RMA conversations. Meet Sarah Dakos
This episode of RMA Conversations features Sarah Dakos. RMA community Ambassador from Melbourne! Click the picture above or the link here to watch!.
Part 3: Heel Pain: Confessions Of A Podiatrist with Heel Pain Injury and Her Tips for Runners with Heel Pain
Not all heel pain will resolve using a conservative home-treatment approach. In a clinical setting we find runners will approach us after weeks, if not months, of trying multiple treatments at home. By this point, most heel pain injuries can be classified as chronic (i.e not healing on its own).. I will outline the treatment … Read more
Part 2: Heel Pain: Confessions Of A Podiatrist with Heel Pain Injury and Her Tips for Runners with Heel Pain
Treating Heel Pain Yourself at Home Are you like me when it comes to asking for recommendations? When I treat a patient of a certain nationality I ask for their opinion of where to go to enjoy an authentic meal from their country. When I listen and end up taking my family out to those … Read more
Part 1: Heel Pain – Confessions Of A Podiatrist with Heel Pain and Her Tips for Runners with Heel Pain
A PODIATRIST WITH A CONFESSION Will you judge me if I say I’m a runner who has experienced a long list of foot injuries? Because I am a Podiatrist, would you think I am incompetent because I fall victim to the same foot conditions and injuries that I treat on a daily basis? Similarly, when … Read more
How to find your people. From solo to community by Nicole Bunyon.
When I look back to my younger years, running around my neighbourhood with nothing but myself, my cares and troubles, or my dreams and visions it is hard to imagine the change that would happen within me when I would reach my 20’s and 30’s and find my tribe. Those years of running solo were … Read more
What I learnt when there were no races by Nicole Bunyon
It’s been a strange couple of months. The world as we know it has gone into lockdown and our days have been occupied with thoughts of COVID-19 and for many of us it has changed our lives. No longer are we working from the same premises, or for some, working at all. And no longer … Read more
The Mother Run Virtual Event May 2020
Event has passed This virtual run couldn’t come at a better time! Amidst the chaos of the world right now, we need some joy, some hope and something to focus on. We can still run and we won’t stop! In partnership with The Love Mercy Foundation, we are so excited to bring you a virtual run that will connect … Read more
Finding me. My journey from breakdown to ultra. by Raquel Andrews
To start with, I will go back, waaaayyy back. 15 years ago, I found myself a single mumma to 2 beautiful children. My daughter was 7 and my son 4. My son is on the autism spectrum and intellectually impaired, so I moved across the country to move closer to my family for support. I worked … Read more
Lessons for runners during COVID-19
For so many of us runners this year was going to be the year that we tackled “that race” or “that goal”. Being the beginning of the year, many of us were well on our way to working towards the achievements we had set ourselves when COVID-19 hit our world. BANG. WHAT JUST HAPPENED? At … Read more
My own 50k race by Angela May.
Ever since I ran my first half marathon at the Australian running festival in Canberra in 2016, I’ve had my eyes on the people running the 50km ultra in absolute awe. Wow! How could they do that? How could their legs go for that long? Could I one day get there? It seemed unimaginable. I … Read more
44 Kilometres for 44Kids – Running a marathon for children affected by the aggressive childhood cancer neuroblastoma by Natalie Bunworth
Running for me is my daily meditation and the key to my health, well being and quality of life…this was reinforced for me after 14 days of home isolation for COVID19. I was never a runner, when I was younger I had to walk at the 150m mark of the 200m. In 2008 my husband ran … Read more
My marathon by Bronwyn Hager
After my daughter was born in June 2019, I had plans to get back into training as soon as possible to run a marathon in 2020. I got my six week check up, saw a pelvic floor physio and started slowly building up my training. My first goal was to do the 10km at the … Read more
RMA – Are you working harder? Navigating work and life at home. By Lisa Weightman
Are you working harder than you ever have this past fortnight? Are you running less than you ever have this past fortnight? Are you sleeping less than you ever have this past fortnight? If you answered yes to 3 questions you are not alone. That’s me right now. Fortunate to be working I’m working twice as much, juggling Pete’s … Read more