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Welcome to the last episode in the special pre-race Spine 2024 series!
We end with last years 2nd place woman, Hannah Rickman.

We talk about her year of globe trotting l, splitting her time between Malawi in Africa and good old Blighty.
We discuss training, sleep strategy, mental preparation and most importantly FOOD!

It was great to catch up with Hannah and I can’t wait to see what she can do at this years race.

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In this episode of the Special pre-Spine race 2024 series, I speak to reigning Spine champion Damian Hall.

We chat about last years race, his training for this year and I probe him on wether he feels any pressure returning to the race that he has invested so many years in.

Damo reveals his tradition of watching an inspiring film the night before the race, in an effort to rev himself up for glory!

A great chat as always with Spine royalty!

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In the next instalment of the pre-race interviews I speak to Kim Collison about his prep for this year’s race.

We talk about his experience at last years race and his hopes for this year. Notably, Kim has got to the bottom of his muscular issues and with a change of medication, hopes that he can be foreign on all cylinders come January 14th!

We talk about his training, mental preparation and his racing strategy.

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In this next episode of the pre-Spine race 2024 podcast series, I speak to Elaine Bisson. 
We talk about the injury that led to her DNF at last years race, how she feels about returning to The Spine and how she felt about having to cut her race short. 

We talk about her success at the Cape Wrath Ultra back in May and how it’s helped prepare her for the upcoming race. 
We talk about training, nutrition and her race strategy. 

We also talk about her love of art as her other passion.  To see her art and read her blog, head over to https://www.elainebisson.co.uk/gallery-shop 

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In this episode of the special pre-Spine race series I speak to the race media team.

Regular listeners will know that I’ve been involved with the race for the last couple of years as a volunteer and last year had the privilege to work on the media team.
So in this episode I catch up with the media pals to discuss the upcoming race, their predictions for the runners and how they are going to approach covering Britain’s most brutal race!

We also get some insights into Jenny’s recent race success at the Beyond The Ultimate Desert Ultra, where she explained that it is not too dissimilar to racing Citroen 2CV’s!

A short but great catch up with the team that constantly bang out the quality content that we all get to enjoy come January.

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In this next episode of the pre-Spine race 2024 podcast series, I speak to James Nobles.

James is a returning guest on the podcast so we dive straight into the good stuff.
We talk about his recent 2nd place at the Cheviot Goat and how it has set him up for success at the fast approaching Spine Race in January.

We talk about his approach to training, nutrition and racing strategy as he contemplates lining up with some of the best ultra distance athletes assembled on the race.

James is a super humble guy and I have a feeling he will do well at Britain’s most brutal race!

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In this next episode of the pre-Spine race podcast series I speak to Simon Roberts.

Fresh from his recent win at the Montane Cheviot Goat, we talk about his journey into ultra, his experience of previous Spine races and of course his win at the Goat.
He talks about his love of the Dragons Back race and his passion for the shorter faster fell races local to him in Wales.

With the Spine now only weeks away, we talk about his choice of gear, nutrition and his relaxed approach to racing tactics.

Simon is a great guy and a pleasure to interview!

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It’s that time of year again. Spine Race season!
From now until the end of the year we will be releasing special Spine race episodes.
We will hear from the team behind the scenes from the organisation, from the media team and from the runners themselves.
We will deliver the big names hoping to do well again and also throw in some wildcard entries to keep your eyes fixed on the dots.

First up we have Lindley Chambers, who is responsible for finalising the route and overseeing everything kit related. If you’ve had any involvement with the race personally then Lindley’s name will be familiar to you.
He may strike fear into the hearts of many, but deep down he is just a passionate runner who shoulders the heavy responsibility of making sure nobody gets hurt or lost on Britain’s most brutal race!

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In this episode of the podcast I speak to James Elson.

James is well known for his exploits as a long course ultrarunner who’s completed some of the toughest and most prestigious races around the globe.
He’s also the race director and head honcho at Centurion Running, who put on some of the best 50-100 mile ultramarathons in the UK.
We talk about his own running career competing at The Spine Race, Tour De Geants and Western States.
We also dive into the new World Trail Majors series that Centurions very own South Downs Way race is now part of.
James also give us his perspective on the whole UTMB saga as it rumbles on in the trail running community and his thoughts on the direction that our sport will go in.

Super nice guy and was a pleasure to interview him.

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In this special episode of the podcast I get the exclusive first interview with the IRONMAN UTMB group about the recent events with Gary Robbins WAM races and UTMB’s new Whistler Ultra Trail race.
I recently posted on social media that I was worried that we weren’t really hearing directly from them about what happened and their own perspective on what went down.
I got the chance to virtually sit down with Paul Huddle - Senior director of global trail running and Keats Mcgonigal - Vice president of North American operations and ask them all the awkward questions that we in the trail running community have been wanting to ask them!

Did they push out WAM intentionally? Or was it just a right place at the right time scenario?

Did they regret their decision to host the race on that same weekend in September?
How do they feel about the outpouring of anger towards Ironman for the announcement?

And most importantly, how do they, and how do we, all move on from all of this to get back to the sport that we all love. Trail running in beautiful places!

It was an eye opening interview for myself and I feel a lot more informed about what went down in Whistler.

But don’t just take my word for it. Have a listen and see if you feel any different.
Also please share the link for this episode everywhere you can on socials, so that more people get to hear both sides of this story!

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