24 08, 2016

Sunshine Coast Marathon Recap by Ana Croger

By |2021-02-16T11:18:45+11:00August 24th, 2016|marathon, Members stories|1 Comment

  The Sunshine Coast Marathon had it all, pony rides, jumping castles, face painting, amazing scenery, the RMA spirit, the big race atmosphere and a great course.   Lining up for my 20th half marathon I never imagined when I started running 3 years ago I would be writing this race recap. My journey has [...]

9 07, 2016

Race Recap Gold Coast Half Marathon – From the Back of the Pack by Nic Gibbs

By |2021-02-16T11:18:45+11:00July 9th, 2016|Uncategorised|4 Comments

Firstly a little about me…. Vital Stats: Age: 44 Married – 16 years 2 children – boy ~14 girl ~11 Works – Full time Live on a farm in rural Queensland I was a person who played team sports all their lives, throughout childhood is was hockey, netball and then as an adult touch and [...]

22 06, 2016

Glow Worm Tunnel Trail Half Marathon – Newnes, NSW by Caz Derby

By |2021-02-16T11:18:45+11:00June 22nd, 2016|Trail/Ultra Running, Uncategorised|2 Comments

The day that we had planned for months had finally arrived and a peek out the window revealed a foggy and wet morning – perfect weather for trail running. 6 months or more ago, four of us started planning this “run-cation” to commemorate Jenn’s 40 year.  The brief was simple: It had to be a [...]

15 01, 2016

What it’s really like to train for a marathon

By |2021-02-16T11:18:47+11:00January 15th, 2016|marathon, Training Tips, Uncategorized|0 Comments

The marathon. It's something like the golden egg in the long distance running world. Something that most long distance runners aspire to complete at some stage in their running career. There is something about putting your body through 3-6hours of pain that appeals to us, and so, we endevour to attain the title of 'marathoner' [...]

14 12, 2015

Pregnancy Files Part 4 – Mel Sykes-Bridge

By |2021-03-01T10:03:16+11:00December 14th, 2015|pregnancy, running in pregnancy, Running Stories, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Well this installment comes a little later as this month has been HECTIC!!! Amongst working full-time, chasing a toddler and growing bigger by the minute we bought and moved into our new house! To say we have been busy would definitely be an understatement :) However, through it all I have actually fitted in more [...]

21 06, 2015

When running becomes a dangerous obsession – Vanessa Alford

By |2021-02-16T11:18:50+11:00June 21st, 2015|Injury Prevention, Member stories, Running Stories, training, Training Tips|5 Comments

When I heard Vanessa's story it resonated with me. I had just been reading about the effects of over training and was wondering if this was where I had ended up. I had a huge running year in 2014, and even with my major injury set back earlier in the year, I found myself burnt [...]

16 05, 2015

The Mothers Day Classic race recap – by Leah Kermeen

By |2021-02-16T11:18:50+11:00May 16th, 2015|Members stories, race, Race recap, Running Stories|0 Comments

I am so very fortunate to be a mother to three wonderful young children but sadly it’s a title that I know not all women are able to hold. I am lucky, honoured and proud to be such an influencing role model on my children as they enter a challenging and changing world. We are [...]

29 04, 2015

Finding “Me” Again by Kellie Gibson

By |2021-02-16T11:18:50+11:00April 29th, 2015|Member stories, Running Stories|0 Comments

A question people often ask me is “how is your running going?” This is an inevitable question for me to be asked because everyone who knows me knows that I love to run! This has been a particularly difficult question for me to answer in these last 6 months. You see my love of running [...]

14 04, 2015

Breaking my Sub 5 Hour Marathon. By Catherine Ross.

By |2021-02-16T11:18:51+11:00April 14th, 2015|marathon, Member stories, Running Stories|4 Comments

So, how did I come to be running the marathon in Canberra on Sunday and trying to break 5 hours? This is my story. As long as I have known my amazing husband of 25 years he had wanted to do an Ironman race. Once we had kids that went on the back-burner - training [...]

23 03, 2015

Age is no barrier – Kristine Bell and the New York Marathon.

By |2021-02-16T11:18:51+11:00March 23rd, 2015|marathon, Member stories, Running Stories|0 Comments

Oh my goodness the New York  Marathon it had been on my bucket list for 8 years since I started running, now 61  this was my Birthday present from my incredible, inspiring Son Terence. DREAMS DO COME TRUE with 15mths of training. Sunday 2 Nov 2014 I started my wave at 10.30am in the New York Marathon with  Terence. We stayed [...]

19 03, 2015

Q & A with RMA – Nicole Bunyon – Part 2

By |2021-02-16T11:18:51+11:00March 19th, 2015|Members stories, Running Stories|1 Comment

Sonia Worsley‪ How did you know your coach was the right one? I Met my coach at a race. I had heard about his achievements in Ultra running and at the time I actually had a coach already, however because I wanted to focus on ultra running, I wanted someone who knew ultra running inside [...]

18 03, 2015

ON THE TRAIL TO 6FOOT MARATHON – by Erin Black

By |2021-02-16T11:18:51+11:00March 18th, 2015|races, six foot marathon, Trail/Ultra Running, training, Ultrarunning|0 Comments

Ever since I ran my first marathon in Canberra in 2006 I have wanted to run the Six Foot Track Marathon, a race that has been described as the toughest marathon in Australia. The course itself runs from Katoomba to the Jenolan Caves, a distance of 45 kilometres following the Six Foot Track, a bridle [...]