MONTANE SPINE RACE - TUESDAY 15th JANUARY
As the Montane Spine Race enters its third night, Paris, first placed female, has forged ahead of 2013 Montane Spine Race winner, Roselló Solé, first placed male. Pre-Race Day 1 Day2 Day3 Day4 Day5 Day6 Day7 Day8 Day9 Both Paris and Roselló Solé started the day by increasing their lead over Eoin Keith (IRL). They continued to run together until they reached CP4 at Alston, 194 miles into the race. However, even though they elected to rest, Paris pushed on ahead of Roselló Solé after just 45 minutes. She built
“I’ve slept about two hours 15 minutes so far. I’m really enjoying myself. It’s a mixture of type one and type two fun. I’m eating a lot but I’ve barely seen the others eating.” She continued,” I’m juggling being a parent with Ultra running and I have also got a thesis to write when I finish the Spine.”
In the women’s race, second place, Shelli Gordon (GBR) continues to stay ahead of third place Gabriele Kenkenburg (DE) despite a swollen ankle. At the time of writing Gordon has covered 160 miles. With only 10 miles between her and Kenkenburg, holding on to third place is not guaranteed.
The weather has been milder today with temperatures around 7°C and a wind chill of 4° C, cloudy with intermittent showers later in the day. Tomorrow Snow is forecast on Cross Fell between 10am and 11am (heavy) then the potential for light snow turning to sleet later. Windspeed 25mph gusting to 50mph with a windchill of -10° C. On Cheviots forecast is for a mixture of rain, snow, sleet and fog throughout the day. Windchill is expected to be as low as -11° C.
