Career
She holds the women"s records for each of the three major fell running challenges in the United Kingdom – the Bob Graham Round, the Ramsay Round and the Paddy Buckley Round, as well as being the only person to have run each of them in under twenty hours. Born in London, she moved to the Peak District while still a child. She is now a farmer in Yorkshire.
Nicky Spinks was born in London.
She moved to Glossop in the Peak District while still a child. Spinks began running competitively in 2001 in a 4-mile fell race.
Ten years later, in 2011, she set a new women"s record of 64 for the number of Lakeland peaks climbed in 24 hours. Spinks also holds the women"s fastest times for each of the three most famous 24-hour British mountain courses, having set the record for the Bob Graham Round in 2012 at 18:12.
19:02 for the Paddy Buckley Round in 2013.
And in 2014, the Ramsay Round in 19:39. She is the only person to have completed each challenge in under 20 hours. She holds the women"s record for the fastest combined time over the three courses.
In 2015, aged 47, Spinks attempted to beat Chris Near"s overall record for the combined times in the three challenges, when she attempted the Bob Graham in 2015.
She is sponsored by RaceKit and Inov-8. In 2005, Spinks was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a hysterectomy in 2012.
She is a farmer in Yorkshire.
