What if your first run happened completely by accident?

For Brookie, running was never part of the plan. After growing up with a complicated relationship with weight and body image, she spent much of her life believing running simply wasn't for her. Then, while out walking on the morning of her daughter's birthday party, she realised she was running late and needed to get home to finish icing the cake... so she ran.

The next day, she tried again. Starting driveway to driveway, roughly 100 metres at a time, Brookie completed the GC50 25km just ten weeks later. Since then, running has taken her through half marathons, Bravehearts 777 and two extraordinary world record attempts combining her new love of running with her lifelong love of football.

If you've ever wondered how far one seemingly insignificant run can take you, Brookie's story might make you think differently about where your own could lead.

In this episode:

• Growing up with weight and body image struggles.
• The accidental run that started everything.
• Going from 100-metre running intervals to the GC50 25km in just ten weeks.
• Running Bravehearts 777 and discovering she had bilateral stress fractures.
• Why Brookie decided to run a marathon while dribbling a soccer ball.
• Covering 98.2km in 24 hours while dribbling a soccer ball.
• Why, after everything she's achieved, her very first run may still be the one that mattered most.

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Runbelievable is the podcast for every runner. From your first parkrun to your 100th marathon, from walk-run intervals to dabbling in trail running, every runner has a story worth telling. Through honest conversations with runners from all walks of life, Runbelievable explores the challenges, achievements, setbacks, and experiences that connect us through running and shape who we become.