Montane Spine Race
@spinerace.bsky.social
The MONTANE Spine Race is one of the world’s toughest endurance events. Truly EPIC races every winter and summer. #britainsmostbrutal #spinerace
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Pretty brutal conditions today for the exhausted runners still pushing on at the @spinerace.bsky.social
Hot, humid, zero shade, nowhere to hide.
Personal admin is of paramount importance now.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
Hot, humid, zero shade, nowhere to hide.
Personal admin is of paramount importance now.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
June 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Pretty brutal conditions today for the exhausted runners still pushing on at the @spinerace.bsky.social
Hot, humid, zero shade, nowhere to hide.
Personal admin is of paramount importance now.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
Hot, humid, zero shade, nowhere to hide.
Personal admin is of paramount importance now.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
We’ve seen this immense determination from Jon Shield before.
If he 𝙘𝙖𝙣 keep moving
He 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 keep moving
If he 𝙘𝙖𝙣 keep moving
He 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 keep moving
A word about Jon Shield.
A lot of people would have expected him to win.
He's currently in Byrness, suffering immense pain, yet still pushing on to get his finish.
The determination, the spirit, is awe inspiring.
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
@spinerace.bsky.social
A lot of people would have expected him to win.
He's currently in Byrness, suffering immense pain, yet still pushing on to get his finish.
The determination, the spirit, is awe inspiring.
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
@spinerace.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We’ve seen this immense determination from Jon Shield before.
If he 𝙘𝙖𝙣 keep moving
He 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 keep moving
If he 𝙘𝙖𝙣 keep moving
He 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 keep moving
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Women take 1st and 2nd place overall at the 2025 summer Spine Race 🙌 once again ultra women showing the power of endurance! Find out how women are beating men in their thousands (and why we don't hear about them) in the new book Ultra Women www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Women-... @emmajourno.bsky.social
Anna Troup wins the Montane Summer Spine Race 2025
Anna Troup won this race in 2021 and 2022.
Her course record has stood unchallenged since 2022.
She has now returned 3 years later and once again won the women’s race, and this time as the first runner over the line…
#SummerSpine #SpineRace
Anna Troup won this race in 2021 and 2022.
Her course record has stood unchallenged since 2022.
She has now returned 3 years later and once again won the women’s race, and this time as the first runner over the line…
#SummerSpine #SpineRace
June 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Women take 1st and 2nd place overall at the 2025 summer Spine Race 🙌 once again ultra women showing the power of endurance! Find out how women are beating men in their thousands (and why we don't hear about them) in the new book Ultra Women www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Women-... @emmajourno.bsky.social
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Another outright female winner of the @spinerace.bsky.social! Huge congrats to Anna Troup!! Ultra women are rockstars 🙌
June 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Another outright female winner of the @spinerace.bsky.social! Huge congrats to Anna Troup!! Ultra women are rockstars 🙌
Anna Troup wins the Montane Summer Spine Race 2025
Anna Troup won this race in 2021 and 2022.
Her course record has stood unchallenged since 2022.
She has now returned 3 years later and once again won the women’s race, and this time as the first runner over the line…
#SummerSpine #SpineRace
Anna Troup won this race in 2021 and 2022.
Her course record has stood unchallenged since 2022.
She has now returned 3 years later and once again won the women’s race, and this time as the first runner over the line…
#SummerSpine #SpineRace
June 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Anna Troup wins the Montane Summer Spine Race 2025
Anna Troup won this race in 2021 and 2022.
Her course record has stood unchallenged since 2022.
She has now returned 3 years later and once again won the women’s race, and this time as the first runner over the line…
#SummerSpine #SpineRace
Anna Troup won this race in 2021 and 2022.
Her course record has stood unchallenged since 2022.
She has now returned 3 years later and once again won the women’s race, and this time as the first runner over the line…
#SummerSpine #SpineRace
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Inaugural Spine Sprint North @spinerace.bsky.social - thanks to all the support team for making an epic day
June 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Inaugural Spine Sprint North @spinerace.bsky.social - thanks to all the support team for making an epic day
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Great day up at the finish line @spinerace.bsky.social in Kirk Yetholm & SO excited to meet @ultradamo.bsky.social and I made sure I brought some (proper) tea @yorkshiretea.bsky.social ☕️🫶🙏
June 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Great day up at the finish line @spinerace.bsky.social in Kirk Yetholm & SO excited to meet @ultradamo.bsky.social and I made sure I brought some (proper) tea @yorkshiretea.bsky.social ☕️🫶🙏
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Oh to be in Kirk Yetholm right now.
What a moment this is going to be.
Anna Troup, outright winner of the full Summer Spine.
@spinerace.bsky.social
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
#sheraces
What a moment this is going to be.
Anna Troup, outright winner of the full Summer Spine.
@spinerace.bsky.social
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
#sheraces
June 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Oh to be in Kirk Yetholm right now.
What a moment this is going to be.
Anna Troup, outright winner of the full Summer Spine.
@spinerace.bsky.social
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
#sheraces
What a moment this is going to be.
Anna Troup, outright winner of the full Summer Spine.
@spinerace.bsky.social
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
#sheraces
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The top 3 is currently ALL FEMALE! 😀
live.opentracking.co.uk/sspine2025/?...
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
@spinerace.bsky.social
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#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
@spinerace.bsky.social
Live Tracking
Montane Summer Spine Race 2025 - Live Event Tracking
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June 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The top 3 is currently ALL FEMALE! 😀
live.opentracking.co.uk/sspine2025/?...
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
@spinerace.bsky.social
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#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
@spinerace.bsky.social
If all goes to plan on the final stretch, James Hargreaves in the Montane Summer Challenger North will be in among the Northern Sprint finishers arriving in Kirk Yetholm tonight, and he will arrive as our winner…
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
June 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If all goes to plan on the final stretch, James Hargreaves in the Montane Summer Challenger North will be in among the Northern Sprint finishers arriving in Kirk Yetholm tonight, and he will arrive as our winner…
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
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Proper nail-biter happening in the inaugural Sprint North @spinerace.bsky.social
This is going to the wire.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
This is going to the wire.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
June 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Proper nail-biter happening in the inaugural Sprint North @spinerace.bsky.social
This is going to the wire.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
This is going to the wire.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
Anna Troup won the Montane Summer Spine Race in 2021 and 2022 breaking the course record each time.
But she picked up an injury shortly afterwards and the road to full recovery has been long.
She’s now our race leader with nothing ahead but trail and a goal she’s worked towards for 3 long years…
But she picked up an injury shortly afterwards and the road to full recovery has been long.
She’s now our race leader with nothing ahead but trail and a goal she’s worked towards for 3 long years…
June 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Anna Troup won the Montane Summer Spine Race in 2021 and 2022 breaking the course record each time.
But she picked up an injury shortly afterwards and the road to full recovery has been long.
She’s now our race leader with nothing ahead but trail and a goal she’s worked towards for 3 long years…
But she picked up an injury shortly afterwards and the road to full recovery has been long.
She’s now our race leader with nothing ahead but trail and a goal she’s worked towards for 3 long years…
The first ever Montane Summer Spine Sprint North is underway!
The runners left the line at midday exactly. They have 43 miles to cover including the Cheviot Hills, one of the most ruggedly beautiful and remote stretches of the course…
#SummerSpine #SpineRace
The runners left the line at midday exactly. They have 43 miles to cover including the Cheviot Hills, one of the most ruggedly beautiful and remote stretches of the course…
#SummerSpine #SpineRace
June 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The first ever Montane Summer Spine Sprint North is underway!
The runners left the line at midday exactly. They have 43 miles to cover including the Cheviot Hills, one of the most ruggedly beautiful and remote stretches of the course…
#SummerSpine #SpineRace
The runners left the line at midday exactly. They have 43 miles to cover including the Cheviot Hills, one of the most ruggedly beautiful and remote stretches of the course…
#SummerSpine #SpineRace
The runner furthest south is Jon Lord.
He has 2 Winter Sprint South finishes and 2 Summer Challenger South finishes to his name.
He has a plan and he’s moving forward.
Never write off the backmarkers. It’s a long hard road, but there’s more than one way to solve the #SpineRace
He has 2 Winter Sprint South finishes and 2 Summer Challenger South finishes to his name.
He has a plan and he’s moving forward.
Never write off the backmarkers. It’s a long hard road, but there’s more than one way to solve the #SpineRace
June 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The runner furthest south is Jon Lord.
He has 2 Winter Sprint South finishes and 2 Summer Challenger South finishes to his name.
He has a plan and he’s moving forward.
Never write off the backmarkers. It’s a long hard road, but there’s more than one way to solve the #SpineRace
He has 2 Winter Sprint South finishes and 2 Summer Challenger South finishes to his name.
He has a plan and he’s moving forward.
Never write off the backmarkers. It’s a long hard road, but there’s more than one way to solve the #SpineRace
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Episode 3 of Spine TV is a great watch.
They always are.
youtu.be/x_NPx-UvUkI?...
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#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
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They always are.
youtu.be/x_NPx-UvUkI?...
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
@spinerace.bsky.social
Montane Summer Spine 2025 - Episode Three
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June 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Episode 3 of Spine TV is a great watch.
They always are.
youtu.be/x_NPx-UvUkI?...
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
@spinerace.bsky.social
They always are.
youtu.be/x_NPx-UvUkI?...
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
@spinerace.bsky.social
A note on cut-offs. These are in place to keep runners at a pace that gets them to their finish line before their race ends.
They are the time by which runners need to move on from a checkpoint - not just arrive there. Those skirting cut-offs get little time in the checkpoints…
#SummerSpine
They are the time by which runners need to move on from a checkpoint - not just arrive there. Those skirting cut-offs get little time in the checkpoints…
#SummerSpine
June 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A note on cut-offs. These are in place to keep runners at a pace that gets them to their finish line before their race ends.
They are the time by which runners need to move on from a checkpoint - not just arrive there. Those skirting cut-offs get little time in the checkpoints…
#SummerSpine
They are the time by which runners need to move on from a checkpoint - not just arrive there. Those skirting cut-offs get little time in the checkpoints…
#SummerSpine
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Good morning sports fans.
We have 4, yes 4, women in the top 5 of the Big Race.
This is absolutely bloody fantastic.
Cross Fell awaits today.
live.opentracking.co.uk/sspine2025/?...
@spinerace.bsky.social must be buzzing.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
#running
We have 4, yes 4, women in the top 5 of the Big Race.
This is absolutely bloody fantastic.
Cross Fell awaits today.
live.opentracking.co.uk/sspine2025/?...
@spinerace.bsky.social must be buzzing.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
#running
Live Tracking
Montane Summer Spine Race 2025 - Live Event Tracking
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June 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Good morning sports fans.
We have 4, yes 4, women in the top 5 of the Big Race.
This is absolutely bloody fantastic.
Cross Fell awaits today.
live.opentracking.co.uk/sspine2025/?...
@spinerace.bsky.social must be buzzing.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
#running
We have 4, yes 4, women in the top 5 of the Big Race.
This is absolutely bloody fantastic.
Cross Fell awaits today.
live.opentracking.co.uk/sspine2025/?...
@spinerace.bsky.social must be buzzing.
#spinerace
#dotwatching
#ultrarunning
#running
Jon Shield reached Middleton CP - nicknamed the Teesdale Tandoori - around 21:00.
His feet are still recovering from his 2nd place finish at the Cape Wrath Ultra under a month ago. He was moving well and feeling strong though and set off again just before 23:00…
#SummerSpine
His feet are still recovering from his 2nd place finish at the Cape Wrath Ultra under a month ago. He was moving well and feeling strong though and set off again just before 23:00…
#SummerSpine
June 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Jon Shield reached Middleton CP - nicknamed the Teesdale Tandoori - around 21:00.
His feet are still recovering from his 2nd place finish at the Cape Wrath Ultra under a month ago. He was moving well and feeling strong though and set off again just before 23:00…
#SummerSpine
His feet are still recovering from his 2nd place finish at the Cape Wrath Ultra under a month ago. He was moving well and feeling strong though and set off again just before 23:00…
#SummerSpine
Alex Salt finished the Montane Summer Challenger South this morning in Hardraw.
This afternoon he went to Middleton checkpoint to join his Mum, Moira on the volunteer team and help others reach their own finish lines.
That’s the #SpineFamily
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
This afternoon he went to Middleton checkpoint to join his Mum, Moira on the volunteer team and help others reach their own finish lines.
That’s the #SpineFamily
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
June 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Alex Salt finished the Montane Summer Challenger South this morning in Hardraw.
This afternoon he went to Middleton checkpoint to join his Mum, Moira on the volunteer team and help others reach their own finish lines.
That’s the #SpineFamily
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
This afternoon he went to Middleton checkpoint to join his Mum, Moira on the volunteer team and help others reach their own finish lines.
That’s the #SpineFamily
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
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Night 2 on the Big Race.
This is where the screw really starts to turn, sleep monsters will be lurking, nav will become tricky as the brain function reduces.
Who rests when, and for how long, becomes so important now.
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
@spinerace.bsky.social
This is where the screw really starts to turn, sleep monsters will be lurking, nav will become tricky as the brain function reduces.
Who rests when, and for how long, becomes so important now.
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
@spinerace.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Night 2 on the Big Race.
This is where the screw really starts to turn, sleep monsters will be lurking, nav will become tricky as the brain function reduces.
Who rests when, and for how long, becomes so important now.
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
@spinerace.bsky.social
This is where the screw really starts to turn, sleep monsters will be lurking, nav will become tricky as the brain function reduces.
Who rests when, and for how long, becomes so important now.
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
@spinerace.bsky.social
Dusk brought down the temperature and stopped the scorching sun that’s been steadily baking our runners. As we go into another long night on the trails there’s cloud rolling in and rain is forecast as we approach dawn, bringing a new set of challenges again…
#BritainsMostBrutal
#BritainsMostBrutal
June 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Dusk brought down the temperature and stopped the scorching sun that’s been steadily baking our runners. As we go into another long night on the trails there’s cloud rolling in and rain is forecast as we approach dawn, bringing a new set of challenges again…
#BritainsMostBrutal
#BritainsMostBrutal
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If ever you need to have your faith in humans restored, come to the @spinerace.bsky.social
Run it, volunteer at it, hand out flapjacks on the course. Whatever you put into the #SpineRace you get back in buckets ❤️
Run it, volunteer at it, hand out flapjacks on the course. Whatever you put into the #SpineRace you get back in buckets ❤️
June 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
If ever you need to have your faith in humans restored, come to the @spinerace.bsky.social
Run it, volunteer at it, hand out flapjacks on the course. Whatever you put into the #SpineRace you get back in buckets ❤️
Run it, volunteer at it, hand out flapjacks on the course. Whatever you put into the #SpineRace you get back in buckets ❤️
As the runners in the Montane Summer Spine Challenger North and MRT Challenge North start their journey toward Kirk Yetholm and glory, here’s your Monday morning update from @willbaldlygo.bsky.social
Part 1…
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
Part 1…
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
June 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
As the runners in the Montane Summer Spine Challenger North and MRT Challenge North start their journey toward Kirk Yetholm and glory, here’s your Monday morning update from @willbaldlygo.bsky.social
Part 1…
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
Part 1…
#SpineRace #SummerSpine
➡️ The Montane Summer Spine Challenger North begins at 08:00
In Hardraw, one group of runners are anxiously anticipating the start of their 160 mile test on the trails…
#SummerSpine #BritainsMostBrutal
In Hardraw, one group of runners are anxiously anticipating the start of their 160 mile test on the trails…
#SummerSpine #BritainsMostBrutal
June 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
➡️ The Montane Summer Spine Challenger North begins at 08:00
In Hardraw, one group of runners are anxiously anticipating the start of their 160 mile test on the trails…
#SummerSpine #BritainsMostBrutal
In Hardraw, one group of runners are anxiously anticipating the start of their 160 mile test on the trails…
#SummerSpine #BritainsMostBrutal
What Oli said ⬇️
Early update...Jon Shield still holding a strong lead in the @spinerace.bsky.social Big Race.
Great race developing behind him as they come over PyG.
The CP at Hawes will be a welcome sight to them all later today, get that kettle on!
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
Great race developing behind him as they come over PyG.
The CP at Hawes will be a welcome sight to them all later today, get that kettle on!
#spinerace
#ultrarunning
#dotwatching
June 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
What Oli said ⬇️