"Winning the 2009 94.7 and taking part in the Tour d' Ardeche in France in September '09"
Goals:
"To lead a balanced life between my full time job, husband, two puppies (our 'kids') and cycling :) Put on some weight (hopefully this will help my power and sprinting!). To race (& be good enough to compete) in Europe."
Background:
"Last year (2009) was my first year in a team. I started cycling socially in '07 with my boyfriend (now husband). I didn't do much sport before this, besides rock-climbing at UCT. Got exempt from sport at school because most of my extra time was taken up by Art"
Current team:
Toyota Biogen
Previous teams:
July - December 2009 Toyota Cyclelab January - July 2009 Nashua
Sponsors:
Toyota Biogen Cycle Lab Supersport Nashua Mobile Africa Silks Cervelo Continental Zipp Shimano Aca Joe Oakley Las 3T
Strengths:
Climbing
Weaknesses:
Sprinting
Work:
"I work at Medscheme IT dep. as a project manager. I have my honours in Electrical Engineering from UCT. Previously worked for Accenture consulting and was placed at Vodacom to develop new services for V-live. Will soon be working on a project to implement a Medical admin system in Nairobi, Kenya"
Currently training for:
SA Championships
Excited about:
Visiting my husbands family in Belgium in May combined with a cycling trip around Nice & the Provence in South France for 10 days.