SPINE RACE 2024 Pre-race interviews - James Nobles

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode I speak to long time podcast listener and friend of the show, Alice Kershaw! Alice could possibly be a bigger fan of the Spine Race than even I am, which is saying something obviously! Alice loves the race so much that she's ran nearly all of the (now) 4 races in the summer and the winter editions. With podiums places in the Sprint, South and full Summer Spine Race! So it's safe to say that she's a fully paid up member of the Spine F...

26 Tammi 58min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode of the podcast we speak to Tiaan Erwee who took 3rd place at this years Winter Spine Race. Tiaan had unfinished business at the winter edition of the race after suffering 2 DNFs. He then came back to smash the overall summer Spine record, knocking 7 hours off the previous course record! So coming back to do what he knew could be done at the race was his goal for this year. As we know the leading pack shifted back and forth, but Tiaa...

21 Tammi 1h 9min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Welcome to the last episode of the podcast in residence at the Spine Race! In this episode we round up the week of racing and we get final thoughts from Allie Bailey and Phil Hayday-Brown. We talk to James Thurlow about Open Tracking and the growing sport of dot watching! The interviews will continue in the next few weeks as we resume a normal podcasting schedule! URS @ultrarunning_sam @hometrails_ http://www.youtube.com/@ultrarunningsam

18 Tammi 36min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Welcome back to the resident podcast for the 2025 Montane Winter Spine Races! In this episode we see the winners of the full Spine and Challenger North races. Lucy Gossage wins the women's race and Kim Collison makes it 4th time lucky to finish and simultaneously win the Montane Winter Spine Race! Nicky Spinks and Paul Grundy win the women's and mens Challenger North races in super quick style! The last episode of the podcast residency lands in the...

16 Tammi 53min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Welcome back to the resident podcast for the 2025 Montane Winter Spine Races! In this episode we speak to the women of the race! We have trail interviews with Lucy Gossage, Robyn Cassidy, Nicki Arthur, Sarah Perry and Laura Swanton Rouvelin. We talk to checkpoint staff about their observations on how the women are doing and how they personally draw inspiration from them battling against the weather and the terrain of Britain's Most Brutal Race! Ni...

15 Tammi 49min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Welcome back to the resident podcast for the 2025 Montane Winter Spine Races! In this episode we speak to the women's and men's podium for Challenger South and North. We talk to Nicki Spinks and Samantha Lissauer about Challenger North and Jon Shield gives us a lesson in gluing his Leki poles back together! (as well as his thoughts on the race, obviously) We also catch Kim Collison briefly at CP2 Hawes, where he was leading the race ahead of ...

13 Tammi 45min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ This is not a traditional podcast episode but......this is the audio from the start line interviews during the extended Instagram LIVE. If you're a SPINE nerd you will appreciate this....if not then please don't come at me in the comments! Featured are Laura Swanton Rouvelin, Hannah Rickman, Allie Bailey, Sarah Perry, Simon Roberts and a host of off the cuff interviews. Maybe you recognise a voice and can tell me who I spoke to? Send me a me...

12 Tammi 36min

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Episode 2 dives into some of the contenders from the mens race and Jack and Damo interview each other? Next they will be arm wrestling! More episodes to come this week so stay tuned! URS @ultrarunning_sam @hometrails_ http://www.youtube.com/@ultrarunningsam

11 Tammi 1h 1min