Sinead Diver was first brought to my attention by an RMA member after her amazing performance at the 2015 Great Ocean Road Marathon 14K event. What intrigued me about Sinead firstly was that she was a mum. Then after that, it was the fact that she had only been running for a short period of time. … Read more
When I heard Vanessa’s story it resonated with me. I had just been reading about the effects of over training and was wondering if this was where I had ended up. I had a huge running year in 2014, and even with my major injury set back earlier in the year, I found myself burnt … Read more
Full name: Sally Louise Dean Nick name: Shorty (I’m nearly 5ft in my Hokas) Age: 44 How many children do you have? Two – Anthony is 8 and Alexandra is 5 When did you start running & why? In 2007 I wanted to do a fun run. I’d never run before, I was super morbidly … Read more
All the time we come across and RMAer that inspires the human heart through their story. But sometimes, the stories are so inspirational that they must be told. This story is one such story. When I heard about Ros and her sacrifice, I could not help but ask her to share with us. Her strength … Read more
Over at Running Mums Australia we come across so many girls who are inspired to run their first half marathon. Not everyone wants to run a half marathon, but for those that have the desire, a lot of planning and time and training go in to make it the best race possible. We love to … Read more
Something resonated with me today. As I was scrolling through the RMA feed there were countless comments on our pics of ourselves from races that saw members putting themselves down…”It’s not a great pic, I look like a whale, I look awful, thats not my best angle” etc. Now I am one to have a … Read more
I had a lot of time to think on my own travelling back from the Great Ocean Road Marathon. A whole day actually. I made an effort to do a stocktake of the positives and where I can learn for next race – and I just wanted to highlight the importance of this exercise, while … Read more
I am so very fortunate to be a mother to three wonderful young children but sadly it’s a title that I know not all women are able to hold. I am lucky, honoured and proud to be such an influencing role model on my children as they enter a challenging and changing world. We are … Read more
The journey began 6 months ago, travelling with friends to an event in the ACT we were chatting like school girls about our bucket list of running events, the 3 of us had a more than 1 event in common on our lists, the biggest and craziest for us was The Anzac Day Challenge, 100km … Read more
Before I start this, I will own up to the fact that this story doesn’t contain any great feats of heroism or overcoming insurmountable odds. It’s merely a lesson that I learnt a couple of weeks ago during my first half marathon. In terms of where I fit in the whole sporting classification (if there … Read more
There I was in Gold Coast at 5am on a Sunday morning (as usual for us runners) it was cold and dark and I probably didn’t need to be there that early but hey my nerves were all over the place. It is the day for a Half Marathon sub 2hr and speed doesn’t come natural … Read more
A question people often ask me is “how is your running going?” This is an inevitable question for me to be asked because everyone who knows me knows that I love to run! This has been a particularly difficult question for me to answer in these last 6 months. You see my love of running … Read more
Hey RMA crew! Just been supporting at the Paris marathon and actually now mid flight heading for New York then Boston marathon this weekend. The Paris race was awesome. It should be on everyone’s bucket list. Best to get there on the Thursday or Friday before to settle in and fight the jet lag! The … Read more