The Montane Spine Race 2023 | Episode One

The Montane Winter Spine Race 2023 kicks off with episode one of our daily updates as we cover the start of the Challenger South, the MRT Challenge and the Sprint. For those that are following for the first time, all three of these ultra marathons start in Edale and follow the Pennine Way. The Challenger South and the MRT Challenge cover a distance of 108 miles with a time of limit of 60 hours whilst the Sprint race is 46 miles and needs to be completed within 18 hours. The conditions were nothing other than brutal as our racers set off an endurance test of a lifetime.
To follow all the action of Britain's Most Brutal Race, you can track the race live on
www.thespinerace.com

[@TomWalshFilm]

Brutal. Congratulations to everyone who had the balls to take part - whether you finished or not. Legendary effort.

[@Merritt7278]

You guys and girls are amazing and a inspiration to myself. 👏
Went on holiday in Yorkshire near Pent Y Gwent mountain and bumped into a lady doing the spine race, when i got talking to her I couldn't believe just what they was doing, quite unbelievable, good luck to you all.

[@MatthewDay-sh2wo]

Tracking this from across the pond in the USA. Thanks for putting on this inspirational race. Blessings and suffer better.

[@SpineRace]

Thanks for tuning in Matt! buckle up, it's going to be a great week!

[@trooperwolfie]

Best wishes to all competitor's, good luck💪🏻👍🏻

[@DeanRead]

Awesome!! Looking forward to following the daily updates 👍

[@richardb7726]

Good luck to all, especially Harriet Shields competing in the Northern Spine challenger.
Met her when she was doing a recce in Sept on Shunner with her husband (cant spot him on the competition list).
They were very nice and politely listened to me giving them advice, a bit like a busman telling Lewis Hamilton how to drive!
Good luck for the montane artic challenge in a couple of weeks time also

[@afewmominutes]

Such an awesome race, good luck to all

[@markg99]

Best of luck everyone! The conditions look predictably horrid 😄👍🏻🏃‍♂️

[@andylane1968]

Really great Will as always. 👌😊

[@miloulondon458]

Good Luck to all runners. Go vph alison

[@grantwallace1882]

Truly inspiring!

[@buckeyejen1076]

Which race is Merijin Geerts entered in?

[@carolinebrett2634]

Main Spine Race

[@buckeyejen1076]

@@carolinebrett2634 Thank you!