Scars from the past fuel Wānaka-based champion athlete Simone Maier when she competes in gruelling races, such as the iconic 243-kilometre Kathmandu Coast to Coast multi-sport event, which she recently won for the fifth time.
At 44, Simone (nicknamed Speedy) finished in her fastest time yet of just 12 hours and 31 minutes to become one of only two women – the other is New Zealand Olympian Kathy Lynch – to ever take home first place five times.
There’s no doubting German-born Simone is both