The Spine Race was held last week. These series of races travel up the Pennine Way, starting with The Spine Sprint doing the first 48 miles; The Spine Challenger doing the first 108 miles; The Spine Challenger North doing the final 160 miles and the full Spine Race, doing the whole 268 miles. It is …
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By Kate Allen On Tuesday 25th May, Damian Hall, a British elite ultra marathon runner, will be attempting to break the record on Wainwright’s 185 mile Coast to Coast route. This route was devised by Alfred Wainwright in his 1973 book “A Coast to Coast Walk”. It starts in St Bees on the west coast, …
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By Kate Allen If you don’t have time to read this article, then the short answer is emphatically YES! If you are even considering running an ultra, it shows you have an interest to do so and that really is all that matters. How you do it, however, is another matter. Out of interest, I …
By Tom Saville RunUltra Introduction In the UK, we have three well known Challenges. The Bob Graham Round is 42 Fells in the Lake District consisting of 106km (66 miles) and 8,200m ascent. The Paddy Buckley Round is the Welsh equivalent in the Snowdonia National Park, consisting of 47 summits, 100km (62 miles) and 8,500 …
By Sarah Cooke With no races to train for, Summer 2020 has already seen some amazing solo feats of endurance in the UK. In the Lake District, Sabrina Verjee smashed the Wainwrights, Kim Collinson broke the record for the number of peaks completed in 24 hours, Katie Kaars Sijpesteijn set a new Abraham’s Tea Round …
