Lucy Gossage made a life-changing decision to participate in an ultra-marathon race to find closure after a distressing experience. Standing at the starting line of a 268-mile race in January, she realized that she had already achieved success. A year prior, Lucy had completed the same brutal UK race with her partner, only to discover shortly after that he had been unfaithful to her. Seeking closure, Lucy, a cancer doctor who studied at the University of Cambridge, decided to return to the race and ended up winning it, altering her perspective on success.
Reflecting on her upbringing, Lucy admitted that she was not particularly athletic and her lack of confidence held her back from pursuing competitive activities after a disappointing experience in her teenage years. Despite her self-doubt, she pursued a career in medicine, studying at both Cambridge and Oxford universities before settling into a role as an oncology trainee. Feeling un
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