2024/01/15

The Montane Winter Spine Races 2024

To follow the The Spine Race 2024:

https://live.opentracking.co.uk/spinerace24/

Jack Scott (GBR) 72:55:05 winner of the Spine race 2024

Jack Scott interview after finishing Montane Spine Race 2024

Claire Bannwarth (FRA) 92:02:23 winner of the Spine race 2024

The current women’s record is held by

Jasmin Paris (GBR) 83:12:23 (2019)

The current men’s record is held by

Jack Scott (GBR) 72:55:05 (2024)

WOMEN RESULTS

2012 No woman finished

2013 172:59:00 Gates, Annabel GBR

2014 153:17:00 Brupbacher, Debbie GBR

2015 90:59:00 Pascall, Beth GBR

2016 166:38:00 Buckingham, Anna GBR

2017 109:54:00 Morgan, Carol IRL

2018 130:37:22 Morgan, Carol IRL

2019 83:12:23 Paris, Jasmin GBR

2020 108:07:17 Verjee, Sabrina GBR

2022 104:08:22 Martin-Consani, Debbie GBR

2023 97:39:58 Bannwarth, Claire FRA

2024 92:02:23 Bannwarth, Claire FRA

MEN RESULTS

2012 151:02:00 Morrison, Gary & Thompson, Steve GBR

2013 124:52:00 Roselló, Eugeni ESP

2014 110:45:00 Paloncy, Pavel CZE

2015 81:34:00* Paloncy, Pavel CZE

2016 95:17:00 Keith, Eoin IRL

2017 99:25:36 Hollins ,Tom GBR

2018 109:50:22 Paloncy, Pavel CZE

2019 98:18:23 Keith, Eoin IRL

2020 87:53:57 Kelly, John USA

2022 92:40:30 Keith, Eoin IRL

2023 84:36:24 Hall, Damian GBR

2024 72:55:05 Scott, Jack GBR

Previous editions here: 2014, 2016, 2017 ...

Ten years of Spine Race

The Montane Winter Spine Races 2024 | Episode 1

The Montane Winter Spine Races 2024 | Episode 2

The Montane Winter Spine Races 2024 | Episode 3

The Montane Winter Spine Races 2024 | Episode 5

The Montane Winter Spine Races 2024 | Episode 6

The Montane Winter Spine Races 2024 | Episode 7

The Montane Winter Spine Races 2024 | Episode 8

THE SPINE RACE (2018) - CUT OFF TIMES

000 km / 00 km Edale (start) = 00 hrs / SUN 8:00 a.m.

026 km / 26 km Torside (reservoir / urtegia)
038 km / 12 km Road passage A 635
046 km / 08 km Harrop (road passage A 62)
058 km / 12 km Blacstone Edge reservoir (Halifax road A 58 / parking / pub)
074 km / 16 km Hebden Bridge CP1 = 24 hrs / MON 8:00 a.m.

093 km / 19 km Cragg Bottom road
111 km / 18 km Colne road passage A 6068
113 km / 04 km Lothersdale (little town / pub )
118 km / 06 km Gargrave ( little town A 65 )
124 km / 06 km Thornton in Craven (town A 56)
128 km / 12 km Malhan (little town)
134 km / 06 km Malham Tarn (lac)

140 km / 06 km Pen-y-gent (peak 694 m)
143 km / 03 km Horton in Ribesdale (pub)

166 km / 23 km Cam High road
176 km / 10 km Hawes CP2 = 60 hrs / TUE 8:00 p.m.

191 km / 15 km Thwaits (little town / road B 6270)
201 km / 10 km Tan Hill (pub / IN)
212 km / 11 km Hightway passage A 66
219 km / 07 km Balderhead reservoir
230 km / 11 km Middleton in Teesdale

247 km / 07 km Langdon Beck YHA CP3 = 87 hrs / WED 8:00 p.m.

249 km / 19 km Cow Green reservoir
263 km / 14 km Dufton (little town)

276 km / 19 km Cross Fell peak (893 m)

278 km / 02 km Greg´s HUT
288 km / 10 km Girrigill (little town / road B 6277)
296 km / 08 km Alston YHA CP4 = 110 hrs / THU 10:00 p.m.

306 km / 10 km Burstone ( little town A 689 )

325 km / 09 km Green head (Walltown parking B 6318 / start Adrian´s wall)
338 km / 13 km (finish Adrian´s wall )
347 km / 09 km Northunberland National Park (big forest)
368 km / 21 km Bellingham CP5 = 136 hrs / FRI 12:00 p.m.

383 km / 15 km Byrness CP5.1 = 148 hrs / SAT 12:00 a.m.

400 km / 17 km HUT 1
414 km / 14 km HUT 2
426 km / 12 km Kirk Yetholm CP6 (finish) = 168 hrs / SUN 8:00 a.m.

The Montane Winter Spine Race 2024 enters day two.

Course records are broken, runners are taking on the elements

and independent battles are starting to form all the way up the Pennine Way.

As the Montane Winter Spine Sprint draws to a close,

the 268-mile Montane Winter Spine Race roars into life.

As expected, a collective group of the elites battle it out right from the start.

Who knows what will happen over the first night of racing?

For those that are following for the first time,

all Montane Spine ultra marathon races follow the Pennine Way.

The Sprint race is 46 miles and needs to be completed within 18 hours.

The Challenger South and the MRT Challenge South

cover a distance of 108 miles with a time of limit of 60 hours.

The Challenger North is 160 miles with a cut off time of 108 hours.

The full Spine is 268 miles and with a 168 hour total time limit.

To follow all the action of Britain's Most Brutal Race,

you can track the race live on:

www.thespinerace.com

Alan Cormack, the legend.

Rory Campbell, Elaine Bisson, Eoin Keith & Nicky Spinks

four legends set off together from Alston.

are currently running together.

Damian Hall, 2º in the Spine race 2024

Edale, start line!

The start!

Pavel Paloncy (CHEC R., winner in 2014, 2015, 2018)

Jhon Kelly (USA, winner in 2020)

Hannah Rickman

Walking together in the wild

Laughing

Pan-y-gent (694 m)

Waterfall close to Cow Green reservoir (249 km / 155 kms)

Nick pass (520 m), 159 miles / 255 kms.

Adrian´s wall (start point, 202 miles / 325 kms).

Sycamore Gap Tree (208 miles / 335 kms).

They cut down the historic Robin Hood tree in 2023,

one of the most iconic in England

This is a very old maple, one of the most photographed trees in the UK.

"It was an act of vandalism," they said.

Horneystead farm, 215 miles / 345 kms.

The Wall of the Old Border, in Kirk Yetholm,

finis line (268 miles / 431 kms)

2024/01/14

Agnes Jebet Ngetich 28:46 WR (KEN) & Jacob Kiplimo 26:53 (UGA) winners in Valencia 10 km 2024

VALENCIA 10 KM 2024 FULL RACE

Agnes Jebet Ngetich (KEN) 28:46 World Record

Hongera!

Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) - 26:53 wins Valencia 10 km 2024

TOP RESULTS MEN 10K

1. Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) - 26:53
2. Birhanu Balew (BRN) - 26:59
3. Peter Mwaniki Aila (KEN) - 27:00
4. Dennis Kibet (KEN) - 27:03
5. Dominic Lobalu (SUI) - 27:14
6. Andreas Almgren (SWE) - 27:21
7. Mohamed Ismail (DJI) - 27:28
8. Rogers Kibet (UGA) - 27:35
9. Hillary Kipchirchir Chepkwony (KEN) - 27:36
10. Dawit Seare (ERI) - 27:36

Agnes Jebet Ngetich exhausted the synonyms of 'pulverize' by achieving a 10k world record in Valencia with a time almost from the future. The Kenyan athlete not only broke the previous mark (29:14) but also established the new world record in figures that will be difficult to approach. Agnes Jebet Ngetich stopped the clock in the 10K Ibercaja Valencia in 28:46 with a performance that made one doubt whether she would be able to maintain the pace - she finished at an average of 2:52 per kilometer. Evidently, Ngetich stopped the timer at 14:13 (official) during the 5K, which equals the world record for that distance. These 'marcones', on a day that was not ideal in terms of weather (some wind and more heat than usual on these dates) illuminated a 10K in which Jacob Kiplimo won with 26:53 - fifth best mark of all time - who ran the second half of the test alone.

"I'm impressed, I didn't expect it," explained the Kenyan athlete after crossing the finish line. "I never thought I would be able to go under 29 minutes, in fact I was thinking about 29:14 [the previous world record] as a goal," he confessed. To understand the magnitude of the race that took place in Valencia, it is enough to mention that the Kenyan Achol (28:57) also dropped below 29 minutes and reduced the world record by 16 seconds. And it was only worth it to be second.

Agnes Jebet Ngetich from Kenya wins in Valencia 10 km 2024

Hongera!

Agnes Jebet agotó los sinónimos de 'pulverizar' al lograr un récord del mundo de 10k en Valencia con un tiempo casi del futuro. La atleta keniana no solo bajo la anterior marca (29:14) sino que estableció la nueva plusmarca mundial en unos guarismos a los que será difícil acercarse. Agnes Jebet Ngetich paró el cronómetro en el 10K Ibercaja Valencia en 28:46 con una exhibición que hizo dudar si sería capaz de mantener el ritmo -acabó a una media de 2:52 el kilómetro-. Evidentemente, Ngetich en el paso del 5K paró el cronómetro en 14:13 (oficial), que iguala el récord del mundo en esa distancia. Estos 'marcones', en un día que no era idóneo en lo climatológico (algo de viento y más calor del habitual en estas fechas) alumbraron un 10K en el que se impuso Jacob Kiplimo con 26:53 -quinta mejor marca de todos los tiempos- que corrió en solitario la segunda mitad de la prueba.

"Estoy impresionada, no lo esperaba", explicaba la atleta keniana tras cruzar la meta. "Jamás pensé que iba a poder bajar de 29 minutos, de hecho pensaba en el 29:14 [el récord del mundo anterior] como objetivo", confesaba. Para entender la magnitud de la carrera que se vivió en Valencia basta mencionar que la también keniana Achol (28:57), también bajó de 29 minutos y redujo el récord del mundo en 16 segundos. Y solo le valió para ser segunda.