Run Again: Archive's Dave Pen running the Spine Race
A Dream Come True
If you're a regular reader of this blog, you'll know that I write a lot about trail running, but also about music.
And when it comes to music, while my favourite band is Radiohead, my second one is without any doubt Archive, a British band I've been following and listening to even before Radiohead (I was still in high school when I first listened to Londinium, in 1996).
So imagine my (more than nice) surprise when I heard that Dave Pen, (one of) Archive's singer(s) and guitarist(s) (yes, Archive is a collective after all), was also an ultra trail runner, that he ran the Spine Race (a famous race in the UK), and by the way, there is a movie on it on Salomon's TV YouTube channel!
The movie is, as most of Salomon TV's productions, extremely well done, switching back and forth between Dave's race and Archive gigs, or also interviews with his parents and wife.
I absolutely loved it - I was already considering running my 2027 Ultra in the UK, and this just confirmed I was right :)