A cancer doctor has won a debilitating ultramarathon of 430 kilometers after a photo of last year's race revealed the affair of her cheating ex-boyfriend.
Dr. Lucy Gossage, 45, who said she ended in last place in Cross Country when she was younger, ran for 87 hours through bitter snowstorms in the middle of the night and took only three hours and 40 minutes of rest during the 2025 spine. Race.
The race goes along the Pennine Way, which extends from the Derbyshire Peak District to the Scottish border, and has a cumulative height of 10.732 meters, which corresponds to climbing Mount Everest.
Dr. Gossage, who works full-time as a NHS oncologist at Nottingham City Hospital, raised money for Move Against Cancer, a charity that she co-founded in 2018 to help cancer patients to become active.
But it was not her only motivation, after she discovered a devastating personal heartbreak during the same race in January last year when she finished in third place.
The 45-year-old had participated with her three-year partner in the Spine Race of 2024 and after completing the race a friend shared photos who documented their progress.
What should have been a joyful moment quickly became acidic after a woman on social media Dr. Gossage sent a message in which she said she had been with him for a few months without knowing that he had a relationship.
It soon became clear that the man with whom she had spent three years of her life, just before her eyes led a double life.
Dr. Lucy Gossage, 45, ran 87 hours under Arctic conditions with only three hours and 40 minutes of rest during the Spine Race of 2025
The NHS oncologist of the Nottingham City Hospital discovered last year that her three-year-old friend led a double life
The cancer doctor raised money for Move Against Cancer, a charity that she co -founded in 2018 to help cancer patients to become active
Now she has said that running the same race for her is a way to 'win back the memories of the backbone for myself'.
She told the Times: 'In the days after last year's race it turned out that much of what he told me about his past was made up.
'This all came out when I had a lack of sleep after the race. It was really a dramatic final. It really felt like my world collapsed. It was almost like I was mourning someone who never really existed. ”
During the race, her short break consisted of sleeping in public toilets and 'occasionally a two -minute power nap lying on the course'.
She ran fast to raise money for Move Against Cancer, a small charity that she co -founded in 2018 to help cancer patients become active.
The race itself is so heavy that less than 50 percent of the runners finish, most of which drop out halfway when the temperature drops to -8 degrees Celsius.
Dr. Gossage added: “You have these amazing highlights, but there were times when I had the feeling that it was impossible,” and described how she burst into tears at some point after she had crossed the Wall of Hadrian.
The Spine Race of 2025 takes place along the Pennine Way, which extends from the Derbantshire Peak District to the Scottish border
Although she claimed that she was never sporty when she was younger, the 45-year-old won the 430-kilometer race in a amazing way
Lucy Gossage from Great Britain finishes first and wins the Xtri World Tour during the Isklar Norseman Xtreme Triathlon on 3 August 2019 in Eidfjord, Norway
Dr. Gossage trained by running to and from work every day at Nottingham Hospitals NHS Trust, where it specializes in the treatment of testicle cancer and sarcoma and encourages patients to run or walk
'You don't go so fast or so fast at any time. It's just the fact that you are on the road for 87 hours. ”
She also added that one of the most difficult things was to force food in your body while it really didn't want, but halfway she had a delicious sausage.
Dr. Gossage trained by running every day to and from work at Nottingham Hospitals NHS Trust, where it specializes in the treatment of testicle cancer and sarcoma and encourages patients to run or walk.
