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My Journey to Kirk Yetholm starts here
So I’m writing this blog whilst still not exactly recovered from my 2021 attempt at the Spine Race. I still have blisters, my left foot is swollen with cellulitis and most worryingly there is a huge pile of fetid running kit in my lounge which looks like it might evolve into a fairly belligerent life form if I don’t do something with it soon…
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The Winter spine Race 2026 – Britain’s Most Brutal? (Part Two)
My plan was to spend at most two hours at Checkpoint One. However my phone had other plans. Due (I guess) to a combination of cold and poor mobile signal, the battery was down to 8% and was going to take 2 hours 30 minutes to recharge. I had options, first off, the ‘kit requirement’…
The Winter spine Race 2026 – Britain’s Most Brutal? (Part One)
As those that read this blog will be aware, I now have quite a history of Spine racing. After the 2021 DNF I have been on the start line of at least one Spine Race every year, three times with my wife Sharon. One of those events was the full Winter Spine in 2024, surely…
The Summer Spine Challenger North – tough enough (Part Two)
If you run, walk or stagger into a Spine checkpoint and say ‘Enough, I’m out’, the volunteers will politely not hear you and ask what you would like to eat and drink. They aren’t being rude, it’s just that the time you can spend in a checkpoint can change everything. When I DNFed in 2021,…
The Summer Spine Challenger North – how tough? (Part One)
After I completed the full Summer spine in 2022, I persuaded Sharon to join me for the Sprint in 2023. she didn’t hate that so in 2024 we did Challenger South. She did hate that but still decided she would like to do the Challenger North anyway to complete the Pennine Way. As our Challenger…
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