She ran 14,200 kilometres around Australia and never lost her period, and she says that matters more than the distance.
Brooke McIntosh joins Wiebke and Kirsty for a conversation about what resilience actually costs. Seven weeks into the run she crossed the numbers off her caravan, stopped chasing 80km a day because a bloke told her to put those figures on it, and immediately started performing better.
In this episode:
- Why the version of resilience you've been sold got her hospitalised
- Training with your cycle instead of pushing through it
- The four-question morning check-in she does in the mirror
- Why Pinterest affirmations don't work, and what does
- Her take on why asking someone else if they're okay might be the wrong place to start
- The 3, 2, 1 rule for the thing you've been avoiding
Find Brooke: Instagram @brookemcintosh__ and @justonemore.mvt,
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@thepowherfulproject
Kirsty:
@Kirstyholmes_pt
V:
@Wiebkehensen
0:00 You're not okay, and something needs to change
2:45 The biggest lie you've been told about resilience
6:45 The wake-up call she'd been writing about for 12 months
11:00 Why "are you okay" might be the wrong question to ask
13:40 The thought that found her 11,000km into the Outback
17:15 She ran 14,000km and kept her period the whole way
24:45 The day she crossed the numbers off the caravan
27:15 The coach who took her money and never believed her
33:20 Why your affirmations aren't working
38:30 Every scan came back clean, and she knew they were wrong
43:40 Seven women, 500 kilometres, and what she's doing next
51:15 Why she celebrated 14,000 separate times
