Running for me is my daily meditation and the key to my health, well being and quality of life…this was reinforced for me after 14 days of home isolation for COVID19. I was never a runner, when I was younger I had to walk at the 150m mark of the 200m. In 2008 my husband ran [...]
This article is adapted from an article published by myself in RMA in 2016. I think that some of the lessons here we can adapt to our ever changing situation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of my thoughts. Recently I found myself unwell which lead to a week in bed. During this time [...]
Located only 30mins West of Sydney this scenic river run weaves along Parramatta River and includes a 9km, 21km and 29km course in addition to the NEW 5km Family Fun Run. 2018 saw the inaugural running of this fantastic event, where eager runners took part in a beautiful day celebrating running and community. This year, [...]
We are Iron(wo)mans! There is a very long (and potentially not very interesting) story around how I came to start running and training for triathlons. In a nutshell, I essentially struggled for years with infertility, finally had our beautiful (now 6 years old) son on our 8th cycle of particularly invasive IVF, had a further [...]
This weekend was just like most weekends for me. I was going to head out and hit the trails, except this time I had been invited to try one of Australia's newest trail events, the sold out inaugural Bouddi Coastal Run brought to us by Maximum Adventure. When I was asked to come it took me [...]
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 [...]
The Shoalhaven King of the Mountain was to be held at Kangaroo Valley. It sure sounded good: a 25k road/trail race with scenic views, cold but sunny weather, and two passes over Mount Scanzi, this race had it all. Except time to train - I found it while browsing Run Calendar and entered shortly before [...]
As we move on in our running journey we start to enjoy running and the many benefits that it can give us. The question that a lot of runners ask is "is it safe to run every day"? Some people may go on a 'run streak' or some people might just love to get out [...]
It was the resolution that almost wasn’t – well for me at least. In the South East corner of Queensland, we are blessed with an enormous range of running, trail and tri events all aimed at celebrating the outdoors that we are blessed to live amongst. So you can imagine that when the Hans Resolution [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
