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Pretty pleased that this is my 300th post:

Some of you might remember that a few months ago a mate of mine challenged me to the half homeless challange where i had to live in my car for a week:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=30880.0

Well me and this 'mate' where watching TV where a guy had to walk 60 miles to save a friend! Evan then said that the guy should complain and its easy!

That got me thinking and i have decided i am now ready for his challange!

The distance between the Grosvenor in Brighton and The Vic is 63 miles!!!!!!

So his challange is:

To walk from Brighton Grosvenor to the Vic in the space of 29hrs and 30 minutes

He is only allowed to have money on him for the amount we will agree before

Only method of transport is by Foot!

the date for this challange is Thursday October 2nd 2008

I have given him odds of 10/1 and he has put £100 on himself completing the challange


LET THE GAMES BEGIN

 ;dingdell;

That's some challenge.

What kind of shape is he in physically?

Is there even a pavement over half the route?

Wow, I've slept in my car a couple of the times in the past, have no idea how you put up with that for a week!

This challenge sounds mental!!!!

Ya he is in good physical shape!

There is a route to take and we have looked into it before confirming the challange as we had to see if it was 'do'able or not

Ya wasnt the best mate! especially having flushy come round every now and then and teasing you

ha ha, it was a funny thread though :D

Good luck to your mate with this one.  I hope you'll be travelling to see where he is each day and posting updates :D

yeh im in v good shape atm and some of the route (in the 1st 11miles) isn't paved so this could be my 1st and last post on blonde.lol.
google maps say that its gonna take 18 hours to walk the whole route but im aiming for much quicker than that as im gonna run the first 25miles in a max of 5hours.
motivation is high though as i want my money back from when he was a homeless bum for 144hours (still hurts that he won that bet and even the HU against me in the MTT. his A6 vs 99 on the first night he was homeless! *sigh*) plus theres nothing sweeter than stripping khalid of a £1000 in under 24hours.

Good luck to you crazy man, hope the weather holds.

I dont

doesnt sound like the best idea to run the first 25

[ ] 63 miles is easy

7" is hard.

just been looking over the route and things like that

[ ] he will complete this challange

[ X ] My money is safe

Thing is, unless you are going to walk with him, how are you gonna know if he hitches a sneaky lift or something ... or better still, promises a mate £200 of your money to wait for him 5 miles up the road and then drive him into london :)

nah i trust him.... most of his mates are my mates so they will prob come to me for a better deal lol

i was thinking of giving him a video camera.. that way i can see the whole journey

This is going to be so quality!!!

Your next challange still has to be 2 weeks locked in your room btw

2 weeks

that is way too long! and dont go giving him ideas.... he might not survive this to give me a challange anyway

you don't cheat on your mates so i'm def going to complete the whole thing.

Cheers for the PM, I will pick you up at the agreed place, £250 is very generous, nice one.

£250!? i said $2.50

Find someone with a running GPS watch. Wear that and it'll make sure there wouldn't be any cheating. Would be able to help with the course etc too.

All depends on the route quality but it is defiantely very possible. Would have thought running the first bit would make it much harder though.

haha. that would be the hardest challenge so far. he'd go insane. where does he go to the toilet and how does he get food? in def interested Flushy.

It's quality he can prepare his room in anyway he wants so he has to stockpile food etc, get all his supplies in a day before hand.

Toilet, well, a bucket?


Why on earth are you doing it Brighton>London rather than London>Brighton (downhill) gl running 25 miles through the downs!

Im not an expert in this kind of thing but I think running the start of it might be optimum strategy.  Itll be easier to run the 1st chunk of it then walk the rest of the way than to walk most of it and run the rest of the way.

Itll also be a psychological boost getting the 1st few miles out the way quickly.

I did the round Jersey walk earlier this year 48.1 miles, took me 12 and a half hours and it was hell.
Was up and down cliff paths and steps etc

I bit of training and decent trainers and taped up feet and this could be done in under 20 hours

50kg bag of Kitty litter ftw

this could be brought forward a few days!!!

by his request not mine

Right Guys he will be doing this at 4am today setting off from the grosvenor in brighton to the Vic... apparently is a bad day weather wise

This is the route he is taking and he will be texting me regularly(at least once every half hour) and i shall be going up to london later to meet him should he make it:

Brighton BN2 3LE
UK
1. Head northeast on St Martin's Pl
112 ft
2. Turn left to stay on St Martin's Pl
174 ft
3. Turn right at A270/Lewes Rd
0.4 mi
4. Turn left at A270
33 ft
5. Turn right at A270/Lewes Rd
1.6 mi
6. Turn left at Coldean Ln
13 ft
7. Slight right to stay on Coldean Ln
1.2 mi
8. Turn right at Ditchling Rd
2.6 mi
9. Continue on Beacon Rd
1.5 mi
10. Slight right at B2112/South St
Continue to follow B2112
Go through 2 roundabouts
5.6 mi
11. Slight left at B2112/Sussex Rd
144 ft
12. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A272/South Rd
0.4 mi
13. Slight right to stay on A272/South Rd
Continue to follow A272
308 ft
14. Continue on B2028/The Broadway
Continue to follow B2028
0.4 mi
15. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Mill Green Rd
0.2 mi
16. Turn left at College Rd
285 ft
17. Turn right at Balcombe Rd
0.6 mi
18. Continue on Bordehill Ln
1.9 mi
19. Slight right toward Haywards Heath Rd
0.3 mi
20. Turn left toward Haywards Heath Rd
0.2 mi
21. Continue straight onto Haywards Heath Rd
1.2 mi
22. Turn left to stay on Haywards Heath Rd
0.2 mi
23. Turn right at B2036/London Rd
Continue to follow B2036
Go through 3 roundabouts
4.6 mi
24. Slight left at B2036/Balcombe Rd
Go through 2 roundabouts
3.3 mi
25. Slight left to stay on B2036/Balcombe Rd
Go through 1 roundabout
1.0 mi
26. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A23/Bonehurst Rd
1.3 mi
27. Slight right to stay on A23/Bonehurst Rd
Continue to follow A23
1.0 mi
28. Slight left at A23/Horley Rd
1.0 mi
29. Slight right to stay on A23/Horley Rd
Continue to follow A23
0.8 mi
30. At Belfry Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A25/High St
Continue to follow High St
0.2 mi
31. Turn right at A25/London Rd
Continue to follow London Rd
Go through 1 roundabout
0.3 mi
32. Slight left at A23/London Rd
Continue to follow A23
2.3 mi
33. Slight left at A23/London Rd N
0.3 mi
34. Slight left at London Rd N
0.6 mi
35. Continue on A23/Brighton Rd
1.4 mi
36. Slight left to stay on A23/Brighton Rd
Go through 2 roundabouts
1.3 mi
37. Slight left to stay on A23/Brighton Rd
1.1 mi
38. Slight left to stay on A23/Brighton Rd
Continue to follow A23
0.2 mi
39. Slight right at A235/Brighton Rd
Go through 1 roundabout
2.1 mi
40. Slight left at A235/S End
Continue to follow A235
0.5 mi
41. Continue on High St
0.2 mi
42. Continue on N End
0.4 mi
43. Continue on A235/London Rd
Continue to follow London Rd
2.5 mi
44. Slight right at A23/Streatham High Rd
0.3 mi
45. Slight right to stay on A23/Streatham High Rd
0.2 mi
46. Slight left to stay on A23/Streatham High Rd
Continue to follow A23
1.4 mi
47. Slight left at A23/Streatham Hill
0.3 mi
48. Turn right to stay on A23/Streatham Hill
43 ft
49. Turn left to stay on A23/Streatham Hill
Continue to follow A23
2.8 mi
50. Turn left at A202/Camberwell New Rd
Continue to follow A202
0.4 mi
51. Slight right at A202/Durham St
0.1 mi
52. Turn left at A202/Kennington Ln
Continue to follow A202
0.5 mi
53. Slight right at A202/Vauxhall Bridge Rd
0.7 mi
54. Slight right to stay on A202/Vauxhall Bridge Rd
0.2 mi
55. Turn left at A302/Victoria St
Continue to follow A302
0.5 mi
56. Continue on Grosvenor Pl
203 ft
57. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto A4202/Park Ln
Continue to follow Park Ln
1.0 mi
58. Turn left at A40/Marble Arch
299 ft
59. Turn right at A5/Edgware Rd
0.3 mi
60. Slight right to stay on A5/Edgware Rd
0.1 mi

Grosvenor Victoria Casino
150-162 Edgware Rd
London, W2 2DT, United Kingdom

oh and ive given him a couple of landmarks he needs to take a picture of to prove his genuiness

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!!!!!!!!!

Lol brilliant.

Gl gl, updates on here pls.

lol he smashed it, 16hrs Khalid gg your £1,000

lol EZ game.

LOL easiest bag he will ever make.

BRIGHTON TO LONDON = DONE! taking a total of 16hours! have swollen ankles, messed up my left foot, ripped many holes in my socks. my back hurts (actually kills) as do my legs and it rained 3 times! was much harder than i thought it was goin to be though but khalid's money is soooo sweet! plus got to watch Patrik Antonius play in EPT. overall a productive day.

well done!!!