The Spine Race Blogs
Advice Blogs
Shoes
- Stu Westfield - 2014 Spine Race - Footwear Survey, Findings & Conclusions
- Stu Westfield - 2020 Spine Race - Footwear Survey 2020 - Part 1 part 2
Blisters
- Peter Gold - Blister free feet
- Peter Gold - How I tape my feet
- Peter Gold - The Ickornshaw Moor Bog Blister
Mental
General
- Stu Westfield - Navigation: tools for the 2014 Spine Race (Updated Feb 2014)
- Pavel Paloncý - Spine Race Hints: #1 – Ask, visualize, memorize
- Pavel Paloncý - Spine Race Hints: #2 – Navigation!
- dartmoordogrunner - Spine Race Myths and Misconceptions.
- dartmoordogrunner - Spine navigation Reality
- dartmoordogrunner - Improving Race Speed updated 2019
- dartmoordogrunner - Sleeping Stratergys and foot issues updated 2018
- dartmoordogrunner - SPINE Kit -Clothing 2017
- dartmoordogrunner - Spine Kit guidelines part 2 Clothing,( updated Dec 2017)
- Mountains in Mind - Spine Challenger Top Tips
- Ultra Matters - Spine Tips
Poetry
2023 The Cold Year
2022 Diversion Year
2021 The Covid Year
- Spine Race 2021 - The Water Horse
- Spine Dreams - The Doubtful One
- - The Spine Race and Other Mishaps
2020 Storm Brendan Year
- John Kelly - 2020 The Spine Race winner
- Mountains in Mind - Spine MRT Challenge
- Jen Scotney - MONTANE Spine Challenger Kit List 2020 Ten Top Tips for Running the Montane Spine Challenger
- Peter Gold - Spine 2020 Part I: The Final Frontier Part II: Robbit the hobbit Part III: Beyond Bellingham
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2020 – Preview
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2020
- Ella - The Montane Spine MRT Challenge 2020 Kit Used
- Paul Shorrock - It’s that time of year again!
- Antonio Codina - Spine 2020 race report part I – The Spine fever part 2 part 3 further thoughts gear and fuel
- dartmoordogrunner- Thinking Out Of The Box 2020
- Drew - My road to the Spine Race Challenger 2020
- Dan Milton - 146hrs 11mins, a life time, the blink of an eye, an eternity… The Montane Spine Race
- Mikw Churchyard - The Fellowship of the Spine part 2 part 3 part 4
2019 The Moist Year
- Jasmine Paris - Spine Race Winner
- Jasmine Paris - SPINE RACE WINNER’S KIT LIST Q&A
- Chris Worton - So who is carrying the potatoes then???
- Chris Worton - Into the darkness - Spine 2018 race report
- John Edevans - The Spine
- kevrob77blog - Montane Spine MRT Challenge Jan 2019 – Race Report
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2019 – Preview
- Nick K Maidment - Spine 2019
- Stuart - back on The Spine Challenger back from The Spine Challenger
- kevrob77 - MRT Challenger 2019 Race Report
- dartmoordogrunner - Feeding Strategy for 2019
- Drew - Spine Challenger What Went Wrong
- Wouter Huitzing - Spine Challenger 2019, Race report
- Stacey Holloway - GIVING BACK: THE SPINE RACE
- SuperKev - Montane Spine Race 2019
- Daragh Kelly - The Spine Race 2019
- ULTRACRAZY - Surviving Britains Toughest Fun Run
- Eventus - Taking Part in the 2019 Montane Spine Race
- John's Running Adventures - The Spine
- Jayson - The Montane Spine race 2019 – A journey started
- Adam Jacobs - Spined Sealed Delivered: Thoughts on Mandatory Kit
2018
- Paul Shorrock - #239 – The Spine Race 2018 – “roughing it” at Greg’s Hut #238 – Back to the Pennine Way and the Spine Race
- Ultra Average - SPINE CHALLENGER – KIT LIST Race Report
- Stuart - a long write-up of the ‘short’ race
- Peter Gold - 2018 Spine Challenger When finishing feels like failure
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race – 2018
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race – 2018 Preview
- Richard Lendon - The Spine 2018 v7
- The price of ultrarunning/ the price of safety - Spine Challenger - it's not cheap!
- Brian Harman - The Spine 2018
- Sarah Norman - 147. Spine race 14th to 21st January 2018
- Paul Mettam - Spine Challenger
- kevrob77 - The Spine Race – Post Race Summary
- Lizzie Rosewell - The Spine Challenger: Part 1 Through the Peaks Part 2 Into the Dales
- Colin - My Spine Adventure 2018
- Wouter Huitzing - Spine Challenger 2018
- Jura Runner - post race notes DNF race report
- - RADICAL POSSIBILITY Steph Dwyer
2017
- Mountains in Mind - Spine Race 2017
- ukruncat - The Spine Challenger 2017
- Peter Gold - The Spine Race Cometh
- Peter Gold - 2017 Spine DNF — Part I
- Peter Gold - 2017 Spine DNF — Part II
- Peter Gold - 2017 Spine DNF — Part III
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2017 – Prologue
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2017, Part 1 -My (Pennine) Way
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2017, Part 2 – Wall to Wall adventures
- Nick K Maidment - Training to complete 2017 Full Spine Race
- Pavel Paloncý - Spine Race 2017 – 268mile chase
- chrisjworton -All packed and Ready to Go part 1 part 2 part3
- Bruce Ballagher - MANDATORY SPINE KIT LIST? BRUCE BALLAGHER; LESSONS FROM THE SPINE RACE 2017
- Richard Lendon - Not The Spine Race Report - Part 1: An Unexpected Journey Part 2
- Lizzie Rosewell - A Pennine Adventure, and some thoughts on the Spine Challenger part 1 part 2
- Ange - The spine race 2017
- Michelle Payne - Out of the Comfort Zone – Spine Challenger part 2
- Rob Harper - Spine Challenger 2017
- Slogger at Spine 2017
- Ella - The MONTANE Spine Mountain Rescue Challenge 2017
- ogeerunner - The Spine Race Part Three
- Stuart Secker - Volunteering on the Spine
- Sarah Norman - Spine Race Marshalling
- Chris Haswell - Montane Spine 2017
2016
- Paul Shorrock - #194 – The Pennine Way in winter – twice as much fun for Javed As seen from Gregs Hut Here we go again
- Peter Gold - 0 weeks to go — 12 hours to go — oh shit!
- Peter Gold - 2 weeks to go — hello Frank
- Peter Gold - 4 weeks to go — tent, bivi or both?
- Peter Gold - A view from the back of the 2016 Spine Race — Part I
- Peter Gold - A view from the back of the 2016 Spine Race — Part II
- Peter Gold - A view from the back of the 2016 Spine Race — Part III
- dartmoordogrunner - A Really Wet 2016 Spine Race! Be Prepared
- dartmoordogrunner - Spine Race 2016, a few thoughts
- Kevin Otto - Back to The Spine Race, a tale of obsession, determination and challenge.
- Anna B - The Spine 2016 - Part 1 Part 2Part 3
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2016 – Gear Review
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2016 – Nutriton
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2016, 1 – Once more into the breach!
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2016, 2 – The racing begins
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2016, 3 – Little Details, Big Effects
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2016 , 4 – Attempted Getaway
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2016, 5 – Defining Moments
- Eoin Keith - The Spine Race 2016 – 6, Control!
- Shippo's blog - The Grey
- Shippo's blog - Spine kit - What worked for me and what didn’t
- Shippo's blog - Aftermath.
- Chasing Trails - Breaking The Spine 2016
- Pavel Paloncý - Spine Race 2016 – tactic game
- Andy Cole - Spineless
- Andy Cole - Motivation and the Spine Race - a Cautionary Tale
- Stu Westfield - The 2016 Spine Safety Team
- Spine Race 2016 - Spine Safety Team 3.
- - Nick K Maidment - 2016 Spine Challenger 137
- Richard Lendon - The Spine 2016 v5
- Sarah Norman - Spine Race Marshalling
- Jura Runner - Kit Notes Fancy an Adventure
2015
- Mountains in Mind - The Spine Challenger
- Richard Lendon - The Spine 2015 - Race Report Part 1 part 2 why
- Stu Westfield - Spine Race 2015 - Mountain Safety Team
- Ogeerunner - The Spine 2015
2014
- Paul Shorrock - #149 – No pain, no gain – The Spine Race 2014 Here we go again
- Ogeerunner - The Spine 2014
- Richard Lendon - The Spine 2014 v3
- Stu Westfield - Spine Race 2014 - Mountain Safety Team
- Damian Hall - The Spine Race essential kit list
- Rob Harper - Spine Challenger (DNF)
- Jura Runner - THE SPINE CHALLENGER ULTRAMARATHON – RACE REPORT
2013
- Paul Shorrock - #141– Two men and a dog, and the highest noodle bar in the UK (Having a fun time on ‘The Spine Race’!) inside story Britains Most Brutal Race Let the madness begin
- Richard Lendon - The Spine 2013 - a few after thoughts Race Report
- Mountain Man - Spine Challenger
2012
- Richard Lendon - The Spine 2012 - race report
- Paul Shorrock - The Spine – Britain’s most brutal race! (Part 1) The Spine – Britain’s most brutal race! (Part 2) #60 – A special delivery by the coal man!