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In this episode of the podcast we speak to Tiaan Erwee who took 3rd place at this years Winter Spine Race.

Tiaan had unfinished business at the winter edition of the race after suffering 2 DNFs. He then came back to smash the overall summer Spine record, knocking 7 hours off the previous course record!

So coming back to do what he knew could be done at the race was his goal for this year. As we know the leading pack shifted back and forth, but Tiaan was always near the front and in contention for the podium!

Tiaan is a super humble guy and a pleasure to interview,  I'm sure he will be back in 2026 to have another go at Britain's Most Brutal race!

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Welcome to the last episode of the podcast in residence at the Spine Race!

In this episode we round up the week of racing and we get final thoughts from Allie Bailey and Phil Hayday-Brown.

We talk to James Thurlow about Open Tracking and the growing sport of dot watching!

The interviews will continue in the next few weeks as we resume a normal podcasting schedule!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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Episode 2 dives into some of the contenders from the mens race and Jack and Damo interview each other? Next they will be arm wrestling!

More episodes to come this week so stay tuned!

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The Ultrarunning Sam Podcast becomes the resident podcast for the Spine Race 2025!

Tune in for regular episodes throughout the week!

This episode is an intro to the week and some thoughts on Challenger South.

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I talk to Mike and Craig from the Running Show about what they have in store for us at this years show.

We talk about what Mike has been up to since we last spoke. We talk about Craigs baptism of fire at the LA Marathon and when he will complete his first ultra!

Was great to catch up with the team and hear about all of the stuff they have planned......including a 48HR world record attempt on the treadmill by Sophie Power! (rather her than me!)

For tickets to the show head over to https://nationalrunningshow.com 

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Myself and Robin are joined (briefly) by Kate to start the TURA 2024 awards podcast!

We dive into the stats and reveal the winners. From best brand, most sustainable race to the big one........Trail runner of the year!

Theres lots to unpack from the awards and we will be releasing the additional info from each category to give everyone the full picture of how people voted.

We've learned a lot from the experience and we hope that people enjoyed the first edition of TURA. As we've said all along, we will improve going forward and we look forward to everyones input in the coming year!

Thanks to everyone who took the time and voted. 
We will reveal the prize winner tomorrow!

URS