Coming from an elite rowing background participating at several world championships and in the Oxford-Cambridge Boatrace I discovered triathlon during my PhD at University in 2021. This was once lockdown was starting to ease and I had an old road bike and wetsuit and thought ‘why not give it a crack, I have so much competitive edge and love for sport left’. I had always been a very outdoorsy and versatile athlete and was itching to start a sport that is more diverse and flexible, brings lots of adventures and has a huge supporting and friendly community. After a couple of years racing short course triathlon and medalling at age group champs, I discovered long course triathlon in 2023 and won my first middle distance race and Ironman 70.3 Weymouth. With the experience of what it takes to be an elite athlete, I decided to take my pro license for 2024 and haven’t looked back since.  

To me triathlon combines the best of three magnificent sports, embodies adventure and spending time seeing the world, swimming in wonderful lakes, riding up mountain paces and exploring both trails and cities on my feet. Triathlon makes me feel empowered, brings me together with some wonderful people across different generations and to me is a sport for life. 

I’m an environmental scientist and lecturer and currently work full-time alongside my elite triathlon pursuits. I studied ecology and biodiversity conservation and am keen to minimise the environmental impact of my triathlon journey, whether this is by minimising flying, eating plant-based, supporting local environmentally sustainable brands or buying much of my kit second hand. 

With triathlon being my ‘second sporting career’ over the years I have cultivated a healthy perspective on sport and performance and manage to juggle a fine balance between performance and enjoyment – something we’ve called Tri With Perspective. Together with my friend Kelly Wickens, age group triathlete and director of Challenging Events, we have turned Tri With Perspective into a podcast. We aim to share a healthy fresh side of the sport, demystify the triathlon and tell human stories, whether these are brutally honest behind the scenes of pro triathlon, our struggles to juggle job with family and sporting life or inviting knowledgeable guest onto the podcast. Having both been through so much sporting history and experience together, we aim to give a balanced perspective back to the sport and show that triathlon can be an enriching lifelong sport.