In 1981, Drake came second at the
inaugural London Marathon. In 1982, she won the
Hamilton Marathon. She competed in the
marathon event at the
1983 World Championships in Athletics, finishing 24th. That year, she also won the
Canberra Marathon, in a time of 2:44:11. She came seventh at the 1984
Avon International Marathon in
Paris. Drake won the Wang Australia marathon in
Sydney, Australia in 1984 and 1985. She won the 1985 event by over two minutes, and was the first person to win the event twice. She came sixth at the
1985 New York City Marathon, and also came sixth in a 10 km race in
San Diego, US. In 1986, Drake came third at the
Nagoya International Women's Marathon, in a time of 2:38:46. Drake won the 1986
Sydney Marathon in a time of 2:38:52, and came third at the
Tokyo International Women's Marathon in a time of 2:38:08. The same year, she won the
Westfield Marathon for the third successive year. In 1987, she won the
Wellington Half-Marathon in a time of 1:15, In 1988, she won the Australian Marathon Championships as a guest runner. In 1989, she won the over-40s event at the
Twin Cities Marathon, in a time of 2:41:25. She finished ninth overall. ==References==