The stories she wrote for Bloomberg News have been published in newspapers worldwide, including in the International Herald Tribune, Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, National Post, The Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, New Zealand Herald, Seattle Post-Intelligencer and De Tijd.
In 2005 she received a Diploma with Distinction in Book Editing & Publishing from Macleay College in Sydney. Margreet's articles on running and triathlon have appeared in endurance sports magazines in Australia and Canada since 2006.
She is the author of four non-fiction books, A Hundred Reasons to Run 100km, Running Shoes Are a Girl’s Best Friend, Powered From Within: Stories About Running & Triathlon and A Work in Progress: Exercises in Writing, and a book of poetry, Sunshine on a wooden floor. Her books are in public library collections in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the U.S.
One of her poems from Sunshine on a wooden floor was selected for an anthology of verse, titled Island Mists, published by the Poetry Institute of Canada in January 2011.
Her latest book is From my Mother, a novel.
Margreet is the editor of Timothy Moore's Sub Nine: History's Fastest Ironwomen (publication April 2011). This 134-page paperback profiles the only 22 professional women triathletes who have finished an Ironman in less than nine hours in the sport's history.
Margreet is the editor of Teresa Rider's Reconnect With Food: Eat Your Way to Triathlon Success. Teresa Rider is an age group world champion at the Ironman and Olympic distances. She holds an Advanced Certificate of Nutritional Sciences and is studying for a Bachelor of Science in Holistic Nutrition. With husband Scott Jones, Teresa owns Boulder-based IMJ Coaching.
Margreet holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a master’s degree in International and Comparative Law. She's an NCCP Trained Community Coach (Triathlon) and succesfully completed the Canadian Fitness Education Services' Fitness Knowledge Course.
The five-time Ironman finisher, with a personal best of 11:12, has been focused on running since 2005. Still aiming to improve her marathon PB of 3:06, she ventured into ultra-running. She finished her first 50-mile trail race in August 2010 and her first 100km road race in November 2010, winning the 40-49 division in both.
Margreet is the 2011 BMO Vancouver Marathon and Goodlife Fitness Victoria Marathon women's masters champion, the 2011 Bellingham Bay Marathon and 2009 North Olympic Discovery Marathon overall women's champion.
See also www.MargreetDietz.com
