Damian Hall
Damian has completed the Winter Spine Race four times (plus one DNF), winning the race in 2023. The running coach has also worked on the event three times, is the author of the official Pennine Way guide, broke the record for running the Pennine Way and has completed several other 200-mile races. The childishly haired, tea addict is also co-founder of The Green Runners and Into Ultra, and is a Mountain Leader. 

Allie Bailey
Award-winning coach, author and podcaster, Allie has completed and podium placed at a number of 100 and 200 mile races, as well as numerous multi-day events and world-first endurance challenges. Allie recently took 1st place female at the 2025 Summer Spine Challenger North following her completion of the Summer Spine Challenger South in 2024. Allie has worked on both the Spine Safety and Media Teams. After swearing she never would, Allie also has a place in the 2026 Winter Spine Race.  

Matt Neale 

Ranger Matt is six-time Winter Spine Race finisher, as well as numerous other unnecessarily long races such as Tor des Glaciers and the big three fell-running rounds. Silver-haired Captain Sensible has been a Yorkshire Dales National Park ranger for 30 years, where he’s been responsible for sections of the Pennine Way. Matt loves to run his own race and brings oodles of bog-dodging experience. 

Louise Greenwood 

Lou is an experienced fell and ultra runner who has completed many long-distance races, including the Winter Spine Race, Dragon’s Back Race and Old County Tops. Lou’s most recent trophy was an age category win at the Mourne Sky Ultra 2024 and bronze medal at the national fell running championships. Lou is a full-time Mountain Leader, with many years of experience leading recces, providing event safety and helping to plan running and walking events. Her day (and night!) job is as a firefighter based in Ambleside.  

Kevin Robinson 

Kev is an experienced ultrarunner and mountaineer who has completed the Winter Spine Race and three Winter MRT Challenge Souths, winning it in January 2025. He also has two spine DNFs to share experience from. Other notable races include three Lakeland 100s, Stainland 105, Hardwolds 80 and numerous other ultras. Kev has been a Mountain Rescue volunteer for over 16 years, is a Remote Rescue Medical Technician and Swiftwater Response Technician.

The price for the weekend is £495, but you can reserve your place right now with a non-refundable deposit of just £150. We require payment of the balance 4 weeks out from event. Once paid, all places are non-refundable, although we are happy for you to transfer them to other people at our discretion.

Please note: Bookings are facilitated by Ultra Endurance Series Limited on behalf of Ultra Awesome Limited. Your contract is with Ultra Awesome Limited, who deliver the event and receive all payments directly.

We’d like you to arrive for 5-6pm Friday so we can have dinner and do introductions at around 7pm. Don’t worry if you can’t get there until later – we’ll save you some food! You’ll be free to leave from 3pm Sunday.

We make the weekend as inclusive as possible and cater for most levels of runner. However, for the running sections, we ask that you have some experience of trail running and are able to move at 3-4mph on similar terrain. We have a full team out on the hill and options for shorter routes, so nobody gets left behind. 

The runs will be between 14 and 20 miles long and will be at a social pace with a leader, a sweeper and guide in between. 

We will send out a mandatory kit list a few weeks before the event. Although it won’t be as extensive as the Winter Spine Race kit list, it will include similar items for use on the hill. If you are running one of the winter races, we advise you to bring your full kit to practice with. 

Sorry, no. Pickle is the only dog in the bunkhouse.  

You can still benefit from the weekend massively, as running is only one part of it. The workshops still work for injured runners! Theres a lot of theory there too.