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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
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 are a great way to read firsthand accounts of the gruelling 268-mile race across the Pennine Way in England.
- Spine Race Blogs 2023 The Cold Year
- Spine Race Blogs 2022 Diversion with a taxi year
- Spine Race Blogs 2021 Covid Year
- Spine Race Blogs 2020 Storm Brendan Year
- Spine Race Blogs 2019 Jasmin Paris smashing the record year
- 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 The first year
YouTube Videos about the Spine Race
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
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
Kit
The Spine Race Route
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
Travel Logistics
Public Transport links on Pennine Way
Parking at Edale
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
- Pete Coe The Pennine Way Fantastic Folk Song about he Pennine Way
- spineracepoet Instagram - Serial Spice racer and occasional finisher. Tries to describe what it’s like in verse. Words continue to fail me #spinerace