Age at start: 28

Origins:
A mixture of Brummy & Southern Jessy

Occupation:
BBC Radio Producer – BBC Radio Northampton

Qualifications:
1st BA (Hons) Theatre with Visual Practice, Brighton University

Great achievements:
Losing as a Green Pepper on Ready Steady Cook, rowing the Atlantic with my Mother in 2004, being nominated for a ‘Women of Achievement Award’ and running the London Marathon. Also spending 6 weeks in a laundrette making a dress out of lint and sewing it together with my own hair!

How would other people describe you :
A unique mix of extreme sportswoman and knitter who bakes a mean marble cake. Commenting on my dress sense someone once said I looked like I’d covered myself in glue and thrown myself in the wardrobe!

What drives you?
It’s changed, before it was the need to feel capable and more confident, now I want to push myself and make a mark.

Who inspires you?
Mum, of course!

What do you hope to do after the race?
Pursue a career in Radio and travel more.

Favourite saying:
“If at first you don’t succeed…….”