Spinks to appear at Big Running Weekend
Nicky Spinks
Inspiration ultra and fell runner Nicky Spinks is set to appear at the forthcoming Big Running Weekend in the Peak District, as she joins Stuart Walker and others at the Runners Talks event on Saturday 25 August…
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From 4-Miles to 24-Hour Mountain Distance Record
Something of a legend in her own lifetime, Nicky Spinks, is the current ladies record for the greatest number of Lakeland Fells climbed in a 24-hour time period. Then in July of this year, in less than perfect conditions, she broke the ladies Bob Graham record, running over 74 miles with 42 peaks totalling 28,500 feet of ascent. Her time of 18-hours and 12-minutes was made all the more difficult as early this year she had to have pre-cancerous cells removed from her body.
The BIG Running Weekend is pleased to announce that Nicky will be joining the line up for the ‘Runners Talks’ on Saturday 25th August, where she will described her running history, a battle with cancer and how she progressed from running 4-miles in 2002 to becoming an Ultra Runner and Mountain Record Holder.
Nicky, will join Stuart Walker and Darryl Watton as each describes their exploits with ‘Extreme Running’. Stuart, ran across the Alps and describes his 1,000 miles in 30 days whilst Darryl explains about his Elite finish at this year’s Marathon des Sables.
The evening begins at 7pm and will conclude with an “In Conversation” session when the audience will be invited to ask questions of the speakers. Food and Bar available and entrance to the talk is £5 or free to race entrants. All monies raised will be passes to the Official Charity of the BIG Running Weekend, the Whirlow Hall Trust.
Nicky’s Running achievements include course record holder for the Fellsman, twice winner of the Grand Raid Pyrenees and record holder for the Tranter Round.
You can keep up to date with all the latest information on the event website and via Facebook Twitter fans can follow news by searching for #BIGRW
Proceeds from the weekend will be passed to the official charity the Whirlow Hall Farm Trust, who are also hosting the weekend and jointly co-ordinating the activities. They also benefit from a very large barn which is fully licenced and will be the home of the Running Expo, Running Talks and after race ‘BIG’ party.
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