Loved your film, a big inspiration for me, I’ve so gotta have a crack at this race next year. 👍🏻

@DeanRead

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Peter, the Challenger North is a spectacular event. I really enjoyed the Challenger South too but the North is perhaps my favourite part of the Pennine Way. Looking forward to seeing you on the start line next year, I'll be at the event in some capacity

Well done to the both of you. Great video ATB Kev

@DeanRead

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Kev, hope you had a good Christmas and New Year.

What a challenge - Very well done - stay safe!

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Frank, it was an amazing experience

Well done mate - all I can say is lucky you - all the way from Vietnam :)

@DeanRead

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching mate 👍😎

Amazing achievement well done to you both ,Thank-you for sharing much appreciated.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, it was a fantastic experience

Wow! Loved the dot watching and so good to see the video story. Well done the both of you. Such an achievement

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Hi Hannah, thanks for watching. It was great to relive it while editing, so glad we made it to the end as there were a few moments where I didn’t think it would happen 😀

Well done, missed your videos, you inspired me and my partner to do the PW, from your 2019 walk. I think we will enter the spine, north, as you both did, will start Googling it, just need to strengthen the knee after a fall in Poland. Nice to see you again…

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

That's great Mark, it would be amazing to see you on the start line. If you have any questions about the race, feel free to email me on dean@thespinerace.com. also, thanks for watching the 2019 Pennine Way videos, I'm glad they helped.

Well done everyone great video all the best 😂

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Philip

Unbelievable video dean and even better feat, crushing the spine challenge well done to you both amazing achievement 🥳

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Matt, it felt amazing to teach the finish line

@mattroberts3331

7 ай бұрын

I remember on your old videos, when you said fell running was out of your reach, look at you now, unbelievable stuff. 💪🏿

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

@mattroberts3331 thanks Matt, crazy isn't it. I'm not at the level of fitness I would like to be for proper fell running but I'm getting there slowly 😂

@mattroberts3331

7 ай бұрын

I’d say you’re already there pal.

What an amazing achievement Dean and Steph that was a brilliant video Dean thanks for videoing it mate you both did really well happy new year to you both atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍🍺🍺

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Jimmy, it was a great experience and I'm so glad I recorded it so Stef and I can look back on it in years to come. Some of the memories from the tough moment came flooding back when I was editing, both of us had times where we wanted to stop, so glad we pushed on 😂

@LundysWildcampBushcraft

7 ай бұрын

@@DeanRead your name has popped up on a few channels lately all good stuff you have inspired a lot of us to get out camping always good to see you out with Jay 😎😎👍👍

Epic!

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Nick

Very well done both of you - this is really inspiring. Already planning a Challenger South entry for 2025!

@DeanRead

6 ай бұрын

Excellent, I look forward to seeing you on the start line. You going for a Summer Challenger South or Winter? Thanks for watching

@baggy2287

6 ай бұрын

@DeanRead Summer- although I know that can have its own weather challenges, so not an easy option!

@DeanRead

6 ай бұрын

@baggy2287 it certainly can, the summer Spine is seen by some/most as the easy option but it’s definitely not. I’ve spoken to a few that say summer is harder

Stunning Sir. Well well done. Lot of sections 😅 have hiked. But Wow. Well done. Happy new year Sir. Keep the vids coming. Please.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching George, it’s a stunning section of the Pennine Way isn’t it. All the best for 2024

Well done Dean..Well done Steph..fantastic achievement. That was a very interesting video,glad the Hobnobs are still featuring. Saw a guy out reccying recently for the Winter Spine Race,he was at Blackstone Edge Res at 3pm,having left Edale at 6.30am...incredible athlete.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching mate. The HobNobs are an absolute essential when out on the Pennine Way 👍😎 I’ve been up on the moors in the Peak District again today so I’m really looking forward to the Winter Spine Races. Don’t think I’m crazy enough to do the race in winter just yet 😂

Well done both. Nice to hear a bit of Grandmaster Flash in the middle there

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching mate. I often turn to Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel in times of need while out running 😂

Love that you completely ignore the ‘cheers’ with Steph at the end and go straight for necking the pint ! Great video really enjoyed it. All the best.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Haha 😂 yeah I was ready for that pint. Thanks for watching

Well done Dean and Steph, a super hard challenge which you both did so well in completing. Amazing achievement, thank you for bringing us along with you. The nights must have been hard going and the relative lack of sleep would not have been easy. Brilliant video, thanks for spending the time putting it together. Happy New Year to you both. Here’s to an adventurous 2024!

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Hi Greg, I hope you're doing well and thanks for watching. It was most definitely the hardest thing I've ever done. I've never been so tired and physically shattered in my life, I loved it though :-) Happy new year to you too

Top effort by you both, not only for completing the race but also for capturing it all on film 👍🏻

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I'm so glad I recorded it, we'll look back on it with fond memories in years to come no doubt, just as we do our Challenger South video

Finally got round to watching this. Well done both you did a great job. 👏

@DeanRead

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Col, just got home from working at the Winter Spine Race…. I feel just as tired as when I finished this race 😂

Ouch....I have blisters on my eyeballs just from watching that. Great achievement, well done to you both, and all who took part in the Spine challenge! I took 16 days to walk the PW in 2021, so I know how tough the trail is walking at a fairly leisurely pace. That was one well-deserved pint at the end.

@DeanRead

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Maurice, I was ready for that pint at the end. My friend sent me a message when we were about 5 miles from the finish asking what beer we wanted, it certainly spurred me on 😀

Great effort both of you. I definitely need to get this one done to complete my Pennine Way! Possibly 2025.... Good to see it done at a similar pace to what I'd do. 👍 I could almost physically feel that foot pain and sleep deprivation!

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Hannah, it was a great adventure and the perfect 'next step' after doing the Challenger South last year. Looking forward to seeing your you smash it in 2025 :-)

Incredible stuff Dean and Steph, and great to see the old Hobnobs making a reappearance!! Epic

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, a hobnob has to be consumed whenever I’m out on the Pennine Way… it’s the law 😂

Absolutely brilliant vid, once again Dean you have come up trumps capturing your journey. Well done to you both on completing the Spine Race North 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Hi Peter, thanks for watching. It was a fantastic adventure, I'm considering doing the Full Summer Spine next :-) 2025 perhaps

Thanks for sharing. Great video as always. Love the Hobnobs in the shot at Alston. See you in January somewhere along the route. Well done by the way. 😁

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Mick, are you at Alston this winter? I’ll be popping in to all CPs at some point all being well

@mickbrowne6904

7 ай бұрын

@@DeanRead The sprint finish then Bellingham this year.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

@@mickbrowne6904 excellent Mick, I'll definitely see you at Bellingham then. I've got to go straight to Hawes from Edale so perhaps won't get to Hebden Bridge

Great video. Always inspiring others! Looking forward to more adventures in 2024.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, lots more videos still to edit, I just need to find the time to sit and do it 😀

So worth waiting for came across on the video the toughness of the epic event looking forward to following those dots again soon..well done to you both

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Jonathan, it really was an epic adventure. It was nice to relive it while editing.

Happy New Year Dean, a great watch and ideal prep for some serious dot watching in a couple of weeks! One of these years, I’ll finally get around to volunteering, have been meaning to do it for ages.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Happy new year to you too. Not long now until the Winter Spine, I'm really looking forward to it and being on the team rather than out on the course. You should definitely give volunteering a go, it's such a great bunch of people and many come back year after year. Hope to see you there, maybe this summer?.

@arransutherland

7 ай бұрын

@@DeanRead Thanks Dean; I will, moving house is no.1 priority this year, but once that’s sorted then I’ll be sticking my hand up 👍

Finishing next to the defibrillator! Appropriate. We’ve had so much rain recently, when you showed a brief shot of the river, coming out of Alston, I thought it was the path. A huge achievement. Congratulations.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. It was great reminiscing of warmer weather while editing the video, it’s been so windy and wet these last few months.

Another brilliant video Dean really shows what you have to endure on one of these events. I've been looking forward to see this since June. We'll done to both of you. Take care

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Hi Robert, thanks for watching. I tried to include as much of the tiredness, hallucination chat and physical discomfort as I could. I've never been so tired in my life, that includes when I had a newborn child or when I used to work the night shift :-)

Well done both of you amazing effort. I’m volunteering on the Spine in a couple of weeks and I can’t wait to be a part of it.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Hi Chris, thanks for watching. Where abouts are you volunteering? I'll be up and down the course during the event so please do say hello.

You're both amazing. That was fantastic to watch. I'd love to know about your nutrition and kit for the Spine challenger - maybe a follow up video at some point?

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Mark, that’s a good idea. I’ll see if I can get some footage of what kit people have at the Winter Spine and make a bit of a video

👏👏👏👏

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Jimmy

Brutal Dean, brutal!! I know now why i am a walker and not a runner!!! Well done to you both its an awesome achievement.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching David, brutal is the word. I’ve never been so tired in my life and I’ve worked nights and had a new born in the past 😂

Well done. Inspiring.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Mark

massive well done to you both 💪🍺 i often chat with helen when i call in on my walks she'll soon be getting it ready for the winter spine I'll mention i watch your channel 👍did raster ralph not say hello as you passed through 🤔atb for 2024

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching mate. It’s was great to meet Helen, she has been such a huge support to the Spine Race community and all those who walk the Pennine Way. I’ll see if I can call in to see her during the Winter Spine as I owe her some walking poles 😂 . I didn’t see Raster Ralph sadly but no doubt he’ll have his barbecue going for Winter Spiners. All the best for 2024

What an achievement for you both! 160 miles in 4 days. Lots of memories I bet from your 2019 Pennine Way adventure. All the best for 2024 Dean.

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Gav, 2023 has been a truly epic year. All the best for 2024 mate

Very well done to you both. A fantastic achievement. Brought back some great memories of my own PW adventure in 2021. Would love to do it again though (definitely walking though and a comfortable bed at night). Do you plan to walk the whole PW again, or are you more motivated by the more challenging ways to complete it these days?

@DeanRead

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Anthony, it was a great adventure. I’m definitely up for walking the Pennine Way again, not sure when but would be great to do it with the family. Stef is pregnant so we’ll have to wait a year until the new arrival can walk first 😂

@AnthonyJohnson1

6 ай бұрын

@@DeanRead thanks excellent news Dean. Many congratulations to you both

Haven’t watched your vids mate for a few years, you’ve gone full Viking mode; and got a lot fitter!! Is your daughter still in the Army? See J at all? ATB

@DeanRead

5 ай бұрын

Hi Gary, thanks for watching. I’ve scaled back the Viking mode a little recently 😂 I still see Jay regularly, I don’t work with him anymore but we still get out camping together

I Hope your ok Dean

@DeanRead

2 ай бұрын

I'm all good thanks, still have lots of videos to edit but life is getting in the way 😂 Newborn baby and work keeping me busy. Thanks for watching

@infraRedRidingHood

2 ай бұрын

@@DeanRead Nice im so glad your ok ive been watching since like 2016 im finally going back to the Peak District at the end of the month and Congrats on the baby !

@DeanRead

2 ай бұрын

@@infraRedRidingHood have a great time in the Peaks, I'll be there in a couple of weeks time with work too

@infraRedRidingHood

2 ай бұрын

@@DeanRead I was thinking of taking an MRE

How old were you Dean when you decided to get into the running?

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, I was about 36 when I started running, I'm 40 now

Sycamore gap 😢

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

It was quite sad seeing that when I was editing the video, we slept about 30 metres away and won’t ever be able to do that again. Thanks for watching

I think A.W & Tom Stephenson would turn in their graves right now to see what the Pennine Way has now become. Just another something to tick off as fast as possible, so sad 😞

@DeanRead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Craig, there is room for everyone in the outdoors, those who want to savour the views and those who want to push themselves a little faster. I've had both experiences on the Pennine Way and both have gifted me memories that will last a lifetime. I think Tom Stephenson would be pleased with how the race gives back to Pennine Way, replacing gates, contributing a substantial amount to help replace the roof on Greg's Hut, volunteers giving their time to help maintain the footpaths. Having read Alfred Wainwright's guide to the PW, I feel he would be in favour of ticking it off as fast as possible, "You won’t come across me anywhere along the Pennine Way. I’ve had enough of it.”😀