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The Tube Challenge & Edinburgh Marathon
Page creator: Richard Donaldson
Page closes: 30th Jul 2008
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About the charity : Asthma UK Asthma UK
Asthma UK is the charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the 5.2 million people in the UK who have asthma. We work with people with asthma, healthcare professionals and researchers to develop and share expertise to help people increase their understanding and reduce the effect of asthma on their lives. Please support us in our vision of "Control over asthma today, freedom from asthma tomorrow".
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Fundraising target:  £4,000.00
Donations to date:  £ 4,340.00
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Well, we nearly made it. At 23.49pm we had successfully completed 268 stations in 18 hours, 21 minutes and 42 seconds.
 
That meant with only one station to go we were only 6 minutes outside the target time Guinness had set for the new world record for 269 stations.
 
Then, to our dismay, there were no more trains going to Heathrow Terminal 4 so we were unable to complete.

Thanks to all our supporters. You can look at your name on the map here: http://www.justinirwin.com/uploads/tubemap.pdf

Richard is running the Edinburgh Marathon for Asthma UK on 25 May so tt is not too late to support Asthma UK and get yourself on the map!!

Please select a station from this list http://www.justinirwin.com/uploads/tubes.xls

And then click on 'Sponsor us now' above, please write the station you want to sponsor in the message box.

On the 1st April Richard and Justin will be attempting to set a new Guinness World Record for the legendary Tube Challenge in aid of Asthma UK.

What is the Tube Challenge? - The challenge is to visit all 269 stations (including the new Heathrow Terminal 5) and 253 miles of the London Underground in the shortest time possible, only using the tube, other public transport and your own two feet. The current record (for 268 stations) is 17 hours, 30 minutes and 51 seconds.

Asthma UK - In the UK, every seven minutes someone is admitted to hospital because of an asthma attack and every seven hours someone loses their life because of their asthma. Your support will mean Asthma UK can fund research projects to investigate the causes of asthma and provide vital services - such as the Asthma UK Adviceline and Kick Asthma Holidays for children with asthma - to help free people with asthma from its effects (see www.asthma.org.uk). 

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Asthma UK will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

Many thanks for your support.

Richard and Justin
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Matt Goody 15/05/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck Dickie 
The Barbers 24/04/2008 £50.00 £14.10 East Putney 
The Hayes Family 07/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 can't believe we're so late - bit like the District Line at Chiswick Park... 
Theresa Hetherington 04/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Well done and hope you are recovering ok! 
Robert Droy 03/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Great effort. Maybe you can try again some time. 
Jeremy Doyle 02/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Guess I'm getting in the spirit by donating slightly late. Better luck next time... 
anonymous lady 02/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 well done - fantastic effort 
Anony Mouse 02/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Have a bit more for such a sterling effort, commiserations that you didnt quite make it, next time... 
Fen 02/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 A marathon effort indeed 
Andrew Sentance 01/04/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Upminster - which is where you got on my train this morning! Good luck with the challenge and hope you break the record. 
Futuresaver 31/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Wembley Central - have fun, your day will be infinitely more interesting than mine! 
nfpSynergy 31/03/2008 £100.00 n/a Aldgate - good luck! 
Magic Numbers +/*- 31/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Great Portland Street - May the force be with you 
Swithun Wells 31/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Tufnell Park in the name of Swithun Wells please. Best of Luck. You'll need a dozen Oystercards each at least! 
Andrew Friedhoff 31/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Whether you beat the record or not, I doff my cap for the can-do attitude 
The Boucher Family 30/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Willesden Green, in memory of Geoffrey Howard Smith 
Kate Williamson 30/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Westbourne Park please, in fond memory of Carrot Mansions.  
Eric Wiles 30/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Harrow & Wealdstone 
Gill Weisinger 28/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Burnt Oak 
Frank Weisinger 28/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Stanmore 
Maria Reader 28/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Euston, via Hong Kong 
Sabrine 28/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck Richard - you are a brave man! Reflexolgy and a glass of champers when you want it.  
joan O'Hagan 27/03/2008 £30.00 £8.46 Good luck Richard 
Eddy 27/03/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Chigwell, isn't that where 'Birds of a Feather' come from?! Good luck, rather you than me 
Andy Burnett 27/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Elm Park - no idea where this is, but there's an Elm Park road near me in Brixton. 
PPA 27/03/2008 £20.00 n/a Earls Court for the Aussie members of PPA 
Sam Cheatle 27/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Brixton please! Even if I have to share... Enjoy?! 
Heather Joy 27/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Leyton I'll wave from my house! 
jo revill 27/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Chancery Lane - Good on you! 
June Coppel 26/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 High St Kensington 
Matthew Woodeson 26/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Chorleywood - nice and early 
Alex Lever 26/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Kilburn - scene of "The Lost Years" (all 10 of them!) 
Trisha Weller 26/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Green Park. Good luck. 
Jos Belgrave 26/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Baker Street 
Gay Kennedy 25/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Kingsbury 
Wenda Bryen 25/03/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Bond Street 
Helen 25/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Kings Cross. Not pretty but think of us northerners coming to visit! Good luck, mate. Whatever next? 
Flave 25/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Tooting Bec - flat on the deck 
kim+alex rosello 25/03/2008 £87.00 £24.54 HAMPSTEAD: god-speed, good luck! 
Rhiannon 25/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Chalk Farm - how are you going to wee? 
Naomi Wilkinson 24/03/2008 £30.00 £8.46 Bon chance Richard. Enjoy leafy Wimbledon Park & break that record! 
Jon and Katherine 24/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Osterley 
Paul Kemp 24/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Ruslip Manor - good luck!!! 
Barbara Herts 24/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck Richard!  
Paul and Rachel 24/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Hainault - Hope it's not the end of the line for Justin 
Ali Merifield 24/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Vauxhall - I'll run up the stairs as a tribute to you! 
Emma, Joe and Rosa 23/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Euston Square - jeez guys you are bonkers!  
Anna Jones 23/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 LHR T4, because it's my only home in London now 
Dave Farrar 23/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 I'll take New Cross Gate - aaaahhh, the memories 
Electric Word 22/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Farringdon 
Uncle Erik 22/03/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Sounds like thirsty work 
Duncan 20/03/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Tower Hill  
Greg & Sarah Casbolt 20/03/2008 £30.00 £8.46 Royal Oak - as it reminds me of so many good pubs! Good luck! 
Chris, Sharon, Emily and Jamie 20/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Wimbledon. Best of luck and up the Dons. 
Natalie Trist 20/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Canada Water ('cause someone's already pinched Bermondsey!). Good luck! 
Humphrey 20/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Hammersmith H&C. Good cause guys, I'd be coming with you if it wasn't for this pesky job. 
Mel Alcock 20/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Queens Park - back to Norf London roots ... 
Antony Brown 19/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck but I hope you don't beat our World Record! I take HATTON CROSS please. 
Colette 18/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Finchley Central - I'll think twice before betting with you again!! 
Kira Draper 14/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Barons Court....CXH / 128SDR closest ( those who know me & hopefully donate after me will understand!!) ...Good Luck Guys! 
Simon S 14/03/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Where's the marketing solution?! 
The HR Team 13/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 St James's Park. Good luck!! 
Sarah Barber 11/03/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Barkingside 
The DM Team 11/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck! 
wendy nganasurian 10/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 hate tube travel personally 
Simon Smith 10/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 North Greenwich please! You can always stop off for a gig! 
Ian H 10/03/2008 £200.00 £56.41 Turnham Green - go for it Richard ! 
Shirley & Bramble 09/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Whitechapel.......Think of us at work at the Royal London Hospital when you're passing - Good Luck! 
Simon Connell 09/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Hillingdon 
Julian Schild 08/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Warwick Avenue 
Brian Schirn 08/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 East Ham (since Upton Park is already gone) - home of West Ham FC 
Des & Eileen 07/03/2008 £20.00 n/a Hounslow Central 
Darren 07/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Upton Park obviously.....and as we used to sing in the good old days "you'll never make the station" 
Brett Day 05/03/2008 £40.00 £11.28 Cockfosters - "With a start, he realised he'd got as far as cockfosters and hadn't turned a page of his book ..."  
PSG Wasters 05/03/2008 £20.00 n/a Hanger Lane, All the best from Prof's students  
Leila Ayoubian 05/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Uxbridge, Good Luck 
Polly, Tom & Joe 04/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Hammersmith 
Kim Stephenson 03/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Highgate, you nutters 
emily & freddie 03/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Clapham Common 
Ali 03/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 ladbroke grove 
Johnny 03/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Preston Road - mind the gap 
Ed, Clare and Holly 03/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 keep it Kenny G. We'll have a pint ready as you go through 
David Steeds 29/02/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Golders Green 
Mark & Charlotte 29/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Northwood Hills ....! 
SIT (The Hardest Working Team At Asthma UK!) 29/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Old Street. No cheating! We want the photos!!!! 
Trusts Team 29/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Oval. The batsman's Holding....... 
Chris Griffiths 29/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 St Paul's - you'll need all the help you can get 
becky 29/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 balham - the best! 
Community Fundraising 27/02/2008 £20.00 n/a Moorgate please 
Trudes 27/02/2008 £30.00 £8.46 Wanted Brixton, but darling Trev has it ! So Stockwell it is. 
Alex Plant 26/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 South Ealing. Has all the vowels in it! Good luck! 
Bob and Angel 26/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Hurrah! Bayswater for us, pleae... 
Leigh Chambers 26/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Bounds Green for me. Many happy times there. 
Asthma UK Major Supporter Team 26/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Sloane Square - Major Supporter stomping ground!! 
Ben Burton 26/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Westminster 
rosie newbigging 26/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Bethnal Green - Go for it! 
Rachel Polnay 26/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Swiss Cottage please. Good luck! 
Jon Newton 26/02/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Bounds Green - Gav, I'll pick you up at 8 
Harvey 26/02/2008 £50.00 n/a Clapham North - good luck lads 
Jon Keast 24/02/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Kennington - you know it makes sense 
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