Mel lives in Canberra and is Mum to Willoughby (8) and Eloise (5) and wife to Jonathan. She is a plant fuelled, runner and nature lover and is passionate about sharing her love of adventure with the RMA tribe and her family. Mel has been active and involved in sport all her life, most significantly ballet and hockey. Running had always been a part of her training schedule but Mel never actually considered herself a runner. In late 2013 (8 months after giving birth), Mel started running as a way to restore her fitness and to share her love of the outdoors with Willoughby. In 2015, Mel ran through her second pregnancy until a week before Eloise’s birth (Feb 2016) and shared her journey through an RMA blog. She credits her active pregnancy for her “perfect” labour and recovery.
Through her running journey Mel has met some of the most inspiring and supportive women. She is passionate about connecting with these wonderful women, fostering relationships, building networks and encouraging women to believe in themselves, their abilities and potential. Mel hopes that through her role as RMA ambassador she can continue to encourage and support every running mum to take on challenges, chase their dreams and create an empowering village.
You can follow Mel on instagram at @Runmumsb or you can read about her journey on the RMA website below:
Personal bests:
- 5k:23
- 10k: 47.13
- Half Marathon:53.59
Proudest achievements
- 2014 Run for your Lifeline half marathon pushing Willoughby in the pram (2.12)
- 2015 Completing the CBR50 achieving ultra-runner status 🙂 (6.45)
- 2016 Running SMH half marathon 3 months after giving birth to Eloise and raising $1,500 for Running for Premature Babies foundation (2.20)
- 2016 Running with a team of RMAzing friends in the Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail Ultra (Leg 2 30km 4.08)
- 2017 Australian Running Festival half marathon pushing Willoughby and Eloise in the double pram (2.15)