Well the new year is upon us and what an amazing year it has been for Running Mums Australia. At the beginning of this year RMA was just a small baby. I think we had a couple of hundred members and I was starting to train for my second marathon at the Gold Coast. A [...]
Hey RMA crew! Seeing so many runners improve their running technique out of sight guys! I know it’s getting pretty hot but a lot of you are putting in a distance base for your events next year. Can’t wait to catch up with everyone at Gold Coast! I thought it was a good time to [...]
To be honest, 2014 started pretty awfully! As a result of playing mixed touch football, and coming off second-best, my collarbone was completely snapped in half and I required surgery! After two surgeries, pins and plates, my shoulder was back together and I had to heal. With a loving husband who works very long hours [...]
There has been a bit of a theme going on lately with some of our runners thinking that they are 'slow' runners. I wanted to dispel some of the myths that you may have about running and what exactly makes a 'fast' runner anyway. I know that in a forum like RMA with over 6000 [...]
This month member Jodie Oborne took on the 100km world championships in Doha. Of the four women representing Australia at this championships 3 of them were mothers, Jodie Oborne, Nikki Wynd and Kerry Otto De Grancy, and the other woman of the team was Marita Eisler....... All of them performed exceptionally well and all of them finished [...]
This post has been a long time coming. I ran my my first ultra marathon on the 2nd of November, yet here we are in mid December and I have only just found the time and the words to recount exactly what this race meant to me. The dream all began last September when I [...]
Hey RMA crew! Welcome to December! The silly season is here. I started early with my mother’s birthday. Have to up my distance this week to make up for the feast! Will had a great time with all the running mums at Sunny Coast. Made me contemplate a sea change. Been a big year! For [...]
