British fell-runner Nicky Spinks, known as the Queen of the Fells, has achieved feats of endurance that are unthinkable to most ordinary runners, regardless of gender.
She specialises in fell running and holds the record for the Double Bob Graham Round (bagging 42 Lakeland fells, twice – a total elevation of 54,000ft and 132 miles – in a time of 45hrs 30mins), as well as the Double Charlie Ramsay Round (summiting 24 Scottish peaks, twice, in 55hrs 56mins – some 116 miles), and not forgetting the Double Paddy Buckley Round (47 Welsh mountain summits, twice, so 122 miles in total, in 57hrs 27mins). She’s the only person known to have even attempted the latter two mountain challenges.
Growing up on a farm in Glossop, Nicky was active but running usually meant collecting runaway horses from the moor. She didn’t do an organised race till her mid-30s and quickly discovered she much preferred running on trails and fells to tarmac.
She first completed the Bob Graham Round in 2005 and subsequently set a woman’s record of 18 hours 12 minutes.
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