Introducing Katy Parrott
Although she hails from the bright lights of Bristol, Katy was fortunate to be exposed to the outdoors from an early age. Put on skis at the age of 3 triggered an early love for the mountains. Becoming a Scout as a child, was quite unusual for a girl 20 years ago, but Katy loved the sense of adventure, survival, and generally being fairly feral in the great outdoors.
In 2016, Katy put her love for sport and fitness to the test and signed up to the BBC series Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week. This revealed a physical and mental resilience she didn’t know she had and made her want to explore those limits. Since then she has started ultra running and endurance events. Despite suffering a major knee Injury and reconstruction surgery at the end of 2020, Katy has recovered well and took part In the 2022 Montane Lapland Artic Ultra (MLAU). We're convinced Katy has only just scratched the surface of what she can achieve, and we can't wait to see where the next 5 years takes her…
Key Achievements
2025 - Ultra Trail Vipava Valley 100 miler - 2nd in Age Group | Lakeland 100 | Qualified as an Army Physical Training Instructor | Summited Mount Kilimanjaro (5895m)
2024 - Devon Coast to Coast 112 mile ultra - 2nd in Age Group (7th female) | Lakeland 50
2023 - Feb, Toubkal Summit | June - July, Fastpacked the GR20 across Corsica | Aug, Ironman Tallinn
2022 – 4th place overall (2nd female) in the 185km Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra
2020 – Pioneer athlete for new Ironman distance triathlon course | 2nd female, 3rd overall in World Burpee Games
2019 – 7 month tour in Afghanistan as a combat medic. 85km ultra mid tour
"Doing endurance events or exploring mountains are where I feel most alive. I am beyond grateful to have partnered with Montane since 2018. The incredible kit has kept me warm, dry and safe in environments all over the world and I can't wait to keep pushing limits together." - Katy Parrott
