Hey Running Mums! Hope everyone’s going well especially with training loads increasing. Been talking with a lot of inspiring women at the moment who are juggling running goals with family. Shona Stephenson came 9th at The North Face 100k last Sunday and was doing school drop off Monday morning! How cool is that!! So with … Read more
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 … Read more
A runner working on running form is like a golfer working their golf swing. It is one of the ways we improve as runners. Good running form will help your efficiency and so keep you running longer with less effort. It will also work toward keeping you injury free. There is a multitude of information … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
We know that we all love to lace up our running shoes and hit the pavement, but did you know that it is important to work on the rest of your body too? A runners muscles need to be strong to prevent injury. That means, our core, our legs, even our arms and back and … Read more
As I developed a passion for running races and the sense of achievement that goes along with it, I found that I was putting more pressure on myself to improve, which lead to me becoming increasingly stressed before each race. This continued to the point where the question started to arise, “why do you do … Read more
You have been running for quite some time, or maybe you have only just started and your crazy running friend thought it would be fun for you to join her on a ‘fun run’. The fun run might be 2.5km, or 5km, or perhaps its a half marathon, and now you find yourself rocking in … Read more
To really understand how compression socks and sleeves work, it’s important to have a basic understanding of how blood flows through the body. The heart pumps oxygen containing blood to our extremities and working muscles though arteries. Once the cells use the oxygen and other nutrients from the blood, the then deoxygenated blood, along with … Read more
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 … Read more
Today was the first week of my marathon training for the up and coming Gold Coast Marathon in July. This also, however happens to be two weeks out from my 4th half marathon in Canberra. This meant that today was my 18km run. Most weeks I go out and do my long runs on my … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more