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Montane Winter Spine
431.3km431.3257.5km257.5173.8km173.874km7469.2km69.2

Winter Spine Sprint North

69.2km·1759m+
January 12, 12:00 PM
Brown Rigg,
United Kingdom
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Winter Spine Sprint North · Race profile

Distance
69.2km
Gain
1759m+
Max
815m
Min
108m

About Winter Spine Sprint North

Winter Spine Sprint North is the 69.2km ultra trail at Montane Winter Spine 2027 (Brown Rigg, United Kingdom). The race starts on January 12, 2027 at 12:00 PM. It starts in Brown Rigg and finishes in Kirk Yetholm. The time limit is 18 h.

Race strategy

Run easy on the first mountain, then go all out on the second.

  • Start easy and control your HR up to 29.9km.
  • Hold your race pace up to 50.3km, but stay in control.
  • Long race. Control your HR and effort. Early mistakes cost the most.
  • Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 65.5km.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.2km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Settle in · 1.2km–29.9km · Plus 1 more climb. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
  • Work · 29.9km–50.3km · This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
  • Fade · 50.3km–65.5km · Climb of 277m, high point 815m. Plus 1 more descent. Your energy fades, and that's normal: hold a steady effort and stop counting the miles. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Running pays off here: run wherever you can. Your heart rate drifts down on its own: don't chase your early-race numbers, go by feel.
  • Home · 65.5km–69.8km · Descent of 352m averaging 8%. No heroics: settle back into your own effort and hold it to the line.

Course

The course climbs 1759m+. With 25m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 31% of the distance is uphill, 29% downhill and 40% flat. The longest climb runs 4.4km at an average 7.2% grade (319m of vertical). The longest descent runs 4.3km at an average 8.2% grade (352m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 23.5% over 0.6km. The steepest descent drops at 29.5% over 0.3km. Surface: 46% trail, 30% smooth, 16% technical, and 7% road.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Cairn Hill (777m), 55.7km from the start. Other named summits along the route: Auchopecairn (717m). The course also passes close to The Cheviot (816m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 2.5km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is moderate (index 23 of 100), with 23% of the load in the first half: 0 descents deserve a plan and a couple of downhill sessions before race day.

  • Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 65.5km.
  • 54.3–58.0 km · 338 m D−, -9.2% · 11.8 km ahead → your pace
  • 65.5–69.8 km · 352 m D−, -8.2% · 0.0 km ahead → free

This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Winter Spine Sprint North.

Other distances of Montane Winter Spine 2027Winter Spine (431km)·Winter Spine Challenger North (258km)·Winter Spine Challenger South (174km)·Winter Spine Sprint South (74.0km)

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Official websitewww.thespinerace.com/race/montane-winter-spine