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Nicky Spinks

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Nicola Nicky Spinks, born 22 April 1967 in London, is a British long-distance runner specialising in fell running who set women's records for the major fell-running challenges the Ramsay Round, the Paddy Buckley Round and the Bob Graham Round. She held the women's records for all three Rounds simultaneously until 2016, held the overall record for the double Bob Graham Round until 2020, and was the only person to complete doubles of the other two Rounds. She moved to Glossop in the Peak District as a child and is now a farmer in Yorkshire. She began running competitively in 2001, first completed the Bob Graham Round in 2005, lowered the women's record to 18:06 in 2015, set the Paddy Buckley record of 19:02 in 2013 and the Ramsay Round record of 19:39 in 2014. Jasmin Paris broke her records in 2016.

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