You know how it goes....every day someone posts a picture on RMA of their pretty running shoes. And you drool, and dream and envisage yourself running around in them. You have to have them. But should you? No, of course you shouldn't! As runners, and humans, we are all built differently, and just like our [...]
Being part of a running community has many benefits, most of all the camaraderie that you experience among members and the friendships that form. We spend hours and hours training together, slogging away along roads, up mountain trails and through long training sessions leading up to our races. We hear about all of the events [...]
There was a point in my marathon, around 30km, where I declared to my running buddy Sally that ‘I don’t think I ever want to run again!’ ‘Ever?’ she grins, ‘Ever!’ I declared. There was another point that I stated that I shouldn’t do a race re-cap, too embarrassing. In fact I feel like a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
