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Mel Sykes

@nuddypants.bsky.social
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Ultra Runner. Cyclist. Cake Eater. Podiatrist. Never sitting still. Yorkshire. 💙

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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
And managed to see Laura through. Wearing all the layers 😳
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Caught up with the volunteering dream team at Glaisdale checkpoint! #northerntraverse
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We got up at 2:30am to watch @ultradamo.bsky.social finish his record breaking run in the Northern Traverse, and now I’m heading inland to try and find the girls coming across the moors.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Super day in the Yorkshire Dales today watching runners in the Northern Traverse ☀️
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
And today I’m up in North Yorkshire going to cheer on some friends who are heading across the country on the Northern Traverse event.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
At the Five Trigs race yesterday we raffled off an A2 print of my Spine photo to raise money for Oldham MRT. We raised £400 from raffle sales, and in total they received a cheque from the race director for £1100. A great day all round. 🥰
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Made it up to the fancy trig at first light 🌅
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Had a few days away in the sun riding a bike up some hills and eating many baguettes. All the good stuff 👌🏼
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
My print of me doing the Spine arrived! £20 from each print sold was donated to @OldhamMRT (who volunteered during the race) so thank you to everyone that bought one. 🥰
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Spine write up is finished! Thanks to @baldhiker.com for posting to his site for me. It’s a long one…but it was a long race! www.baldhiker.com/the-spine-ra...
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The Spine Race 2025: Adventures Of Dot Number 254 | BaldHiker
The Spine Race is not just another endurance event; it is a gruelling challenge that tests the limits of human capability, resolve, mental strength and determination
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
@drlygo.bsky.social Hi love. Do you know where I can find a list of CP food for Winter? I’ve searched the FB group and the website and can’t find anything. I know about the lasagne, but that’s it! 🤣
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Spine race weather so Spine race kit test. The Holme Valley circular loop, with mid run cafe stop. Watch it be the warmest January on record now 😳
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Starting and finishing at the Inov8 shop in Staveley you visit 8 Wainwrights on a loop of some very boggy trails. Most of which I’m in no rush to do again 😳
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Skamper/Inov8 round complete! Spent 90% of the day in rain and clag but the waterproofs worked a treat. Got a badge for my troubles too.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
There’s a new running round in the Lakes called The Skamper Round which starts from the Inov8 shop at Staveley. 8 Wainwrights and back before the cafe closes is the aim. Giving it a go tomorrow in some changeable weather 😳
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I love these photos. Girl recce of the Pennine Way a few a weeks ago. What a fantastic weekend and what great photos by Tom Hoyle. (Insta: ultra.im.possible)
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
A pile of stuff on toast ☺️
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The last 2 times I’ve been up Cross Fell I’ve seen bugger all. Today I finally got to see something from the top! Out and back from Dufton, what a slog.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Wolfstone Heights trig point overlooking Holmfirth this morning.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Thanks to the weather for allowing me to see if my kit will keep me warm/dry come January. Happy with everything but the gloves today. Need something better to keep my hands dry!!
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Was out imagining that I was in the Spine Race this afternoon. ❄️ I would LOVE these conditions for the event. I’d feel like I’d got my monies worth.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A white West Nab this afternoon 🥶
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Did a Peak Raid event. Collected 425 points. Didn’t get lost. Dibbed. A grand day out.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Back in Edale this morning for a Peak Raid event. You’re given a map on the start line, and have to visit markers whilst collecting points. 3 hour time limit to get back with as many points as possible. Map and compass only. No GPX.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I’m in some sort of weird transition period between Twitter and here! 😳
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Ran a loop from Hope this morning, taking in some of the Edale Skyline route. Ended up being in the mist most of the day but it cleared as we reached Lose Hill. 👌🏼
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The sunshine trying to break through the mist up Win Hill this morning.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
This evenings run up to Wolfstone Heights trig point. Up and back before it got dark…just!
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The fantastic @willbaldlygo.bsky.social captured us hitting the tarmac section into Kirk Yetholm, and the end of the Pennine Way.
Group of female runners coming in to Kirk Yetholm at the end of the Pennine Way.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
The trig point at Wolfstone Heights this morning.
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
Up on the purple Pennine Way this morning! All systems go for the Winter Spine Race in Jan 💜
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Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
A few weeks ago. Having a wander along Hadrians Wall 👌🏼
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