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Feb 2016
4:36pm, 17 Feb 2016
3,234 posts
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ChrisThePuma
I have read all the blogs - several times. 
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Feb 2016
5:03pm, 17 Feb 2016
20,212 posts
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Derby Tup
That's where the madness starts
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May 2016
8:25pm, 14 May 2016
8 posts
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Brucebb
Im in Chris
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May 2016
9:24am, 16 May 2016
3,333 posts
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ChrisThePuma
2 day training/recce weekend just done this weekend. Day one - Edale to Wessenden (and an overnight bivi) then day two, Wessenden to Hebden Bridge checkpoint. Good test of some equipment. Number one thing bought from this was that I need bigger boots. My toes took a battering on the descents. I realise it was hot but swollen feet are mentioned a lot in blogs, so I definitely need to go up at least half a size.
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May 2016
2:20pm, 16 May 2016
21,310 posts
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Derby Tup
For seriously long stuff (say 100 miles or two days plus) finding shoes / boots that work for you is paramount. Don't forget to try different socks too 
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May 2016
5:39pm, 16 May 2016
3,334 posts
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ChrisThePuma
Yes - and Insoles. I have a fantastic local shop that are very knowledgeable and helpful. I can spend hours in there trying different combos.
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May 2016
10:21pm, 16 May 2016
21,314 posts
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Derby Tup
Wise
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Oct 2016
10:48am, 17 Oct 2016
3,853 posts
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ChrisThePuma
3 months to go - tick tock tick tock.......
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Oct 2016
11:09am, 17 Oct 2016
34,693 posts
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Velociraptor
I shall be lurking and watching. The full Spine Race is preposterous, or at least on the dark side of the boundary between what would kill me and what would make me stronger (though I was talking to someone who does a lot of volunteering around the event and his take was that it's mostly about attitude) but I have a little hovering germ of curiosity about the Spine Challenger.
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Oct 2016
11:22am, 17 Oct 2016
3,854 posts
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ChrisThePuma
Just doing the Challenger - it is certainly in the realms of feasibility, although the planning itself has been extraordinary.
One more weekend away testing kit on the route in November then its downhill all the way.
The next 3 months cannot go fast enough for me
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