RMA is home to many Australian athletes and some of those come in the form of high profile runners, such as Jana Pitman who joined our network early this year. We are thankful for the advice, friendship and inspiration that she gives to other women in our network regarding running and motherhood. Jana kindly offered … Read more
As I enter the taper period for my fourth marathon I thought I would write down how to carb-load successfully. I remember all too clearly the feeling of hitting the “wall” from my first half marathon where I just wanted to lie down and have a nap at the 17k mark. Fast-forward 12 more half … Read more
I can hardly believe that another month has passed – this pregnancy is actually going pretty quickly compared to my first (I guess running around after a toddler helps with that!) This month has been about as busy as the last but much more enjoyable and less stressful and I have actually managed to fit … Read more
On Sunday 11th October 2015 my running buddy Kath White and myself, found ourselves at 6am at Govetts Leap in Blackheath, on the edge of a cliff, watching a magnificent sunrise over the gorgeous Grose Valley below us. It was with excitement and a bit of trepidation we awaited the 6:30 am start gun for … Read more
Hi Running Mums! My name’s Kylie. I’m a 33yr old Mother of two and I’m a sprinter. How did you start? For as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved being able to run FAST. My earliest memories go back to my early childhood years in New Zealand – on our street growing up … Read more
The marathon. It’s the golden egg of the long distance running world. A goal that most long distance runners aspire to complete at some stage in their running career. There is history, prestige and something about putting your body through 3-6 hours of pain that appeals to us and so, in growing numbers we flock … Read more
I first saw the inaugural Coastal High 50 advertised in about April this year. I have never run that far, at that time I was still training for my first marathon at the Gold Coast. The lead up to my marathon training had been marred by many injuries – 3x bulging discs, a disc protrusion, … Read more
Phew!! What a month this has been, to say it has been challenging would be an understatement… I knew it was going to be a challenge to keep up my running this month as I was working towards running an event in Melbourne (organised from Canberra) for 300 pharmacists! So the first thing I did … Read more
8:30 am Saturday 5th September 2015, a bunch of crazy RMA ladies were in place at the start line outside Otford Primary School for the annual 29km Coastal Classic. It was a gorgeous morning, and we had fun chatting and taking selfies as we inched our way towards the starts line. The organisers original plan … Read more
It was in May last year that my hubby advised me that he’d gotten a job in Kuwait for a year. My first questions were ‘Can I drink wine, and can I run?’. Well, there was no wine, but I sure could run!! My hubby had returned from deployment in Afghanistan only 5 months earlier, so … Read more
This time last year I had just upgraded from what was to be my fourth half marathon at the Sydney Blackmores running festival to my first full marathon in Sydney with only 3 weeks lead in. My then, amazing coach was crazily adapting my program to accomodate my very random and last minute race decisions. … Read more
Australia houses some of the most amazing runners around, not to mention the most amazing mother runners. One such runner is ultra runner Nikki Wynd. Nikki only started running about 5 years ago and found herself not only loving the sport, but very talented at it too. After working extremely hard to smash all of … Read more
I found out very quickly about cadence several years ago when I had the sudden onset of plantar faciitis, ouch. I had six months off running. It was excruciating – and gave me a long time to research running form and “ways I can prevent this ever, EVER happening to me again”. Cadence is the … Read more