The marathon. It's the golden egg of the long distance running world. A goal that most long distance runners aspire to complete at some stage in their running career. There is history, prestige and something about putting your body through 3-6 hours of pain that appeals to us and so, in growing numbers we flock [...]
It was in May last year that my hubby advised me that he'd gotten a job in Kuwait for a year. My first questions were 'Can I drink wine, and can I run?'. Well, there was no wine, but I sure could run!! My hubby had returned from deployment in Afghanistan only 5 months earlier, so [...]
Have a read of Ambassador Jodie Obornes' journey to the 24 Hr World Champs!
Quite a few runners decided to camp at Woodford the night before the race as the solo 55km started at 3:30am. We shared food, some had a few beers and, we just laughed the night away. Early night, in bed by 8:30pm. Alarms went off in all the tents at 2-2:30am (let's face it, most people were awake anyway). Quick [...]
One of the most recurrent themes on RMA is injury. It's bound to happen with 7000+ members slogging it out on the pavement and trails right? So I thought that it would be good to have a few articles on here that explain what to do and how to cope with when things like this [...]
Well the new year is upon us and what an amazing year it has been for Running Mums Australia. At the beginning of this year RMA was just a small baby. I think we had a couple of hundred members and I was starting to train for my second marathon at the Gold Coast. A [...]
I can pinpoint the exact moment this year when for me running became my absolute passion. It was during the Coastal Classic and I had just run a marathon two weeks prior in Adelaide. My quads were screaming at me and I was wondering what on earth I was thinking when I signed up for [...]
This is what I want to write about. It was one moment in the 10km race at the gold coast. Well, it was probably a series of moments. I’ve spent the first half of 2014 dissecting and experimenting with the 10km race. Last year I ran a 40.39 and as my half marathon times had [...]
You know it in your mind, you want to be a better runner. You love running. Every time your feet hit the pavement you feel a great sense of achievement and you want to build on that, getting further, faster.....but let's be honest, being a good runner takes time and commitment. Time is something that [...]
Hey RMA crew! Been a big week this end in RIFREV world! Will caught up with the Brisbane RMA ladies at the workshop Saturday and I was down at Southbank parkrun. It got kind of hectic for Ang and I because we had our daughter Abbie’s fifth birthday in the afternoon. Somehow we ended up [...]
Over the last 12 months I have had the pleasure of the company of many gorgeous women over in the RMA community. Through this journey I have watched our membership grow from a few hundred to over 5000 women, all runners, all mums and all chasing their running dreams. So what makes these women want [...]
A few times on RMA I have seen messages about people collapsing in races, the worry and concern from other members. I know at the time it is a shock to everyone, and I wanted to share my experience so that you know it does happen, for a variety of reasons, to runners - but [...]
Hey RMA crew! Hope everyone had a great week. Ang has forgiven me for nearly breaking our daughter on the trampoline last week! Hope your partners are way more responsible than me! This week I had a couple of people asking me about compartment syndrome, one of the trickier things that can affect runners. Basically [...]
