Nicky Spinks

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Nicky Spinks is a British long distance runner, specialising in fell running, who set women's records for the major fell running challenges the Ramsay Round, the Paddy Buckley Round and the Bob Graham Round. She is the holder of the overall record for the double Bob Graham Round.

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Hill Running - The UK's Top FKTs

Hill records, or Fastest Known Times, seem to be dropping all the time. There are any number of objectives in the UK, says Claire Maxted. Here she looks at some of our greatest routes, with comments from some of the record holders.

2 24 Feb, 2020

My Mountains - Nicky Spinks

Fiona Russell catches up with fell running royalty Nicky Spinks, arguably the highest achieving long distance specialist in British running history. She walks a lot too!

16 Sep, 2019

Interview Nicky Spinks on Her Historic Triple Double

In mid May, Nicky Spinks completed a double lap of the Paddy Buckley Round to become the first person to do a double on all three classic British 24-hour hill routes, and cementing her reputation as possibly our greatest ever long distance hill...

7 Jun, 2019

News Nicky Spinks Completes Double Paddy Buckley Round

Nicky Spinks has run a double Paddy Buckley Round, in a total time of 57 hours 27 minutes. The classic North Wales...

2 19 May, 2019

News Nicky Spinks Runs Double Ramsay Round

Nicky Spinks has completed a double Ramsay Round with a time of 55:56:38. The Ramsay is a classic 24-hour challenge which...

57 2 Jul, 2018

News Kendal Mountain Festival 2016: Report

The Kendal Mountain Festival 2016 proved once again to be a busy and inspiring four days of films, photos, music, art...

10 22 Nov, 2016

News Kendal Success for UKC / UKH Film 'Run Forever'

UKC/UKH film 'Run Forever' - directed by our very own Nick Brown and featuring ultra runner Nicky Spinks -...

4 21 Nov, 2016

News New Feature Length Documentary from UKC / UKH

21 Oct, 2016

Interview Nicky Spinks on Her Double Bob Graham Round

5 24 May, 2016

News Nicky Spinks Breaks Double Bob Graham Record

43 16 May, 2016

News Film: Nicky Spinks

26 Oct, 2015

News Nicky Spinks on Her Record Ramsay Round

11 Jun, 2014

News Major Lakes Record Topped by Nicky Spinks

2 6 Jul, 2011

Latest Reviews for Nicky's Sponsors

Reviews from the UKH editorial team

One Person Tents and Hooped Bivvys

From minimalist backpacking and mountaineering, to quick overnights in the hills closer to home, solo shelters save a lot of weight and bulk in your pack. With an emphasis on versatile three-season models, we look at a range of options for budg...

21 23 Sep, 2021

Bombproof Winter Mountain Shells

What's the ideal shell for Scottish winter climbing and gnarly hill walks? A beefy and protective one! Here we review tough technical jackets from 12 leading manufacturers.

28 25 Feb, 2020

Compact Headtorches

Modern front-mounted headtorches are neat and lightweight, yet pack enough power for most needs. Here we look in depth at five alternatives across the price spectrum.

18 31 Dec, 2019

Day Packs Around 20 Litres

We check out 11 smaller rucksacks for lightweight days.

80 24 Sep, 2019

Gas Stove Systems

In this group test we look at four all-in-one tower-style canister stove systems, the Alpkit Brukit; Jetboil Flash; Primus Lite+ and MSR...

36 17 Jul, 2019

Alpkit Resolute Jacket & Ardent Trousers

Through winter and spring on the Scottish hills, John McKenna puts this softshell jacket and trouser combo to the...

4 21 Jun, 2019

Women's Midweight Down Jackets

Ten women's down jackets from leading brands go head-to-head in this comprehensive group test. What does 'midweight' even...

5 9 Apr, 2019

Latest News from Nicky's Sponsors

Announcements direct from manufacturers

Alpkit certified as a B Corporation

Alpkit is excited to announce that we've reached a significant milestone: achieving certification as a B Corporation.

4 Sep, 2020

Alpkit 2020 Sustainability Report

At its purest, Alpkit is a bunch of designers who share their love of the outdoors and playing outside. There was a time when we had a lot of free time. We worked, saved and got ourselves kitted out. These passing years taught us something – that we...

4 17 Mar, 2020

Alpkit doubles donations to Alpkit Foundation for Black Friday

Alpkit will be doubling its donation to the Alpkit Foundation for the duration of the Black Friday sales period. All week, 2% of every sale will go towards helping as many people as possible get outdoors, to 'go nice...

26 Nov, 2019