Rebecca Devereux - Spine Sprint and Black Trail Runners

Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️In this episode I speak to Rebecca Devereux about her journey to this years winter Spine Sprint, the first 46 miles of the Pennine Way.Rebecca is a member of the ever growing community and charity, Black Trail Runners. A group seeking to increase the inclusion, participation and representation of people of Black ethnicity in trail running.We talk about her path into ultra trail running, her training and racing leading up to this years race and how she is slowly coming to terms with the epic challenge that she's set herself, taking on Britain's most brutal race!We discuss the support that Adidas Terrex has given her through their Infinite Trails Race and how she represented BTR through it.We also discuss the issues faced by people of colour coming into a sport, that until now has been known for its participation by mostly white, middle-aged men!Rebecca talks about her own insecurities when she first stood on a start line and looked around to see nobody that looked like her.Black Trail Runners -BTR endeavour to change the previous demographic of a mainly white dominated sport and show that trail and ultra are a sport that is open to everyone.To find out more please follow the links below ⬇️ Insta @rebecca_runs_wildBlack Trail runners @blacktrailrunners Coach :  @kotwf Black to the Trails Sunday 11th May 2025 https://www.blacktothetrails.co.ukA mention and thanks to @adidasterrex for their support and  @lakes.divide and their journey fund.  I'm also an Ambassador for @torqfitness as well. @infinitetrailsraceHere is the link to the film we made about our Infinite Trails journey with BTR https://youtu.be/8aMVuVduGOo?si=tNCiRHpfVDkzxL4KURS@ultrarunning_sam@hometrails_http://www.youtube.com/@ultrarunningsam