Man finds ‘unseen’ parts of London after running entire Underground network

Harry Clough said he was able to see new parts of London (Picture: Harry Clough)

A man has managed to run the entire London Underground network and visited all 272 stations, raising more than £3,000.

Harry Clough has ran the entire 400km network in his Ultra London Underground Challenge.

Six of the lines are equivalent to running an ultramarathon while three are the length of marathons.

The 26-year-old managed to complete the final and longest line – the Central line – today.

It was made even harder by Storm Darragh sweeping across the city, with winds in London reaching 55mph.

But Harry has managed to see parts of London which ‘often go unnoticed’.

He told Metro: ‘I have now seen a ridiculous amount of London.

‘When I ran the Jubilee Line, I went down these really strange tunnels and saw some crazy ships.

He has taken a picture at every single Tube station (Picture: Harry Clough)

‘I even got on one of the boats at some point, and without the challenge I wouldn’t have done that.’

Harry, who works for a start up company, has managed to take a picture at every single Tube station.

The hardest line he ran was the first one in his challenge – the Metropolitan Line – on October 30.

He said: ‘I really hit a wall about 15km in to the challenge. I was wearing new trainers which hadn’t been fully worn in yet.

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‘But I managed to findGreggs to fuel up which made me feel a lot better.’

Harry set himself the challenge to raise for men’s mental health charity Movember.

He said: ‘The idea was to find a challenge that was really difficult and last the month of November.

‘It is also something people, particularly Londoners, can relate to as we know just how far the tube lines stretch.’

He continued : ‘I have struggled a lot with anxiety and depression throughout my life. I have had anxiety for as long as I can remember but I really starting getting panic attacks badly when I started University.

‘The most challenging part for me was at the beginning when I had no idea what the panic attacks were – I honestly thought I was dying.

‘I didn’t understand that I could feel sad and think everyone hates me but that it’s my brain making things up.

‘Even now it is still tough, but with that knowledge things are slowly getting better.’

You can donate to his fundraiser here.

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