Going Beyond Boundaries with … Cathy Ulliott (Part 1)

ByJulia Chi

Cathy Ulliott completed her first marathon in London in 1997, she went on to compete in seven more London marathons.

She worked through some years of chronic injury to then compete in seven Brighton marathons.

Her marathon time has reduced from just inside 4.30 for her first run, to 3.14 and seen her compete 3 times for England V 55, with a fourth due to happen this year in York.

Cathy was also a consultant psychiatrist for twenty years for older people until she retired in 2018.

She has recently taken up writing and is finding it both cathartic and creative.
She is interested to explore how much of what she learned through running sustained her in her working life – and vice versa….
She also has a new blog called ‘Self love before sixty’

This is part 1 of a two part podcast where Cathy shares with us her life stories, running stories and her insights.

 

Podcast link

 

I have been running all of my life – it feels I was born to run. In the running step I experienced freedom and my true expression. I came to see that I needed to ‘get out of the way of myself’ and let my energy flow through the running step; allow it to express itself in the dance and the motion of running.

I have also worked in the lives of others as a guide, counsellor, healer and teacher for over 40 years.

I lived as a nomad for 6 years with my husband Anadi, but my inner voice brought me back to the UK in May 2019 and I have been living and working and running in London since then….

 

 

 

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