She has been a national champion or New Zealand representative in rowing, road running, cycling, duathlon, and Ironman triathlon.
She was invited to trial for the 2004 Summer Olympics team, however in the absence of a coxless fours event, she decided to move into athletics and running instead.
[1] Burke ran, and won, a number of marathons before Bike New Zealand approached her to trial as a road cyclist.
Burke was immediately successful, but, because she didn't want to travel overseas for cycling events, she changed her focus again, to multisports.
[1] In 2011 Burke competed in the ITU Powerman Long Distance Duathlon World Championships in Switzerland and won the event.