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Hiking | Camping | Trail & Ultra Running. Sheffield, Peak District & Beyond. @TheSpineRace & @UltimateUpdates Sporadic YouTube Creator 🎥⬇️

Sheffield, England
Joined March 2009
My video from @TheSpineRace Summer Challenger North 2023 is now online. 160 miles of sleep deprived fun and adventure on the Pennine Way youtu.be/RnJuixy7Z0g – at Sheffield, England
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Next step after passing the Mountain Leader assessment... Learn to climb, I've lived in Sheffield for 6 years and feel like a fraud as I don't climb 😁 @FoundryClimbing
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Mountain Leader assessment passed... A 20 year build up, wishing I'd done it sooner. A huge thanks to @TheSpineRace team for making it possible. Images from 2006. 🚨 Warning! post includes pictures that some may find shocking... Me with no beard 😁
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Winter 2026 @TheSpineRace. Another great week out building start/finish lines, delivering pre-race briefings, starting races and getting to witness people do extraordinary things. Now for the post race admin and clean-up, wish me luck. Countdown to the Arctic Spine in 2 weeks
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The climb from Karakol Valley over to Altyn-Arashan via Lake Ala-Kul in Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 No further words needed 😍
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She said yes.... The village green at Kirk Yetholm, the end of the Pennine Way, the finish line of @TheSpineRace . I couldn’t think of a more fitting venue to pop the question, as the PW and the Spine have been a big part of our lives in the past few years. @stef_runs_sheff
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Poppy Isabel Read ❤️ Welcome to the world
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Wooohooooo #smalleuropeanwoman @JasminKParis, what an unbelievable achievement… I need a sit down, not sure how she must feel #bm100
Jasmin Paris @JasminKParis finished loop five of the #BM100 in 59:58:21.
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Dean Read retweeted
Jasmin Paris @JasminKParis finished loop five of the #BM100 in 59:58:21.
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Come on @keithdunn, bring us the news we want 🤞#bm100 #smalleuropeanwoman @JasminKParis
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Back in Sheffield after a spectacular 2 weeks in Arctic Sweden… It was another great adventure in the frozen north with a thoroughly nice bunch of people. Looking forward to the Arctic @TheSpineRace 2025. – at Kiruna, Sweden
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Registration, Kit Check and Assessment day here in Abisko for the #ArcticSpine Race. Tomorrow it’s go time 🎿🇸🇪❄️🌨️ @MontaneOfficial @TheSpineRace – at Kiruna, Sweden
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A great few days in Abisko getting ready for #ArcticSpineRaces athletes arriving. It’s going to be a spectacular 10 days in the Arctic Circle in Northern Sweden. – at Sweden
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Jack Scott | Winner of the Montane Winter Spine Race 2024 New Course Record: 72:55:05 Simply astonishing. #spinerace #britainsmostbrutal
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I was ready with my best John Anderson voice “Gladiators Ready” – at Yorkshire and The Humber, England
It's been a busy morning around Hawes and Hardraw. The front of the Montane Winter Spine race has passed through, rapidly pit-stopped and moved. The runners in the Montane Winter Spine Challenge North have set off on their 160 mile journey. #SpineRace #WinterSpine
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Nice Sunday afternoon wander in the woods with @deanread and Stef having a play with photography and a cuppa from @WoodlandCoffee of course!
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Running off the festive food on White Edge in the #GloriousPeakDistrict, @Kinder_Scouts_ found the deepest, boggiest puddle he could and jumped in.
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The Namib Desert in Namibia…. The Beyond the Ultimate @UltimateUpdates Desert Ultra 2023. Temperature topped out at 53’c, what an awesome week it’s been. Time to fly home – at Namibia
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One last beer (or 3) before we head off into the Namibian desert, it’s Beyond the Ultimate @UltimateUpdates Desert Ultra time ☀️🏜️ – at Namibia
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