I resisted triathlons for a long time, coming from a background of swimming through childhood and then running as an adult. I hated the bike leg! But I finally entered my first race - Gatorade Series in Portarlington in 2009 - and won the First Timers category. Think this spurred me on!

Two kids interrupted my triathlon "career", but I finally started taking it seriously in the season of 2016/17. I joined Beckworth in September 2017 and haven't looked back since!

I have a husband who does shift work so that makes the training tricky as I am sole parent without much family support a lot of the time. My boys are 7 and 9 - the youngest was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer in May 2018 age 4 and underwent 68 weeks of chemotherapy and multiple surgeries. Fortunately he is currently stable and lives with his multiple tumors - we just hope they don't start growing again. This drastic event certainly changed my outlook on life - don't sweat the small stuff, don't make excuses, if you want it - go out and bloody well work for it, and cherish those close to you.