Help Vanessa raise money

Hi all! 

As part of turning 37 in 2025 (the day before this triathlon), I wanted to push myself to see if I can get a little bit fitter and endure a swim, bike and run (with the run as my weakest point and have always despised cross country in high school). I have had minimal training across 2024 with breaks for mum-life, sickness and general procrastination but thought this hopefully will be the ascent of peak fitness! 

Also as a breast oncologist and researcher, what better way to push myself than for raising awareness for breast cancer! 1 in 9 Australian women will get diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime - and hopefully with regular mammograms and self checks, at an early stage and curable. Breast cancer research has come such a long way, always changing including in 8 years of my medical oncology consulting, and we couldn’t find new ways to manage cancer without generous fundraising efforts of organisations like Think Pink. 

So if you are feeling festive this holiday season - please consider a donation towards breast cancer!