Run the Tube.
Above ground.
Take on all 11 London Underground lines end to end — on foot, in the open air. 316 miles of city.Complete a line and earn its finisher medal. We're building automatic GPS-based progress tracking for the launch.
11 lines · 316 miles · 1 gold medal
Four stops to a finisher medal
London Runderground is being built around the runs you already record. Here is how the challenge will work.
- 01
Pick a line
Choose one of the 11 lines. Each has a start and finish station, a distance and a difficulty rating.
- 02
Run it end to end
Run the line above ground from the first station to the last, on public roads and paths, recording it with your usual GPS watch or phone.
- 03
Track your progress
We are developing automatic GPS-based progress tracking that will match recorded runs against each line’s route and stations.
- 04
Earn your medal
Complete a line to earn its finisher medal. Complete all 11 for LONRUN gold.
Pick your line
From the 2-mile Waterloo & City sprint to the 60-mile Central Line epic. Every line is a different challenge.
The full east–west epic. The longest line, the ultimate London challenge.
- Distance
- 70.6km
- Est. time
- 7h 30m
- Stations
- 37
A fast diagonal from Walthamstow to Brixton through the centre.
- Distance
- 23.5km
- Est. time
- 2h 00m
- Stations
- 16
A loop of the city core. Start and finish at Edgware Road.
- Distance
- 24.6km
- Est. time
- 2h 10m
- Stations
- 28
North-west suburbs to the river, Docklands and Stratford.
- Distance
- 51.2km
- Est. time
- 3h 25m
- Stations
- 27
South-west to far east, riverside and beyond. A long green traverse.
- Distance
- 57.3km
- Est. time
- 5h 00m
- Stations
- 42
The shortest line. Two stations, one river crossing, a perfect sprint.
- Distance
- 2.6km
- Est. time
- 12m
- Stations
- 2
All 11 lines. One gold medal.
Complete every London Runderground line — all 316 miles — and claim the gold LONRUN medal: the mark of a runner who has crossed the entire network above ground.