It’s Friday the 13th! It’s not unlucky for me, so lets dive right into High Five Friday! With Easter over and done with, I can proudly say I did not eat any chocolate eggs. In a few days time, I will rock out a personal best at the Australian Running Festival in Canberra. My Friday’s […]
The time has come for the last image of Project 52. 52 weeks, 52 images of the ins and outs of life in the RunMum household. Week 52 – Fish Falls Family Fun While my sister was visiting we decided to have an adventure out in the park. Our destination was Fish Falls. Of course, […]
There is no denying that I love trail running. It’s hard work, but it’s rewarding. What I love about trail running, is you could run the same track, but every time you run it it’s different. I have one more trail event left for the year (Gold Rush), and so I’m back on the trails […]
Miles has been looking forward to going to school camp for a long time. He missed out on the Grade 2 sleepover in 2016 due to getting a gastro bug. This year was a different story. The school has taken the kids out to Roses Gap Camp for well over 20 years. It’s close to […]
We have been having some glorious spring weather. With run club officially over for the 2017 season, our Saturday mornings have freed up. On this particular day, we packed a picnic lunch, plenty of snacks and drinks and made our way into the park. Spring means wildflowers, and they were plentiful, with orchids, thryptomene, wattles […]
Happy High Five Friday everyone! Welcome to the 50th Edition of High Five Friday. These posts have gone from weekly, to fortnightly to monthly to whenever. I know a bit all over the place. So let’s celebrate this week’s High Five Friday with these Five things. Five Pictures Took the kids out to Lake Lonsdale […]
One of the first things I do in race week is to look at the weather prediction. This gives me an idea of what to wear and pack on race day. Things were not looking good for this year’s Peaks & Trails. With a high possibility of rain and strong winds, race conditions were going […]
July was peak training month which meant some epic trail runs. To get ready for my Peaks & Trails event, I decided to train on tracks with similar elevation. I chose Boronia Peak & Chatauqua Peak. This would simulate the climb up Mt Sturgeon & the Piccaninny. Week 32 – Boronia Peak Pano This is […]
It’s time to lace up those shoes and catch up on all things running related, as the ultimate running date has come around again. Wow, July was a massive month of running. July saw the core of my training preparations for Peaks & Trails. I only missed 1 training run and that was due to […]
With a trip to Horsham for run club, we decided it made sense to go visit the Northern end of the Grampians National Park. Having explored Mount Zero & the Western flank back in March, and more recently Hollow Mountain, The kids couldn’t understand why we were back. What else was there to explore? A lot kids, […]