My name is Ida Dempsey, mother to 3 children, wife, runner and a stroke survivor. In September 2011, at the age of 40, I suffered a haemorrhagic stroke due to untreated high blood pressure. Running was my passion before the debilitating effects of stroke not only stole my ability to run - but to walk, [...]
I feel Pleasure when I run. I feel the warmth of the sun. I feel like refreshing of the rain. I feel the cool of the breeze. I love the feeling of my heart pumping and blood flowing. I have a love-hate relationship with the burning in the legs. I love getting to the top [...]
This time last year I was training for my very first Marathon.The Gold Coast Marathon. I had mixed emotions as I was excited but also nervous. Nervous not because I had entered and I had to run a very long way, but just that ugly saying "hitting the wall". I started training back in February [...]
Here are some of the posts our members shared on the Facebook page today for our super Saturday session thread! There is nothing like a weekend at RMA. Parkruns, half marathons, marathons, trail runs, training runs...we do it all, sometimes alone, sometimes together. THIS is what RMA is all about. Connection with others just like [...]
Can you believe I just raced my third half marathon?! This stuff really is addictive. I really didn’t feel like I had prepared well for this one (did I prepare well for any of them?!). I was really all over the place with training and had only managed three long runs in the past 2.5 [...]
This April, our gorgeous member Nicole Fels got her chance to live out the dream of a lifetime and run the Boston Marathon. Nicole trained so hard for this race and it was only fitting that she share this journey with all our lovely mums as inspiration that dreams do come true, even if you are [...]
Everyone has a story. Sometimes our stories are filled with sadness or tragedy, and sometimes hope and triumph. This is one such story of triumph. Running Mums Australia member Georgie shares with us her journey from being over weight to training to run a marathon. Thanks Georgie for sharing your story to inspire others going [...]
This weekend was probably one of the best weekends on our journey with Running Mums Australia. So many mums got out there and ran to show that they are a running mum, or ran with friends or even ran with their kids!. It was an amazing day to watch and read all the lovely posts [...]
So I've sat down with a coffee to write this and gather my thoughts...where do I begin? I had had every intention of writing this on one of the many amazing train journeys across Europe and then on the flight home but it just never happened: I didn't know where to start and I was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
