Montane Spine Challenger North 2025 - race report
Tis the season to watch dots! Whether you’re a competitor on the start line, or a seasoned ‘dot watcher’ January is always the silly season for Spine Race fans (June also nowadays). As the last few hardy souls make their way towards the end of their epic challenges, I’m feet up and recovering from all the training and the race itself. My adventure was cut short sadly once I arrived at Alston, some 75 miles into the event. Another feckin DNF and my second on this event in particular. But as I’m writing, I feel at ease with my attempt and I did all I could to get ready and the race plan was going well. Manky feet and comfy socks As you will be aware if you have read my previous blog covering my adventures in Austria, I managed to finish the epic event but my feet were trashed, think trench foot on steroids! I’ll spare you any images but the sight of them even made me feel nauseous. The skin on both soles basically peeled off… Anyway, once I’d fully recovered I began training, nothing str...