Monthly Archives: October 2022

We all love a walking challenge.

We love strapping on our thermals and our walking boots and going on a long hike, whether that be with friends or family, or even just our beloved pets. 

In the UK, we’re blessed with so many great casual and challenging walking routes. The Three Peaks Challenge and Ten Tors Challenge are just a couple that stick out. 

But 2022 has seen the birth of a new walking challenge that trended across the popular social media channel, TikTok. If you’re not aware of it, it was the #victorialinechallenge.

It all started with the #victorialinechallenge walking challenge

Simply put, this trend was seeing multiple creators document their journey of trying to walk the entire Victoria line in London. 

Since starting earlier in the year, it has driven more than half a million video views. But it is Gabrielle Abordo, 22, who goes by the username Gabrielle Xsara on TikTok, that has amassed nearly half of that entire viewership.

The popularity of her content has led to her also walking the Waterloo and City line (1.5 miles), from Bank to Lewisham (6.4 miles), as well as the entire DLR line (24 miles).

We loved her content and videos so much that we had to reach out to her, to see how FootActive could help her in future walking challenges.

We’re excited to say that we are going to be collaborating with Gabrielle as she attempts to walk all of the London Underground lines - including the mammoth Central line, which is 46 miles long.

Yes, you read that right!

The numbers behind the UK's newest walking challenge

It’s an incredible challenge Gabrielle is taking on and as a result, we have done a little bit of digging to see just how gruelling it is going to be.

Turns out… what started off as a TikTok trend has now become one of the UK’s most difficult walking challenges.

Our research showed that the length of all the tube lines combined amounts to 316.5 miles (497.3km) crossing 428 stations, which would span the width of the UK at its widest point. 

Obviously