Welcome to Running Mums Australia.
Running Mums Australia is an Australian network for women and mums who run. Founded in 2013, RMA is a safe place for women to discuss running and connect with runners in their local community and around Australia. RMA exists to bring positive change and connection through the vehicle of running and improve the health and wellbeing of women and families in Australia. RMA provides a platform to engage women in participation through events around Australia while supporting our national sporting organisations and patterning with Australian businesses, as well as seeking to empower community around important causes that fit within it’s vision.
RMA has been created to champion the everyday woman. We believe that nothing is out of your reach, and together you can fulfil your dreams. You can join our safe and secure running community of women on Facebook . WE welcome anyone who is female who loves to run in Australia! Trust us, you will love it here.
We love what we do, and we are passionate about our cause. We also love to connect our network with brands and events across the country and abroad that align with our mission. For all enquiries please contact runningmumsaustralia@gmail.com.
So much to live for. From cervical cancer warrior and runner Tammy Watson.
Every day at RMA I am honoured to be surrounded by amazing resilient women. Women who share their stories of hope and triumph over adversity, and using running as their vehicle to fulfilling their dreams [...]
Reflections on the Commonwealth Games with RMA Ambassador Lisa Weightman
Firstly I’d just like to say thank you to all my friends at Running Mums Australia who watched the race. Reading the messages of support and congratulations I’ve received was very special and I can’t [...]
Choose your own adventure!- Hawkesbury Mini-Rogaine 2018
Sometimes the stars align and entering an event is meant to be! Entries to the Rogaining NSW Hawkesbury ‘Minigaine’ were extended just before the hazard reduction burn I was scheduled to do was postponed, and [...]
Wild Horse Criterium 2018 – 12 hour race recap by Lauren Shay
Wild Horse Criterium seemed like a good idea when I signed up. 12 hours of running in the scrub at the base of Wild Horse Mountain in the Glass House Mountains on Easter Saturday. Midnight [...]
Where’s my mojo gone?
It was about 7.30am on a Saturday when we gathered in the sitting room of my ‘teenhood' home. A family meeting had been called. Mum had lost her keys…. again. She was certain she had [...]
Running changed my life. By Jackie Scotchmer
I think I joined RMA in 2013 - when there were only around 2000 members... at that time I had just started running. My friend Jen Craig told me about RMA - we had become [...]
How to keep running once you start.
Everyone who starts something has those times when they want to give up. Like anything, some things get stale and boring and you can find yourself in a running rut if you don’t mix it [...]
Running Saved My Life. By Sian Garratt
I’m a mum of two boys , tristan 15 and Caleb 12. I’m a nurse and have done shift work my entire work life, since I was 17. I’ve been overweight for most of my [...]