Career
As a race walker her biggest successes were a fifth place in 5000 m walk at the 1998 World Junior Championships and a sixteenth place in 20 km at the 2004 World Race Walking Cup. She also competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games. Long-distance running
In 2006 Cârlan took up running.
In October 2007 she ran the half marathon in 1:12:14 hours, finishing 28th at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships.