Michelle Dziego
I’m standing. Lined up next to other runners- girls of varying age. I am filled with a sense of anticipation, dread, excitement and nervous energy. The young athletic beauties on either side of me are a flutter. They are smiling, some are in deep concentration and others look resolutely stoic as if in some trance … Read more
Emma, a Running Mums Australia Ambassador, is a 35 year old Mum living with her four children (aged 6, 9, 12 & 16) and her partner, in Busselton, on the coast of Western Australia. She works full-time in the Hospitality Industry and is studying part-time towards her Education Degree. This year Emma is training for … Read more
This has been on my mind a lot of late, and I think it deserves to be said. WE, deserve to be celebrated, as every woman does, but in particular the mother in this instance. I have been training for races for quite a few years, endurance events mainly, and one thing stands out. The struggle for the juggle. Fitting … Read more
“It is an exhilarating experience to catch the running bug but greater satisfaction comes from keeping it. Sometimes the challenge is not in starting a new activity but in sustaining the routine.” I have had the pleasure of pulling on a fresh pair of runners with a new goal, an energised body and an unstoppable … Read more
A few weeks ago I was fighting all kinds of running demons. I was tired, I was training hard and I had a run on the 6 foot track in preparation for the race ahead. That run left me very flat, and also very fatigued, and I had a slight niggle in my calf for … Read more
Lulu was a bright, bubbly, joyous child with no health issues or concerns – but when she was eight months old, she had a fever that wouldn’t go away and her family knew something was up. At first, her parents thought it was teething issues, so they took her to the family’s local hospital for … Read more
Running encompasses so much, and the ‘runner’ as typically thought has changed so much. Now just about anyone can be a ‘runner’. This also means that all that encompasses running, from events to gear to how we celebrate running has shifted. The change is in the motivators; what drives people now to be runners. At … Read more
2017 is my year of trying new things with running and Caboolture Dusk till Dawn fit the bill. I quickly ran it past Coach Jodie and I was surprised when she said I should enter the marathon. So with one week until the event I signed up for my first marathon of 2017. **NOTE I … Read more
My running story is a multi faceted story. I am a runner, I am a Mum and I also happen to have Multiple Sclerosis (MS). During my school years I found any and every excuse to ditch PE. I was never a sporty or athletic girl. As I was always a slim build I didn’t … Read more
Training for any long distance event, especially ultra’s is tough, and I have been running and training for them them for 4 years now. Without a break really. I am beginning to wonder if it is all catching up with me. My first ultra was in 2015 and was the 60km race in Carcoar called … Read more
When I was young I was very active however when I got married and had 3 boys and a girl this was all put on hold. It wasn’t until my youngest, Mery, finished high school that I started exercising again. I was overweight and wanted to lose weight and get fit and so my … Read more
It is HOT! The temperatures are getting warmer and training is ramping up. Has anyone else noticed that this is a highly sweaty combination? A fellow runner asked me after a recent training session if I’d poured my water bottle over my head. Of course, I hadn’t. I’ve also noticed that with this heat, food … Read more
We’ve always been active whether it has been through bootcamps, boxing classes, water polo or our short stint in indoor beach volleyball – we generally came as a package, until mum started running. She was enjoying it, completing marathons here in Brisbane, The Gold Coast and Los Angeles. I had no interest in running … Read more