Winning It All...

Robyn Owen Seems to Have No Limits on Water, on Foot, or on Wheels.

“I want to see Robyn at Otter.” Kane Reilly’s prophetic words came three years before Robyn Owen’s record-breaking sub-five hour RETTO 

A lot has happened in those three years. Robyn finished her Masters degree in civil engineering, and won one more Dusi Canoe Marathon (she’s now won four).

She’s spent just over a year travelling mountain ranges around the world with Mike, who she has since married.

She has used her multisport abilities to become an adventure racer and used some crazy races as excuses to see fantastic places.

Robyn has rekindled her relationship with Best 4 as an ambassador for their new supplement range Best 4 Sports.

She has qualified and registered as a mountain guide and launched For the Love of Adventure, where she guides hiking and trail running adventures around Stellenbosch and the Western Cape, in partnership with husband Mike.

All that, and she’s only 26.

RAISING A MULTISPORTER

I was born and grew up in Pietermaritzburg. There is a big outdoor culture in the Natal Midlands.

The schools in the area all place lots of emphasis on sport.

Epworth, the school I went to, was particularly excellent in the adventure sport opportunities it gave us as teenage girls.

I think that the confidence we gained through participation in outdoor endurance sports in our youth rolled over into all other aspects of life.

I was quite a competitive paddler from pretty soon after I started the sport.

As a ‘promising young junior’ I was very lucky to receive sponsored equipment from Kayak Centre and MaxPaddles.

I also competed in some local multisport events as a teenager and was a part of Team Jeep South Africa who helped us out with kit, entries, and a lot of good advice.