Winter Spine Race 2023 with Aly Caldwell - Season 7 Eps 9 - Young Hearts Run Free Podcast - 10 February 2023

Well, it’s been a tumultuous week at YHRF HQ. And here comes the icing on the cake as we catch up with Spine Race 2023 finisher and all-round inspiration Aly Caldwell.

We cover all 268 miles (and mare) of the Pennine Way with Aly as we dissect her 6 plus days out racing. Yes, like many others we watched her dot shift efficiently to Kirk Yetholm, and now we get the lowdown straight from the horse’s mouth!

Listen in to find out what drove Aly to enter the race, how she trained for it, her unique techniques for assembling the required kit and how her race experience panned out, nae spoiler alert needed, she finished it. Blimin’ terrific.

As is mandatory on the Young Hearts Run Free podcast, we cover food and fuel in detail and get the insight we need on important matters such as Alston Lasagne and Aly reveals what was in her ‘bowl of heaven’!

Of course, we cover a pile more than just the Spine in our refreshing, and often candid, blether with Aly as she reveals her running journey hasn’t quite been plain sailing all the way.

With the race still fresh in her memory this first-hand account of just what it’s like competing in ‘Britain’s Toughest Race’ is an absolute treat from start to finish.

John n Steven cover a wee bit of happenings in our intro with Forfar Multi Terrain Half, Pride BuffBuffs, Auchterarder Running Festival 2023 entry news and competitions all grabbing some air time. Oh, and the small matter of our new venture with the Montane Lakeland 100 is kinda mentioned too!

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