More of the Montane Summer Spine Races 2024 got underway today. The full 268 mile Spine race starts this morning at 8:00am, Sunday 16th June.
The Montane Summer Spine is a non-stop, 268 mile race along the most iconic national trail in Britain; the Pennine Way. Beginning from Edale in Derbyshire, runners have a time limit of 156 hours to reach the elusive village of Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders. This is widely regarded as one of the UK's most challenging races..
Molly Browne has won the Montane Summer Spine Sprint 2024 and set a new Course Record!
Molly was 4th overall, arriving just a minute behind Paul Johnstone and Liam Hinshelwood, who took joint 2nd, and took 11 minutes off Hannah Rickman's course record finishing in 8:30:29. This was Molly's first ultra!
Second was Lizzie Broughton 9:31:21 and third was Debbie Martin-Consani in 10:10:38.
Stephen Earle is the men's winner of the 46 mile Montane Summer Spine Sprint 2024 finishing in 8:21:49.
Montane Summer Spine Challenger South: 08:00 Sat 15th Edale
Montane Summer MRT Challenge South: 08:30 Sat 15th Edale
Montane Summer Spine Sprint: Noon Sat 15th Edale
Montane Summer Spine Race: 08:00 Sun 16th Edale
Montane Summer Spine Challenger North: 08:00 Mon 17th Hardraw
Montane Summer MRT Challenge North: 08:00 Mon 17th Hardraw
Tracking Links
For all the dedicated dot watchers out there, the GPS tracking system is now live! You can access it via the links below:
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