Is anyone going to a proper write-up for a website? Geoff? For posterity's sake of course. Nothing whatsoever to do with the nice trophy on the shelf.

tubechallenge.com

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