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Nicki Lygo
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Acute medicine resident doctor
Winter Spine Race Checkpoint Lead
Ultrarunning crew. Event medic.
Sports injury therapist
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Nicki Lygo @drlygo.bsky.social · Sep 14
Around 20% of my work year is on an event called the Spine Race. It's brought me into the most wonderful community of endurance runners. I lead their checkpoint department & place c.150 people from Derbyshire to Scotland each January, to look after 500+ athletes

Anyone know the race?

#SpineRace
Two people in the left foreground, run on a snowy trail with a landscape of white-dusted hills in the background. They are dressed for winter with hats and hoods covering their heads and have small packs on their backs. Both have running poles. The sun is shining, but the sky is white with the threat or promise of more snow.
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The Arctic Spine is looking very Spiney!
deanread.bsky.social Dean Read @deanread.bsky.social · 8h
It's cold out there tonight on the Arctic Spine Races 2026, dropping down to -30'c.

@spinerace.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Strava can get itself right down in the bin with that time stamp though

#RobbedOf20s
A screenshot of a Strava activity showing a brisk walk for 1 hour 59 minutes 40 seconds, when we all know it was in fact 2 hours straight. Strava does me dirty yet again
February 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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The hound after our walk this afternoon. I gave him a warm bath and still he’s staring at me with a betrayed look!
My 13 year old lab standing in an outdoor warm bath after our walk. He isn’t impressed despite the effort to use lovely warm water. He is now snuggled up by a warm fire with his dressing gown on. He knows how to get the sympathy vote!
February 7, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Enough for today now. Almost at the point where I can consider the winter Spine signed off. Feedback collated and sent out. Post-race report written. Just a few kit jobs to do and a management meeting to attend!

But for now, it’s time to relax

Enjoy the rest of the weekend peeps 🥰

#SpineRace
February 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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NO LIES 👇 DETECTED.......
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Fabulous 12km wander this morning. Just got home and missing the sea already!
An aerial view of a circular walk out of Wells, down to the sea, and back through Holkham Hall grounds and the fields
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Restful times in Norfolk this weekend with a very dear friend. Beautiful walks and whiling away the hours by the log burner
The Wells old lifeboat station, a boat and the tide recorder station reflecting in the still waters at the quayside A suspicious seagull, closely guarding its mussel A tree lined avenue leading to Holkham Hall
February 1, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Gentle half hour on the bike before work. Feeling so much better despite ongoing deadlines

Have a great Wednesday everyone 👊🏻
Photo of the display on an exercise bike showing just over 30 minutes of workout
January 28, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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It’s terrifying that both of these chilling historical statements ring true today

America is in deep & sinister trouble while the world treats the conductor of this horror-orchestra with deference

Boycott the USA, cancel the USA World Cup, stand up to our UK pound-shop Trump, practice compassion 💔
January 25, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Obsessively #dotwatching again. The Arc of Attrition ultra weekend is underway and the leaders in the 100 mile race have reached the wild Penwith peninsula already. Good luck to them in the stormy weather!
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January 23, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Sacking off my evening work and prioritising relaxation

Happy Friday my friends! 🧡 🤩
A photo of a log burner with a wooden coffee table in front of it. On the coffee table are two vintage oil lamps, a couple of tea light candle holders and a glass of red wine
January 23, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Absolutely hanging… Full of cold & haven’t had a chance to rest properly since well before the Spine began. Race week takes it out of me every time! 🤪

NHS shifts done for the week but 11 meetings, a written report & portfolio prep lie between me and a day off

Please send happy pics? 🙏🏻
Screenshot of my post-NHS shifts work diary showing meetings and tasks for today, tomorrow and Saturday. There are debrief meetings for some of my checkpoint teams with gaps between to write up a report on how things went at each venue. Then full report and stats prep time Looking forward to Sunday to catch up on sleep and laundry, and maybe even sneak a walk in!
January 22, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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Nicky Spinks is in da house 🙌🏻

Drop her a follow - she’s a brill addition to the running community over here 🤩

@nickyspinks.bsky.social
A screenshot of Nicky Spinks’ bluesky profile
January 20, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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This photo by Andrew Hendry encompasses how I feel about the Spine community. There is nothing quite like the group of extraordinary people who run it, work on it & follow it

Love is palpable here. The #SpineFamily is deeply life-affirming

#SpineRace
A friend, Catherine Hill, and I hugging at the end of her 267 mile Spine Race. It’s not an exaggeration to say that this community is my second family ❤️
January 19, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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Rounded off my spine week with a jaunt up to hut 2, with Race Director Phil Hayday-Brown and one of the Arctic crew, Ed

Best brew of the race was had in that hut, along with a bit of tablet as a reward for the climb up the hill!

I need to do more of this during race week 🥰

#SpineRace
A selfie with the hut 2 SST (Spine Safety Team) with Phil Hayday-Brown on a murky wet and windy day The door to hut 2. There’s a sign that says “Like hut 1, but better”. Hut competition during the race is alive and well! Phil & Ed walking back down into the valley. Walking along the valley by a stream
January 18, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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Roadtrip down the trail today in excellent company 🥰

#SpineRace
Me and Nicky Spinks on our evening walk after a day of visiting CPs lower down the trail
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Sorry for the major delay! The lovely Allie Bailey reached the wall at the end of her epic 268 mile battle this evening. She talked about how everything on the trail both punishes and rewards in equal measure. Lovely interview 🤩

Congrats Allie! 🙌🏻

#SpineRace
Allie Bailey taking 7th place in the Montane Spine Race
January 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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The department I lead on this race is 170+ people strong. I place teams at 10 locations along the 268 mile Pennine Way to care for athletes as they tackle their brutal challenges.

I am so proud of the work that they do

More info in ALT texts

Please show them all the love ❤️

Edale 👇🏻

#SpineRace
CP run by Paul Lee & Lynsey Hall. The Edale crew. They register the Challenger South (108 miles), Spine Sprint South (43 miles) and the full Spine Race 268 miles. A lot of crew from other teams congregate in Edale before moving up the trail and we all enjoy a huge crew meal together on the Friday night of race week before the runners set off and I begin to head up the trail. For those of you who know them, Alan Cormack, Lyndsay McEwan & Graeme Lornie are our regular chefs! Immediately prior to the races starting, the central race team hold a meeting in Edale to discuss expected events and to outline what is likely to lie ahead. This first weekend is extremely busy, but is still the calm before the storm!
January 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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Making night-shift crew sandwiches alongside my catering liaison colleague, Marie, with some help from Nicky Spinks. This job bring me to all sorts of situations and most of them are firsts ❤️
Nicky Spinks and I helped out our Catering Liaison Marie, who feeds the crew breakfasts and lunches in Kirk Yetholm.
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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Anna Troup and her husband Richard, outside the Border Hotel at the iconic wall as she takes the title of winter Spine Race winner 🏆

#SpineRace
Anna is smiling broadly, leaning on Richard’s shoulder and looking up at his face with joy (and perhaps relief) on her face
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Anna Troup with an astonishing finish & a clear 2026 Montane winter Spine Race win to add to her Summer trophy. She also currently holds the female supported Pennine Way fkt!

She currently has an ‘ultra lean’ & has had to hold her head up straight with her hand for the last few hours!

#SpineRace
January 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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James Hargreaves takes a valiant 3rd place in the 2026 Spine Race! He’s done the Challenger North before, and when reaching the wall he really looked like he’d taken the whole 268 miles in his stride

#SpineRace
January 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM