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Quick Links

• The Spine Race Website
• 2022 Spine Race Waiting list
• The Spine Race Results and Records
• The Spine Race Facebook Page
• Facebook Official Spine Group (Competitors Discussion)
• Facebook Group for Volunteers
• Mandatory Equipment / Compulsory Kit List Spine Race 2022

Spine Race 2020 Spine Kit Document Winter V8 2021

• Strava Unofficial spine club for those competing in the 2022 Winter Spine Race (Spine, Challenger & MRT)

General Information

Distance: 268-mile (429km)
Total Ascent (Approx):	31000 feet (9500M)
Time Limit: 7 days (168 hours)

The Spine Race DNF (Did Not Finish) Rate

Challenger Race retention rate

• 2017 – CP1 97%, Finish 66%.
• 2018 – CP1 98%, Finish 69%.
• 2019 – CP1 81%, Finish 60%
• 2020 – CP1 84%, Finish 47%

Spine Race retention rate

• 2017 – CP1 96%, CP2 75%, CP3 69%, CP4 66%, CP5 58%, Finish 56%.
• 2018 – CP1 97%, CP2 75%, CP3 68%, CP4 53%, CP5 49%, Finish 45%.
• 2019 – CP1 91%, CP2 80%, CP3 68%, CP4 64%, CP5 62%, Finish 57%
• 2020 – CP1 94%, CP2 77%, CP3 58%, CP4 49%, CP5 45%, Finish 43%

Race Photographs

• Racing Snakes Official Photos 2020
• Racing Snakes Official Photos 2019
• Racing Snakes Official Photos 2018
• Racing Snakes Official Photos 2017
• Racing Snakes Official Photos 2016
• Racing Snakes Official Photos 2015
• John Bamber - Original (First) Spine Race 2012

Blogs, Media and News Articles

The Spine Race Blogs

• Spine Race Blogs 2021
• Spine Race Blogs 2020
• Spine Race Blogs 2019
• Spine Race Blogs 2018
• Spine Race Blogs 2017
• Spine Race Blogs 2016
• Spine Race Blogs 2015
• Spine Race Blogs 2014
• Spine Race Blogs 2013
• Spine Race Blogs 2012

2023 Spine Race YouTube Videos

• Running Your Stories Spine Race 2023 Kevs kit run through
• centurionrunning The Spine Race: Kit Review and Advice

2022 Spine Race YouTube Videos

• Running Your Stories Elaine Bisson - The Spine Race 2022 Second Lady
• Running Your Stories Dougie Zinis - 2nd Place Montane Spine Race 2022
• Running Your Stories The Spine Race 2022 - Kev's Story

News Articles and Interviews

2023

• Runners World What’s it actually like to take part in “Britain’s most brutal” race?
• BBC News Pennine Way hill runners with hypothermia rescued from hut
• BBC News Upper Wharfedale rescuers battle 'crazy' weather in 108-mile race

2020

• BMC - Interview: winners of the 2020 Montane Spine Race

2019

• BBC News Nursing mum smashes 268-mile race record

Podcast

2020

• JOHN KELLY WINNER OF THE MONTANE SPINE RACE 2020 - WORLD EXCLUSIVE
• Montane Further Faster - EPISODE 19: JOHN KELLY
• E24. Smashing Records and Beating Sleepmonsters with Jasmin Paris
• E23. Breaking the Spine with Eoin Keith
• E25. Winning Epic Distance Events with Spine and Barkley Winner John Kelly

2019

• - ROT #14 The Spine Race Part 1
• - ROT #15 The Spine Race Part 2

Kit

• Sleeping Bags
• Sleeping Mats
• Stoves
• Pocket knives

The Spine Race Route

• Spine Race Pacing Table
• The Spine Race Route Road Book POI
• Spine Challenger - North Road Book POI

Spine Race Films

• 2020 - Spine Race Endurance
• 2020 NHK WORLD - JAPAN: GREAT RACE - RUNNING COLD
• 2019 - Spine Race Resilience
• 2019 - Through The Pain - Shelli Gordon's Epic Spine Adventure
• 2017 - Broken from Summit Fever Media
• 2016 - The Montane Spine Race Film Trailer
• Spine Race 2015 - BBC Inside Out

Daily Facebook Videos

• 2020 - Catch up with the action each day on the Montane Spine Race, Challenger and MRT Challenge. Brought to you by Summit Fever Media
• 2019 - Catch up with the action each day on the Montane Spine Race, Challenger and MRT Challenge. Brought to you by Summit Fever Media
• 2018 - Catch up with the action each day on the Montane Spine Race, Challenger and MRT Challenge. Brought to you by Summit Fever Media
• 2017 - Catch up with the action each day on the Montane Spine Race, Challenger and MRT Challenge. Brought to you by Summit Fever Media
• 2016 - Catch up with the action each day on the Montane Spine Race, Challenger and MRT Challenge. Brought to you by Summit Fever Media

Youtube videos

• GRL #292 | John Kelly - Life in the UK, Winning the Spine Race & More

Travel Logistics

Public Transport links on Pennine Way

• Pennine Way - National Trail - Public transport along the Pennine Way

Parking at Edale

3 and 7 day parking pass

Weather and Webcams

• https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/united-kingdom/england/hawes/hawes.html (Hawes)
• https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/road-cameras-and-weather-conditions (B6255 Ribblehead)
• https://www.yorkshiredalesguides.co.uk/webcam-and-weather-conditions (Settle and Stainforth)

Scientific Papers

• From social interactions to interpersonal relationships: Influences on ultra-runners’ race experience Brian Harman, Céline Kosirnik, Roberta Antonini Philippe
• Eye injuries in the extreme environment ultra-marathon runner Thomas Adam Cope1 and Anna Kropelnicki
• Sleep Patterns during a Winter Mountain Ultra Marathon Borja Martinez Gonzalez
• Extreme events reveal an alimentary limit on sustained maximal human energy expenditure

= Spine Race Poetry & Songs Endless frozen miles, Grit and spirit intertwined, Spine racers persevere.

• Spine Poetry - A Collection of Verses for the Family on the Way
• WHY?! by Ruddyspine is Krippling Poem by Andy Norman

Miscellaneous

• Theme music from youtube video intro
• John Bamber's Chilli Jam Recipe
• ChatGPT on Training for the Spine Race