The Winter spine Race 2026 – Britain’s Most Brutal? (Part Five)

I woke up a Hawes in pain and in need of a medic. At Alston things got much stranger. I had a dream in which I had pain in both of my knees (this may or may not have been true) but in my dream the pain had been caused by a couple of peopleContinue reading “The Winter spine Race 2026 – Britain’s Most Brutal? (Part Five)”

The Winter spine Race 2026 – Britain’s Most Brutal? (Part Four)

As I’ve already mentioned, distance-wise I was already well over half way through the Spine Race in terms of distance, however most of the hardest parts were yet to come. That wasn’t to say what had already come had been easy, as you know if you’ve read the first three parts of this blog itContinue reading “The Winter spine Race 2026 – Britain’s Most Brutal? (Part Four)”

The Winter spine Race 2026 – Britain’s Most Brutal? (Part One)

As those that read this blog will be aware, I now have quite a history of Spine racing. After the 2021 DNF I have been on the start line of at least one Spine Race every year, three times with my wife Sharon. One of those events was the full Winter Spine in 2024, surelyContinue reading “The Winter spine Race 2026 – Britain’s Most Brutal? (Part One)”