I trained all year for this race, only to drop before CP2, this blog is about why & the psychology & physical state behind it...
The guy's who are Ultramadness wanted to brush up on their mountain skills for the Spine Challenger
Out on the Pennine Way again last week end, more learnt, more to learn….
Nicola and I were out yesterday on a Mountain Skills day out, getting Nicola's head ready for Winter Mountaineering. I was testing out some new kit I've been sent from Montane for the Spine Race.
I learnt to ski in the Lakes, we had a rope tow up Kirkstone Pass, one of the first, if not the first. From the age of 6 I have played on skis and lots of it in the Lakes
So the day before I ran barefoot on the beach, it chewed my feet up, what a suprise, but it was good, real good. But were my feet OK to run 18 miles down the Pennine Way.
