This page contains the kit we recommend to meet the kit requirements, mandatory and otherwise, for the Spine Race and affiliated events.
Resources and Advice
Click here to watch a longform video going into all of the kit for the Spine Race with James Elson (YouTube) - see also embedded below.
Click here to watch the 2025 Upper Body Layering System Update Video
Click here to watch the 2025 Lower Body Layering System Update Video
Click here to watch the 2025 Footwear Update Video
Click here to watch the 2025 Sleep System Update Video
Click here to read James' race report from 2023.
Click here to read the in depth look into the appropriate kit for the Spine Races.
Click here to listen to James' recap podcast of the 2023 event.
Click here to listen to a British Ultrarunning Podcast conversation between James, Dan, five time finisher Matt Neale and 2023 Mens Race Winner Damian Hall.
