Ultrarunning Sam

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 next few days as the race draws to a close sadly!In episode 6 we recap all the action and have some behind the scenes interviews for any of the dot watching nerds out there. Stay locked in!URS

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!Nicki Lygo - Checkpoint Lead, tells us about the history of the women's race and how performances like Jasmin Paris's overall course record that stood for 5 years, has shaped the way that the Spine Race has celebrated the outstanding performances of its women over the years.To finish we talk to resident author and presenter Allie Bailey, who is at the race to present and bring extra focus to the women's race. Allie as always gives us frank thoughts on what the sport is doing wrong and what we as men can do to help women's running now and in the future!Tune in for more to come this week at the Spine!URS

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 Eugenie and the following pack.Tune in for more to come this week at the Spine!URS

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 message!URS