So we have arrived. The frost is on the ground and the crisp winter air has engulfed our lungs as we lace up ready to head out for our morning run. It is much easier to just stay under the covers and stay warm, snoozing the alarm and heading blissfully back to sleep, but will [...]
Events on a Saturday always throw me a little. They come along so infrequently I half forget to organise myself – at least that’s what I am blaming for my unorganised prep for this event. The Western Sydney Trail run just snuck up on me after a busy week at the end of term. Held [...]
If you’re a runner then you’ve probably had an injury (or 10!). Research by Sports Medicine Australia showed that up to 70% of runners will sustain an overuse injury during a 12 month period. Now most of these injuries are just what you’d expect from a sport that requires constant pounding on the legs; knee [...]
I entered this marathon eager to race but unsure of how I will go. In the few weeks leading up to the race I hurt my knee and recovery took a while. I was really looking forward to this race so I decided to still go in and have a great day. Luckily my knee [...]
So you have decided that you want to be a runner. You have heard what all the hype is about and you want to jump aboard. But how do you start so that you will keep going? How do you run without sabotaging your efforts and end up injured, disappointed and back where you began? [...]
My marathon story resonates so much with Jodi’s and indeed every runner who dares to think they can conquer the 42.2km. Can I do it? Is it actually possible? It was only 2 years ago that I said i would never do a marathon and yet, in December 2018, I signed up for my first [...]
I remember discussing running plans with my son once, and he looked at me in disappointed amazement and said “where do you get these crazy ideas?”. I’ll tell ya, kid. RMA. I found RMA after I saw a fellow runner in some fabulously patterned tights and an RMA top. I thought RMA might be an [...]
To my dearest RMA, This is letter is one of thanks and utter gratitude for the support and sense of community I have gained from this group. It is like no other community I have ever been a part of, its both saved and changed my life. We first met back on the 15thAugust 2015, [...]
Running hasn’t changed my life but being part of RMA definitely has. Before kids, I loved running, but ran in my lunch break in the city or on the local roads on the weekend by myself, hardly with anyone else. I worked towards running the whole way in the City 2 Surf without stopping. 14km [...]
The Great Ocean Road Marathon is a 44km (44.5km according to Garmin!) run from the coastal town of Lorne to Apollo Bay and was on my ‘marathon bucket list’ for quite a few years. The course has breathtaking views, plenty of undulations to make it challenging but not too difficult and there’s also something special [...]
So it all began in January when I saw a post on the RMA facebook page for this event in Margaret River. I thought to myself I want to do this event but I need to convince a few more people to join me in the team. I immediately started recruiting. I gathered the troops [...]
As we embark on another Mother's Day for 2019, we reflect on what it means to be a mother. Times are now a far cry from the mothers that have gone before us that may have been stay at home housewives that lived and breathed each day nurturing children in the home, caring and tending [...]
I never ran before I turned 31. Neither I had played any sports when I was a kid. I didn’t even know how to ride a bike at this age and I had no intention to become a runner. I separated from my ex-partner when I was 31, and my son was 2 years old. [...]
