You have been running for quite some time, or maybe you have only just started and your crazy running friend thought it would be fun for you to join her on a 'fun run'. The fun run might be 2.5km, or 5km, or perhaps its a half marathon, and now you find yourself rocking in [...]
This week in the Facebook group the question was asked. Why do a marathon? What makes you want to run for 42.2km? What makes you get up early in the morning for many many miles over many many months and go through ALOT of hard slog to get to marathon day? Why risk the cost [...]
To really understand how compression socks and sleeves work, it’s important to have a basic understanding of how blood flows through the body. The heart pumps oxygen containing blood to our extremities and working muscles though arteries. Once the cells use the oxygen and other nutrients from the blood, the then deoxygenated blood, along with [...]
To tell my story I need to go back to May 2013 when my husband Wes, did his first Ironman at Port Macquarie. I was currently training for my first marathon at South West Rocks to be held on the June long weekend. I was out for a long run one morning and thought I’d [...]
image from google Its dark. Its early. And its freezing. The alarm goes off and you bounce out of bed, throw on your running gear and your off. The first few kilometres are hard. You can't get your breathing right, your legs are tired. You dream of being back in your bed, but then, all [...]
Today was the first week of my marathon training for the up and coming Gold Coast Marathon in July. This also, however happens to be two weeks out from my 4th half marathon in Canberra. This meant that today was my 18km run. Most weeks I go out and do my long runs on my [...]
Have you been running a long time and just can't seem to get past that goal time that you want? Have you just started running, or have you been going for a whiie now and seem to find that it is 'just so hard'. Or have you been running and keep getting injured? Today, Will [...]
Here at Running Mums Australia we have many members who are going all out and running international events. Today we meet one of them, Rachel who lives in Central Australia. She is going far far away to run her second half marathon in the lovely old city of Prague. In this interview you will hear [...]
Here at Running Mums Australia we have many members who are going all out and running international events. Today we meet one of them, Rachel who lives in Central Australia. She is going far far away to run her second half marathon in the lovely old city of Prague. In this interview you will hear [...]
A few weeks ago the lovely team at mizuno sent me these shoes to review. I am a HUGE fan of Mizuno and will be for years and years to come. Not only does Mizuno help you look good out on the track, their gear is made from the highest standard and quality. I [...]
As you all know, we love celebrating our members. Today we celebrate one or our own who is travelling all the way to the PARIS MARATHON this April to fulfil the dream of running her third marathon. When I heard this I just had to have her feature here on the blog. One, I love [...]
On Sunday 9th of March I was lucky enough to take part in the International Women's Day 5k Fun Run at South Bank in Brisbane. The preparation for this event started back in September and by preparation I don't mean training I mean race outfit design! Each year my running club Flakers Running Group in [...]
Here at Running Mums Australia we are blessed to have some pretty special members. One of our amazing members is Nicole, Running girl from Brisbane in QLD. Here in this interview Nicole shares with us her passion for running and why she has chosen to run the Boston Marathon this year. Who are you and [...]
