Ultra Marathon Racing
Lament life or live it.
It's your choice.
Wild Endurance 100km Team Relay 2010, 1st Female Team
Detaching from the lounge and the wine glass.
2013 Big Red Run Multi-Stage 250km 3rd Female, 6th Overall
One night in 2008 I was lying on the lounge lamenting life. I was stressed from work, unhappy and rapidly gaining weight. As I stuck my face into another glass of wine, my partner suggested that perhaps a hobby would help me get some work-life balance. I threw him a deadpan stare but I knew he was right.
My family diligently suffered through my arty phase, their true feelings only revealed when they asked if each artwork might be my final masterpiece. Then one Sunday afternoon while lying on that said same lounge, I remembered my childhood love for running. I jumped up, ran around the block and collapsed back onto the lounge exhausted. I knew without question I had been bitten by the running bug.
Eighteen months later I took part in the Great North 100km on the NSW Central Coast. One year after that I won the female division of the same race.
The following list of race results gives you an insight into what's possible when you decide to get off the lounge and put one foot in front on the other.
Even better, my face is no longer permanently attached to a wine glass. I haven't had a glass of alcohol now for more than five years.
Featured Story
Coast 2 Kosci 2017, Single Stage 240km New PB 35 hrs 10 min
Race Results Overview
Highlights of my ultra marathon racing achievements since completing my first 100km race in 2009.
Great North Walk 100km
4 finishes
1st female 2010
PB 16 hr 50 min
Great North Walk 100 Miler
3 finishes
PB 29 hrs 38 min
Coast 2 Kosci Ultra Marathon 240km
4 finishes
PB 35 hrs 10 min
The North Face 100km (UTA 100)
2 finishes
PB 16 hrs 12 min
6ft Track Marathon 45km
3 finishes
PB 6 hrs 5 min
Ultra Trail Australia 50km
2 finishes
PB 5 hrs 58 min
Big Red Run 250km Multi-Stage
1 finish
3rd female 2013
6th Overall 2013
Buffalo Stampede 75km
1 finish
PB 13 hrs 18 min
Wild Endurance 100km
1 finish
1st female relay team
Oxfam Sydney 100km
1 finish
All female team
Finish 22 hrs