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One of many world’s most brutal ultra-running occasions lives as much as its status as Corridor covers 268 miles on a few hours sleep

Extremely-runner and AW contributor Damian Corridor crossed the end line in Kirk Yetholm because the winner of the 2023 Montane Winter Backbone Race on Thursday (Jan 19).

Corridor ran the gruelling Pennine Method occasion with fellow competitor Jack Scott, with Scott ending runner-up resulting from incurring a 40-minute penalty for a navigational error mid-race.

Corridor stated: “I believed we have been going to have a pleasant time operating collectively however each time I noticed Jack he appeared to maintain pushing more durable.”

Damian Corridor (Montane Backbone Race)

Each runners beat the earlier males’s course document with Corridor clocking 84hr 36min 24sec – taking three hours off the document set by John Kelly of america.

Nonetheless, the general course document of 83:12:23, continues to be held by Jasmin Paris.

The Backbone Race, which first happened in 2012, is a continuous problem from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm within the Scottish Borders, alongside the complete Pennine Method via the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, North Pennines and over Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland to the Cheviots.

Held when the winter climate will be brutal within the UK, runners carry their very own package all through and relaxation provided that and after they want.

Montane Backbone Race 2023

“Over the Cheviot Hills we have been knee-deep in snow for about 10 hours. Jack pushed me proper to the tip. Retiring final 12 months with an harm actually pissed off me so I wished to come back again and do higher. It’s been an unbelievable race.” stated Corridor.

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Scott, 28, took to ultra-running as a way of recovering from a playing habit. “Operating has turn out to be one thing inside me that I now can’t take away,” he defined. “I’m pursuing some targets and taking some dangers. I wish to see how far and how briskly I can run.”