Veteran fell runner Nicky Spinks has claimed many titles and records across a wide range of races and challenges, especially in the UK. Her forte is long-distance hill and mountain challenges and the 56-year-old breast cancer survivor has a growing list of accolades, including winning the Arc of Attrition, setting a record for the most mountains run in 24 hours in the Lake District, taking third place in the famously tough Tors des Geants and setting a new record for the Bob Graham Round. She was the first person to complete doubles of all three of the UK’s 24-hour "Big Rounds", the Bob Graham Round, Ramsay Round and Paddy Buckley Round.
This month, she became the organiser of a relaunched hill challenge in southern Scotland, the Bruce's Crown Race. It was actually the event, in 2004, that ignited her passion for longer hill running races and after a break of 18 years, the 46-mile challenge has returned to the Galloway hills. The next Bruce's Crown takes place on April 4, 2025.
