Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'August 1980, Conz gbara ọsọ mba ụwa mbụ ya ma nweta ọkwá nke abụọ na Avon International Marathon for Women nke e mere na London, England. Conz na-eyi nọmba 184 bib. Conz gbara ọsọ n'elekere 2:36:02, ọ bụkwa oge nke abụọ n'ụwa n'afọ ahụ. Ọ laghachiri n'afọ na-esote iji merie Avon, oge a na Ottawa, na-eti enyi ya na ọdịnihu ya; na-emeri nke mbụ
Nwanyị meriri ọlaedo n'egwuregwu Olympic n'ọsọ marathon, Joan Benoit. O merikwara ọsọ Freihofer maka ụmụ nwanyị n'otu afọ ahụ. N'afọ 1982, o meriri na Chicago Marathon na oge kachasị mma nke 2:33:22.