Andy puts his back into it at The Spine

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Thu 17 Jan '13

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Andy Mouncey at the 2013 Spine race

Ultra-runner and coach Andy Mouncey has posted a mighty fine blog on his experience at The Spine this year, and though the Lancaster man didn’t complete his designated distance of the full 270 miles his 105-mile effort in trying conditions was a job well done…

So of course the fact that Checkpoint 2, at 105 miles, was a 40 minute drive away from home helped. Would I have continued if that wasn’t the case? We’ll never know. What I do know is that as well as some long overdue internal re-modelling, I took a bundle of personal firsts away with me.

Read Andy’s full re-count here and as the race continues, follow events at The Spine via:

The Spine website updates page
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