I competed as a semi-professional athlete for 7 years, in between having 3 children, running my own photography business and raising three young daughters. After the birth of my third daughter in June 2012 (“babies done, now to run”), I focused on improving my running to achieve certain goals important to me as an athlete. One of these was to represent my country. To do so I needed to take my running and training to the next level. I am now running professionally full time.
In February 2013 I was selected to represent South Africa at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Copenhagen on 29 March 2014, where I ran a personal best time of 74.19 and placed 47th overall. As a distance runner I compete over distances ranging from 5 – 56km. However as my career progresses I intend extending this range to include the ultimate human race, the Comrades marathon, and believe that my success in the shorter formats will translate well into the ultra marathon distance.
In 2016 I ran Nagoya woman’s marathon and ran an Olympic Qualifying time of 2.37.12. Unfortunately due to a chronic knee injury which led to surgery I was unable to go to Olympics.
In April 2017 I made my ultra marathon debut at Two Oceans
marathon 56km. I was the first South African and second overall in my first ever ultra marathon. I was also the first KZN athlete to be the first South African in 15 years.
In July 2017 I ran Mauritius half marathon, won it and broke the record there. On the 6 August 2017 I represented South Africa at the World Athletics Champs in London for the marathon and two months after that I successfully defended my Gun Run 21km title for the third year in a row.
My primary goal is to become the leading South African female distance
runner at the Two Oceans and Comrades Ultra marathons. I also have my eye set on 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Personal Bests:
5km: 16:35 (South African Park Run record) 10km: 34:12 (Cape Town Spar Ladies 2015) 21.1km: 74:19 (Copenhagen – March 2014) 42.2km: 2.37.12 (Nagoya marthon,Japan 2016) 56km: 2.47.19 (Two Oceans ultra marathon)| Total Sports 10km (2013): | 1st |
| Spar Ladies 10km Grand Prix Series (overall – 2013): | 6th |
| Spar Ladies 10km – Pietermaritzburg: | 1st |
| Nelson Mandela 10km (2013): | 1st |
| SA Half Marathon Championships (2013): | 3rd |
| Spar Ladies – most improved athlete of the year award | |
| World half marathon champs- Copenhagen(2014) | 47th |
| Two Oceans Half Marathon (2014): | 7th |
| Nelson Mandela 21km (2014): | 2nd |
| Spar Ladies Durban (2014): | 6th |
| Totalsports Ladies 10km -Durban: | 3rd |
| Totalsports Ladies 10km-Stellenbosh: | 4th |
| International Marathon in Prague | 12th time – 2h42 |
| April 2015 – Selected to run World Marathon Champs Beijing, Aug 2015 | |
| Nagoya Womans Marathon- Japan (Olympic qualifying time)- 2016 | 2h37.19 |
| Two Oceans Ultra marathon debut 2017 | 1st SA, 2nd overall 2h47.19 |
| IAAF WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPS- London 2017 | 2hr47 |
| Gun Run 21km- Cape Town 2015/2016/2017 winner Deloittes 21km –Durban 2018 winner Hillcrest 21km- Durban 2018- winner and Record holder | 1st |
