Well hello there RMA!Running, like-minded mums, bursting with support and positivity-I must be dreaming! I feel like I am part of a special secret club where the currency is endorphins, a go-get it attitude and the ability to multi-task only like a running mother can. I am Anna. I am 37 years old, live on [...]
Today we have something special. The thing that inspires me most about Running Mums Australia is the people I get to meet or hear about and this story struck a real chord with me. Being indigenous in Australia can have a stereotype attached and and also sometimes it comes with an array of family history [...]
I am a Grandmother of 7 Grandchildren and another who has adopted me. I am approaching my 63rd Birthday and have been a fringe dweller in relation to running. Having been involved in Little Athletics for a period of time, I was successful in starting a Tiny Tots Group in our local club teaching high knees [...]
As we walked to the start line of Run Melbourne, I stopped and looked east as we crossed Princes Bridge. The view was breathtaking. As the sun broke through the darkness of the night and promised a kiss of warmth as we ran in the middle of a Melbourne winter, the river sparkled and reflected [...]
I was the tubby kid who hated exercise. I once explained to my 4th grade teacher I did not see the need for PE. I even forged my Mum's signature on a note excusing me from sport in high school. Did I get out of sport? Nope. Did my Mum get called to the school [...]
I decided to take up running on January 1st this year – not only to help my physical fitness, but my mental fitness as well. It also gave me some precious ‘me time’ which I don’t get much of these days! I signed up for my local parkrun (Sandon Point at Bulli near Wollongong) and [...]
Let me start by saying I have NEVER been a runner. I was a walker. The only running I did was when I played sport. Then at the start of 2013 I started a lifestyle change to lose weight and I decided that I wanted to get fit for hockey. So I started the C25K [...]
My 1st marathon! I ran twice as far as my half marathons so this story will be twice as long..... Just a warning. Wow... Where do I start? I guess most of you reading this know the lead up to my 1st marathon. I have done 4 half marathons and followed a simple 16 week [...]
On Saturday 6th July 2014, I completed my first ever marathon and I am still coming down off the high. It was such an emotional day for me that I wanted to share my story. It didn’t go to plan but I finished, and I finished with a memory that I will have forever!! When [...]
I’ve only been a runner for just 2 years. I’m 54 years old now and a Nana to Jack and Georgie (4 & 2). I’ve always played netball most of my adult life, only stopping about 7yrs ago due to knee injuries. Then I put on heaps of weight. I was about 85kg. I had [...]
A few weeks ago in the Facebook group we ran a competition for some of our awesome running mums to win a copy of this months issue of Women's Running Magazine. The question I asked was "What does it mean to be a running woman". To me, being a running woman (and mother) means that [...]
Some of us shyly say ‘oh no I don’t run, I jog’. At what point is the transition? Speed? Distance? As far as I’m concerned it’s sweat and tears!!!! So, Hi I’m Jayde and its official…… I am a Running Mum. 3 years ago I was pregnant and about to give birth to my [...]
Here is just a little glimpse of what our girls got up to over the course of this weekend all over Australia! Enjoy!!! Can you see your picture here?? What was the best part about your run or event? Let us know in the comments below.
