of the Year in 1997, she had difficulty appreciating the accolade: I would rather say I had won a race. I have never been a person for bells and whistles. Lynch did more adventure racing. In 1999, she won the Southern Traverse in a team with Gurney, Nathan Fa'ave, and Aaron Prince. In 2001, she competed in the inaugural Discovery Channel World Championship, with Fa'ave and two others, and they came second. In 2002, Fa'ave called on Lynch again to replace a sick teammate for the Southern Traverse, and Lynch commented: "I had to help the poor buggers out. They weren't going to get anybody else at such short notice." Aged 45, she won yet another adventure race. The 2003 Primal Quest near Lake Tahoe in the United States was the last race that she competed in. Later life Lynch moved to near Hokitika in the early 2000s and worked in farming, including clearing of gorse from some farmland. Around 2013, she moved to a rural block near Methven. Footnotes References Citations 1957 births Living people New Zealand female cyclists Olympic cyclists of New Zealand Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics New Zealand mountain bikers New Zealand female canoeists Sportspeople from Hāwera People from Motueka People from Methven, New Zealand Cyclists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand