I am a mother of 2 who recently moved from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast in Australia.
Triathlon became a part of my life when I arrived in Australia from England in 1999 at the age of 23. Prior to this I was an unfit smoker who spent the working week in London, looking forward to hitting the local at 5pm and the clubs on weekends.
Like most people who want to try out a triathlon, the BRW corporate tri was a great way to have a go. I started out with many fun runs and country events such as the Cowes Classic, Pier to Pub swim and then gradually built my endurance up to, “Round the Bay in a Day” which is an approx 200kms bicycle ride around the bay in Melbourne.
In 2001 I completed my first Half Marathon and then went on to finish the Melbourne Marathon in 2002. Back in those days, you had to qualify to race an Ironman so we gave the Coomera Half Ironman a crack on our road bikes and got a taste for the longer triathlons.
Around 2010, I took on Western Australia Ironman in Busselton. I raised $2500 for redkite, a charity which supports children with cancer. An ironman consists of a 3.8 km swim, 180km ride and a 42.2 km run and at this time, I was juggling a full time role at nab and raising my two daughters who were only 5 & 2 years old. My husband also happened to compete so we were competing for training times! We both managed to finish in sub 11 hours; me coming across the line 15 mins before him in 10 hours 36mins, coming 4th place in my Age Group (AG) and just missing out on a slot to Kona!
Since then we have also both competed in Melbourne Ironman (2013) which no longer exists.
I have loved competing in many triathlons and have had the privilege to represent Australia in most distances; Olympic (ITU – 2012), Half Ironman World Champs (2014) & Kona (2014 & 2016). I’ve finished 5 Ironman’s and approx 20 Half Ironman’s, with my fastest Half Ironman at Geelong in 2013 in 4 hours 39 mins.
I am passionate about the importance of health / well being and have enjoyed presenting to corporations and schools on the importance of having goals; being resilient, adaptable and embracing where possible what life happens to throw at you!
I love being involved in the community and have organised local children’s duathlons, triathlons whilst also volunteering as a netball coach and local LSV nippers coach.
I have a BA (Hons) in Food & Consumer Management, am a Nationally Accredited ASCTA Bronze Licence Swim Coach and Triathlon Coach (Level 1). I am also a Personal Trainer (Certificate III), Sports Masseuse, & have a TAA ( Certificate IV in Training & Assessment).
Aside to this I have my Bronze Medallion (Life Saving Victoria) as well as accredited with Working with Children.
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