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The Spine
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100's
Yukon Arctic Ultra
The Spine Race
Spine 2020 Part III: Beyond Bellingham
Spine 2020 Part III: Beyond Bellingham
When you play the Spine, you win or you die!
Peter Gold
Jan 29, 2020
Spine 2020 Part II: Robbit the hobbit
Spine 2020 Part II: Robbit the hobbit
The final quest to reach Kirk Yetholm; but first Bellingham!
Peter Gold
Jan 27, 2020
Spine 2020 Part I: The Final Frontier
Spine 2020 Part I: The Final Frontier
After saying “never again” I was back for one final attempt!
Peter Gold
Jan 25, 2020
2019 Spine Fusion Part III
2019 Spine Fusion Part III
We can do it Bob, we really can.
Peter Gold
Jul 5, 2019
2019 Spine Fusion Part II
2019 Spine Fusion Part II
The final endeavour
Peter Gold
Jul 4, 2019
2019 Spine Fusion Part I
2019 Spine Fusion Part I
The full one but in beautiful sunshine
Peter Gold
Jul 2, 2019
The Ickornshaw Moor Bog Blister
The Ickornshaw Moor Bog Blister
A case study of foot care failure
Peter Gold
Jan 24, 2018
2018 Spine Challenger
2018 Spine Challenger
When finishing feels like failure
Peter Gold
Jan 22, 2018
2017 Spine Race DNF — Part III
2017 Spine Race DNF — Part III
Hadrian’s Wall looked ominous. And slow. As I pushed my pace as hard as I dared, knowing I had a long way to go, I stayed focused. My mind…
Peter Gold
Jan 26, 2017
2017 Spine DNF — Part II
As I passed through the shrouded doorway into CP4 I felt a shiver down my spine. People stopped talking and all looked my way. Gawping at…
Peter Gold
Jan 25, 2017
2017 Spine DNF — Part I
I wasn’t expecting to be writing this post last week, very much the opposite. I’d taken on so much from 2015 and 2016 and had done a LOT of…
Peter Gold
Jan 24, 2017
The Spine Race Cometh
The Spine Race Cometh
2017 has to be the year I finish but even if I do finish, I can’t say I won’t be back again in 2018!
Peter Gold
Jan 10, 2017
A view from the back of the 2016 Spine Race — Part IV
Day 6 — Alston to Bellingham — 38 miles
Peter Gold
Jan 22, 2016
A view from the back of the 2016 Spine Race — Part III
Day 6 — Alston to Bellingham — 38 miles
Peter Gold
Jan 22, 2016
A view from the back of the 2016 Spine Race — Part II
Day 5 — Middleton to Alston
Peter Gold
Jan 21, 2016
A view from the back of the 2016 Spine Race — Part I
The following is my best recollection of my race. Some will be accurate, some close, some just hallucinations. I apologise in advance!
Peter Gold
Jan 20, 2016
0 weeks to go — 12 hours to go — oh shit!
0 weeks to go — 12 hours to go — oh shit!
So it’s here. The Spine Race. No more thinking or planning or testing or sleeping. Oh, sleep, totally over-rated. Something that will be in…
Peter Gold
Jan 8, 2016
2 weeks to go — hello Frank
2 weeks to go — hello Frank
Well that’s the mince pies out of the way but the mud is getting thicker, hurricane Frank is heading our way to add more water to the…
Peter Gold
Dec 29, 2015
4 weeks to go — tent, bivi or both?
4 weeks to go — tent, bivi or both?
OK, 5 weeks to go merged into 4 weeks to go. Don’t know how but it did!
Peter Gold
Dec 13, 2015
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