My running story is a multi faceted story. I am a runner, I am a Mum and I also happen to have Multiple Sclerosis (MS). During my school years I found any and every excuse to ditch PE. I was never a sporty or athletic girl. As I was always a slim build I didn't [...]
Training for any long distance event, especially ultra's is tough, and I have been running and training for them them for 4 years now. Without a break really. I am beginning to wonder if it is all catching up with me. My first ultra was in 2015 and was the 60km race in Carcoar called [...]
We've always been active whether it has been through bootcamps, boxing classes, water polo or our short stint in indoor beach volleyball - we generally came as a package, until mum started running. She was enjoying it, completing marathons here in Brisbane, The Gold Coast and Los Angeles. I had no interest in running [...]
I have wanted to run the New York City Marathon before I really even started running. It has been a bucket list item since University and I have entered the ballot many times to no avail. In 2013 I started training for New York only to find out I was pregnant with our third [...]
Can you do it twice? It was a dare. The question posed by the Lamington Eco Challenge taunted me. Could I do a 42km trail run twice in two days? Sure, there were 8km and 21km options, but I am too stubborn – some might say foolish! – to not throw myself at a challenge [...]
I’m a ‘back of the pack’ runner, and it’s taken me two years to feel okay with that. Going back to my high school days, which (dare I say it) was 20-odd years ago now, I was a star pupil with my after-school activity, spending every minute and every hour dedicating myself to training [...]
City 2 Surf may very well be the biggest event of its type in the world, but I have never really known much about it. This seems to be my calling card this year, signing up for an event and turning up on race day with very little knowledge of the course and the event. [...]
I started running in January last year when my daughter was 5 months old. I’d had gestational diabetes during pregnancy and was warned to stay active if I didn’t want to end up with Type 2. Inspired by two of my sisters, I decided to try running. It was ideal as I could literally start [...]
It seemed like a good idea at the time, back in October last year to register in the forthcoming Gold Coast Bulletin fun run. I had just completed the half on the Gold Coast and then the Twilight half in Wynnum. Yep, things are going well – I can do the half instead of the [...]
It was still dark when I jumped out of bed on the morning of 10 April. Whilst my body went through my mechanical race morning routine, my mind flittered between the inspiration of Jodie Oborne and her team at Oxfam 100 the day before and my amazing friends in Canberra lining up to race that [...]
On Sunday 10 April 2016, I completed my third marathon. I was not going to run the marathon this year, after running my first marathon one year ago (Canberra), as well as the Melbourne Marathon in Oct 15. I was not sure if I would run ‘a full’ again, not because I did not enjoy [...]
In January, my almost 80 year old Nan was diagnosed with bowel and stomach cancer. I was facebook stalking the RMA group - and I was always inspired with the mummies and how they were achieving these amazing results, looking healthy, happy and fit all from running. This was the same time I decided I [...]
I have learned a lot over the last few years in my running journey. One of the most important things I have learned is that people change, paths change and thats ok. When I began my running journey after a long break, my goal was to run my first half marathon, and that quickly [...]
