She Ran 14,000km And Never Lost Her Period | Brooke McIntosh

2026-09-06

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 hospitalisedTraining with your cycle instead of pushing through itThe four-question morning check-in she does in the mirrorWhy Pinterest affirmations don't work, and what doesHer take on why asking someone else if they're okay might be the wrong place to startThe 3, 2, 1 rule for the thing you've been avoiding

Find Brooke: Instagram @brookemcintosh__ and @justonemore.mvt,

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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

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Welcome to The Powherful Project! 💜 We are Kirsty and V (Wiebke), two female fitness coaches passionate about empowering women to feel strong and confident in themselves. We will discuss all things fitness, nutrition, mindset and women's health and also interview expert guests to provide knowledge and actionable steps for you. Subscribe to hear more and if you related to this episode, please leave a review! Follow us on socials for more content:

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