I am a wife, mom and professional triathlete. I was born and raised in South Africa before moving to NYC and settling down in NJ. I train hare all year with a few winter escapes to New Mexico where I train with Coach Paulo Sousa and a few of his athletes. I have been involved with triathlon for ten years and have competed on the pro level for the last three years. I love it and I enjoy the travel, racing, and all the friends I meet along the way.

My Tri Story:

My introduction to triathlon was a ski,mountain bike and cross country run race. I won it and found out a week later that I was pregnant. I then got into triathlons a few years after the birth of my son. I had moved into an area where there were alot of good triathletes and as a long time runner was pursuaded to get into triathlon. I was thrilled to qualify for Ironman Hawaii at my first attempt at Ironman. I was racing in the top ten place up until the last thirteen miles where I bonked and manged to hold on to qualify in my age group. I then began my quest to be the best triathlete I could be. I really wanted to feel like I could race the whole Ironman race…and after ten ironman I am still working on this. I have raced IM Arizona 08, IM Lake Placid 08, IM Louisville 08 and now I look forward to being out in Kona to race the World Championships.