Katharine Ford

Katharine Ford (born 25 April 1986) in Glasgow, is a multi record-breaking British Ultracyclist and Epilepsy campaigner.

Personal life

Aged 9, Katharine was diagnosed with Right Temporal-lobe Epilepsy, before undergoing major transformative brain surgery 5 years later at the Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Sick Children.[1]

She is former a Trustee of London disability sport charity Interactive,[2] and the Herne Hill Velodrome Trust in London.[3]

In 2012, she was nominated to carry the Olympic flame, which she did on 26 July 2012 in Camden. Her nomination was for her achievement in cycling and in raising epilepsy awareness.[4][5]

Ultra Cycling Career

To date Katharine is still the youngest British female and first ever Scot to officially complete the Race Across America,[6] across all its categories, in her 4 lady team, aged 22 years and 2 months while still an Undergraduate student at Durham University.

In March 2017, she became the British record holder and holder of the second greatest distance ridden by a female on a Static Cycle (340.4km), in accordance with Guinness World Record rules. [7]

In July 2017, she became the first ever Briton to attempt to ride 12 Hours or more on an Indoor Velodrome and became the Ultra Marathon Cycling Association Indoor Track Cycling world record holder across the 6 Hour, 100km, 200km & 300km disciplines respectively. The ride raised comfortably over £20,000 for British charities, Epilepsy Action and the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity. [8]

References
  1. "Ultra-cyclist Katie Ford owes success to Sick Kids".
  2. "Welcome to Interactive Trustees". Interactive.uk.net. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. "£400K More Funding for Herne Hill". Britishcycling.org.uk. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. "Spotlight on Camden torchbearer Katharine Ford". Love Camden. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  5. "Ultra-cyclist Katie overcomes epilepsy to conquer America".
  6. "UltraMarathon Cycling Association". Ultracycling.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  7. "Cycling World Record Attempt - Scottish Cycling, Running & Outdoor Pursuits Show".
  8. https://www.ultracycling.com/individual-records/?member_id=8161
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