My name is Geraldine, and I first became involved with Running Mums Australia back in 2014. I stumbled across the Instagram page while I was getting into running, and saw a lot of RMA’s on the Gold Coast that July when I completed my first half marathon. After that I became quite actively involved on … Read more
This race caught my eye last year after I had run UTA 50km. I recall wondering if it was a good one to do prior to a 100km and my research said no, that Hounslow is a truly brutal undertaking. (How right that was!) I decided to set my sights on UTA100 in 2018 instead. … Read more
If you would have told me that I would be running 5 years ago, I probably would have laughed at you. My running journey happened by accident, but so happy I stumbled onto it. On 29 October 2013 (ironically World Stroke Day) at the age of 42, I had a Haemorrhagic Stroke/Brain Aneurysm while I … Read more
** Please note some of the images in this story some people may find distressing** Following the stillbirth of my daughter, Luca, in January of this year, I sought solace in trail running to keep me getting out of bed every morning. My first real goal of 2018 started with UTA22 which went beautifully and … Read more
‘True friends are there for you when they would rather be anywhere else’ It has taken me a few days to process the experience that was Surf Coast Century and work out exactly what I wanted to share in a race recap. 100km is a long way, conditions were extreme, but the take away from the … Read more
My earliest memory dates from some time in 1981; at least I like to think that was the year. I remember laying face down on the brown threadbare carpet in our front room; the winter sun streaming silently through floor to ceiling windows and warming my soft blonde hair. I rolled over in my little … Read more
When I think of one thing that makes Running Mums Australia a success one word comes to mind. CONNECTION. RMA exists to give voice to women in a real and tangible way. It is so much more about the running. It is about what the running can DO for us. It is the vehicle that … Read more
Welcome to the new me, I hope you like her because I sure do! It’s funny, I didn’t mean to change. It wasn’t a goal, I didn’t think I was a bad person, I guess I just evolved. Ten years ago, I was a grumpy nineteen year old, trying to work out what I was … Read more
I never thought 8 years ago that I could run ..any distance…I mean ANY distance..from the front door to the letterbox I thought was for crazy people! At the age of 45, while holding down a major corporate job, raising two great kids, supporting 2 step children, supporting my parents as dad was slowly passing … Read more
Like most training plans out there that focus on training for endurance events you are likely to see “HILLS” on the program once or even twice a week. Not only do hill sessions keep training plans interesting and varied, they serve an important role in building your performance throughout the training cycle. Hill running can … Read more
The more races I enter the more I find that the most memorable runs are not the ones where PBs are broken but the ones that are defined by the people I share the adventure with. Flinders Tour 52km was always going to be a training run for me and so in all honesty I … Read more
I’ve been a little quiet on the social media front since the Commonwealth Games. A campaign like the Commonwealth Games takes a level of focus and commitment that is all consuming. You find yourself saying “I’ll sort that out after the marathon” multiple times per day. Once the race was over the to-do list was far … Read more
It’s daunting signing up to an overseas trail event because it’s very hard to know exactly what’s in store for you. Couple that with limited understanding of technical language and a remote mountain location and well, all you can do is laugh, lace up and make the most of it. I was born in Portugal … Read more