Life Uncut - Running 14000 Kms Around The Country But With Much Less Media Attention Than The Blokes! Uncut with Brooke McIntosh

Episode Date: August 14, 2025

If you don’t already know who Brooke McIntosh is, you absolutely should! Brooke is running 14,000 km - solo around Australia; that’s between 60 and 100km a day, every day for 200 days, all with the ambition of raising $1.4 million for the Blue Tree Project’s mental health initiative. Brooke is doing this run without corporate sponsorship or media hype, just grit, purpose, and a small caravan crew. There’s a bit of a gender discrepancy here because it’s likely you might not have heard of Brooke, despite her surpassing some other guys who did similar running challenges that got a lot of media attention. Today we wanted to get a bit of an understanding of what Brooke is actually experiencing on the road: running through PMS cramps, worrying about creeps and safety, and dealing with online trolls all while staying committed every kilometre of the way. We spoke about: Brooke’s mental health battle with drugs and alcohol before a bad car accident Why she got into running Why the woman running the country isn’t getting as much media attention compared to the blokes Pants off Friday The safety precautions Brooke has had to take  The Blue Tree Project The physical impact on Brooke’s body and whether it’s more of a mental challenge If you’re able to donate, you can do so here!  You can find everything from Brooke at her website  You can follow Brooke’s instagram  Brooke will soon become the first and fastest female to run the lap of Australia—14,000km in the same calendar year—while choosing conversations over kilometres, stopping in schools and workplaces to spark JUST ONE MORE conversation.   You can watch us on Youtube Find us on Instagram Join us on tiktok Or join the Facebook Discussion Group Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! XxSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode was recorded on Camaragal land. Hi guys and welcome back to another episode of Life Uncut. I'm Laura. I'm Brittany. Now today we have a very special guest and I'm so excited to tell you about her. Her name is Brooke McIntosh. If you don't already know who she is then you absolutely should because what Brooke is currently undertaking in Australia is nothing short of incredible. And crazy. Yeah and absolutely insane for someone who hasn't walked more than about three kilometers in months now. Now Brooke is running 14,000 kilometers solo around Australia which is between 60 and 100 kilometers a day every single day for 200 days. Now at the point that we are speaking Brooke has already run 152 days

of this challenge. Now this is all with the ambition of raising 1.4 million dollars for the Blue Tree Project's mental health initiative. And Brooke is doing this run without corporate sponsorships or any media hype, just grit, purpose and determination that I would say 99.9% of the population absolutely do not have. Brooke's story, though, is also one that is very deeply personal to her. We had the privilege of speaking to Brooke on The Pickup recently, and she's spoken about her own experiences of suicidal ideation. And she's a very fierce advocate of mental health. One of the parts about Brooke's story that's so interesting is, I mean, you guys know there's been a few runners in the last couple of years who have set some pretty incredible records or who have set

some very ambitious goals. And it seems as though all of Australia has gotten around them in terms of press, in terms of PR, in terms of profile. And there is a big question mark as to why we haven't had as much excitement and I guess camaraderie around what Brooke is doing so far. And we are absolutely here wanting to change that. We also wanted to get an insight into what it's been like for her running. When you think about all the things that a woman has to deal with when they are taking on a similar challenge, I'm talking about getting a period. I'm talking about having to worry about your own personal safety and there being creeps. And, you know, I mean, we all know that women face things that men simply don't. And Brooke has to deal with this day to day,

every day as she's running. We're so privileged to have you here on the pod. And also you're in a van on the side of the road, pulled over, taking some time out to come and chat to us all. But Brooke, welcome to the podcast. Thanks for having us. It's a blessing to be here. Brooke, we are going to get into like every single thing about your running and how, I mean, personally, you've been living rent free in my head for a little while, even though I woke up this morning thinking about this interview and I was really trying to put into perspective how far you're running every single day for so many days. And I thought to myself, I don't reckon I could run a hundred kilometers in six months and you're doing it a

day. That's what I thought to myself. I was like, oh my God, before we get into it though, we kickstart with an accidentally unfiltered your most embarrassing story this can be from any moment of your life this could be from your running journey or it could be from your childhood do you have one to share with us today the one that stands out at the moment is literally having to go to the toilet on the side of the road for 150 days straight and this one time I forgot I did a number two and I forgot toilet paper as well so I had to use a shirt that I was wearing and it was just yeah anyway that shirt went into the bin so then when you're let's just hey here we Let's get into it. When you're going to the toilet on the side of the road,

are you running with like a little, like, what do you call it? Toilet tent? Do you set up a pop-up toilet? Well, I've just made it up in my head now. Like I'm sure you're not just dropping your ducks and going like free range. Like do you set up a toilet tent? No, I'm pretty much dropping my ducks inside a bush if I can find it, or it's just like quickly drop ducks off I go. What if you're in Sydney? What if you're in Sydney? Oh, no, no, no. Well, through the cities I definitely don't do that and sometimes I have to remind myself, no, I'm in a city now.

You cannot do that. Brooke's on the Harbour Bridge. She's like, hi, guys, morning, taking a dump. She's like, I haven't seen a bush in a while. This will do. It's more just when you're like in somewhere quite rural. I'm just picturing like a long, dirty, dusty road or something and then there you are.

Yeah, and sometimes there's no bushes around and you literally just got to, it's just like ruler and I wear a massive, floppy yellow hat as well so everyone can see me and I'm like, no, Carl's coming, quick. Surely you can just use the yellow hat as like a slight shield while it's all happening. Just hold it in front of yourself. And that's it. Brooke, just so people get a bit of an understanding of what the route's been so far.

Can you talk us through kind of where you started, where you're currently at and what's destination for you? Yeah, sure. So I started in Perth in March and then we ran all the way down bottom of Western Australia. So Esperance, back up to Norseman across Inalibor. We ran into Adelaide. We did Adelaide, then Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, cut across at Rockhampton, went all the way to Mount Isa, into Darwin,

and now we're on the border of the MTWA. So I've ran over 10,000 kilometres now. Aren't you scared that when you're running through these places that, like, I mean, I'm sure there's bigger things to worry about, but this is where my brain goes, that, like, a crocodile is just going to come and get you or something? Oh, yeah. I've jumped over three snakes in the last two weeks.

See? Laura's laughing at me. That's fair. Like, that's what you've got to think about. What about when you're taking a poop and there's like a killer snake or something? Yeah, yeah. And yesterday I got chased by a cow. It was terrifying. I don't think that's what anyone thinks you're worried about is a cow.

So how did you get into running? I guess, were you always an athlete growing up or is, you know, this idea of anyone can run at any age true? Oh, that's definitely true. Anyone can run at any age. I only got into running two and a half years ago. Wow. Wow.

And now to be running around Australia, that's where it's just, it's all just a mindset. game. Talk us through a little bit about what that mindset looks like for you because I mean I know that there was a big catalyst that got you into running and was pretty transformative for you in terms of your mental health but why was doing this so important to you personally? It was so important because when I had my catalyst for change so I when I've always been weight training growing up back to the athlete thing I've always been weight training grow up but in 2022 when I was going through the depth of suicidal ideation myself and I was involved in a massive high-speed car accident upon reflection I was kind of just living a life on repeat a life that I just never

really enjoyed or liked I was addicted to drugs and alcohol I was working 6 a.m to 6 p.m FIFO long shifts and every R&R I would just go away and just blow all my money and when that car accident happened for me it was a massive like moment of me asking the question of who is Brooke McIntosh who does she want to be known for like what legacy does she want to leave behind and what impact does she want to create so in August 2023 it just so happened that I ran 1600 kilometers and that just was a whole shedding of all the old identities that I thought I had to be to be successful make all the money have the car have the house all the overseas holidays da da da and it was just a massive shedding of that identity

and finding my happiness within complete solitude. So through running, I've been able to rediscover who Brooke McIntosh is and that's a strong, bold, powerhouse female who stands up for what she knows is right. And I've found all that through running, which is just insane to say out loud. You just mentioned, you know, you were having pretty dark thoughts and suicidal ideation. Did that come before you started running or were you still battling

that after as well no that come before so yeah that come before was running and then after my car accident I survived and I had no injuries or anything but I went back to site back FIFO and I was on site and I went to the gym one morning and then I was like oh I'm just gonna go for a run around site I just need to clear my head I need to get out in nature and I did and I ran 2k's it wasn't much or anything but the sense of clarity I got from running that 2k's was everything and my mental state was just so bliss that when I went back into my donger I was like tomorrow I'm gonna see if I could do 3k and then I tried to set myself the goal to run a marathon but I never stuck with it I was like nah this just doesn't excite me or anything and because

what I'd suffer with mental health and the conversations that I was having with the guys on site my therapist my psychologist as well and I started seeking support around my mental health I knew running was for me and like that running was my transformation so I was like you know what I'm gonna run 1600 kilometers to raise awareness for mental health in our FIFO workers because that excited me and that ignited me and then I stuck to the training program and every single time I had to go out the door and run a 50 kilometer run or a 45 kilometer run I uncovered more beliefs and I rewrote some stories and it was like I would go out for a run and I would hit the biggest low and then I'd scream and I'd cry and then I'd come out and then I'd stop running and

I'm like did I really just transform all those old beliefs and heal that part of me through running and through just breaking through the barriers it's all about just one more for me I just went one more step every time yeah and I remember when we spoke when we were talking on the pickup one of the things you said was like not only was it just one more and I know that that is like the slogan of this campaign but also one more day for people who are really in that depths of terrible mental health one more day and and what life can look like with that next opportunity yeah and that's that's all I did I just held on for just one more day like at the end of each day when I was having those terrible thoughts creep in I would just say to myself come on Chuki you can

go just one more day and then I would and then the next day something would happen or I would just keep repeating that mantra to myself if we can sit in it for just a minute to really set the seen of what your life was like before because I think I don't want to brush over it I think your transformation is so inspirational to people who might think that their life is lost or there's no way out or how can I change my life I'm just one person that doesn't have the ability or the support what were the days like for you what did your life look like when you say you were addicted to drugs and alcohol was this like an everyday thing were you completely dependent on it what was it doing to your life and your relationships and your family I turned to the drugs and alcohol

when I was when I was 13 I was starting to drugs and alcohol when I was 13 from such a super young age and then it just kept escalating and escalating and when I was 18 then it was like heavier and harder stuff and it started off just as on the weekends and then when I turned 18 I was like oh this feels good so I'm gonna have it Monday to Sunday and it was it was every night after work every night it was at least two or three drinks and then on the weekends that's when I would go I would ride myself off completely and I was always like the life of the party the fun girl like always up to dance and like go out and stuff and like get loose get loose yeah get loose and I was always the drunkest one there but in doing that I remember this one time I went out and

oh it actually just hits a spot me saying it but I went out and I was actually found in a ditch by a taxi driver and the taxi driver knew my parents and he got me home safely and I remember waking up on the couch and I just looked at my dad and it was at my dad's house and I remember just looking at my dad and I was like how did I get here this isn't my home because I was living out at home this was when I was 22 and my dad was just like a taxi driver dropped you here and you're so lucky that he did because I was in no state to be going anywhere I was just in no state and I just remember waking up the morning just feeling so embarrassed in myself yeah embarrassed for my family and I was like did I actually have fun last night or was I just drinking and using

drugs to escape something deeper yeah and it was for me to escape something deeper so I had that realization and then I started working on myself I started seeking some help but I never actually embodied any of the practices that I learned and it wasn't until I had that high-speed car accident did I embody the practices. Was that something that you were at fault for? Were you just unlucky in a different situation? Yeah it was okay because I guess that's in a way different if you know that you've you've done something to cause you know harm to yourself or somebody else. Or potentially someone else. Yeah yeah and that was my biggest part in that car accident was this is how big my mask was that I would put on for social media and for the people in front of me. I was actually on

the way to a high school to deliver a talk on confidence. Yeah, I hated myself. I was killing myself inside and I hated every part about my life. But it was always just such a show. And I was driving along the highway and I missed the turnoff and I tried to correct myself. And in that moment, I was like, whatever, I could just hit a concrete bollard. And I did. And I smashed into a concrete bowl I'd going 100 miles an hour and then a triple semi-trailer so a massive truck come and clean me up and I was concussed for about three minutes and then I woke up and I remember just rushing out of the rushing out of my car running over to the truck driver being like oh my god are you okay he was completely okay mentally probably not and then I ran over to the other lady

who who was involved and who accidentally got a little bit clipped on the side as well and she was okay mentally again probably not but it was the first time in my life that I realized I was like what life am I living I'm putting everyone else else's expectations of me before my own and that was just like my biggest wake-up to be like no you need to change it look you you change things in like such an incredibly radical way I mean and what you're doing now of course there is something in this for you in terms of your own healing journey but making it about those and for those who also are struggling with mental health. You're working with Blue Tree Project. What is this organization? How can people get involved? And also why was that such an important one to

align yourself with? So when I was working FIFO, I would always see little blue trees pop up and I was like, what are these blue trees? They instantly just made me happy though. As soon as I seen it, I'm like, well, that's a bit silly to paint a blue tree. And then I started digging into it and I was like, wow, this story is incredible. So the CEO, Kendall of the Blue Tree Project, she lost her brother to suicide and before he passed away they went into their parents paddock and painted a blue tree so now she goes around australia and delivers mental health talks first aid trainings and delivers a lot of resources to our regional and regional towns and communities and by seeing a blue tree it is just a glimmer of hope and it's a conversation starter around our mental health

something so simple but i just see that as as a woman who's turned her pain into a purpose as well and I want to be able to support and give back in the same way the blue tree has been able to help me through my darkest of days. And you've already been, I mean, this is the part that we think, I don't want to say fascinating. It is fascinating, but it's very unfortunate. You are already outrunning such high profile men that have tried to do or have done the same thing, but you're just not getting the same media coverage. And as much as I hate to say it, there is such a gender disparity still. And it's, I don't quite understand it because I, I don't want to say women are better but you have it harder you are running but you're doing this

with periods you're doing this with cramps PMS you're doing this with sore boobs I mean we know most of our audience is female you know how debilitating a period can be not just for the week that you've got it for the week before everything that comes with it why do you think that you are battling getting the kind of media coverage that men are getting I'm like 152 days into this run and i still haven't got that part figured out because i just have no idea why and people don't like to talk about mental health because mental health isn't sexy so we haven't we actually experimented with some of our content and now we're doing a lot more pants off friday and we're injecting now it's turned into a lot more joy and happiness and lightheartedness and

i'm having so much fun with pants on friday but the reels and uh analytics our statistics show the reels where i've got no pants on show so much more yeah i mean as a female runner you shouldn't have to be running around with no pants on hey I know how to get attention I'll do it nude like it's funny but it makes me so angry yeah yeah but we did this as just an experiment to see because like I was putting out I've been putting out so much bloody content just smashing the content and then I was like hey guys let's have some more fun with this but also I want to try inject the sexiness into it and not that we ever want to sexualize ourself or anything but I want to see if sex sells. Sex sells. Do you know, like, I mean, obviously after this, you'll have

all the life is behind you and we're going to push this as much as we can in the time that you have left in this run. But also there's another part of this and that is something that men don't have to face. And that is just the dangers of being a woman on your own, rural roads, running at times that might not feel safe being on your own. What parameters are you putting in place to keep yourself safe? And have you had any instances where you felt like, okay, this is a bit sketchy? yeah yeah actually in like the last two weeks it's been extremely challenging but this is for this is the part where I've been stepping more into my truth and speaking up as well because if we don't call out this bullshit behavior then it just keeps spiraling and this

bullshit behavior like sexualized comments remarks everything else actually plays on females mental health as well and I mean this is why I was in such a spiral this is why I was battling suicidal ideation so me and the crew we stay like 10 kilometers within each other I have tracking devices on me I have SOS I carry a two-way and a radio however on the flip side of all of this like I have had so much support from males out here on the highway the truck drivers have just been incredible but back to like the sexualized comments it is still such a huge thing and I'm like come on Australia we're in 2025 why the fuck is it still a thing and we went into Darwin and and this it just irks me so much but it also irks me because it was by a group of males

who represent Australia who signed up to represent Australia and Susie my manager she was out handing out stickers about the run around Australia the just one more run around Australia for mental health and one of them turned our run around Australia and associated it with porn and was like you girls are just out here selling yourself I don't want to have a look at that what is this you mean this is like a sports team this was a organization who was out playing volleyball doing their morning exercises and a few other guys in that group they made comments about the Australia run and turned into porn sexualized comments and was just like we didn't even want to have a look at that it's so belittling dismissed belittled and that just really

really just wound my gears up right so Sue's come back into our apartment where we were staying in and she told me what had happened and Sue's was shocked I could see it in her face I could see her jaw dropped and I could see that she just wanted to cry I was like Sue's what's happened and she told me the comment she told me what had happened the remarks and I was just like nah I'm gonna go shower so I went and showered I walked back down and I went back and had a conversation with the person in charge and the comment back from the person in charge I told him what had happen and he was just like oh you probably just caught him off guard and I was like excuse me sir mental health catches people off guard and it's dismissing comments like this that diminishes

females mental health as well so you're saying that we don't actually matter and then I ran went on about the statistics went on about what we're doing and about this run is way bigger than just running it's about the just one more conversation even if it's an uncomfortable one and this is what we need to have right now so for me to be able to stand up speak up and say it how it was to someone who come across as extremely intimidating like my hands were shaking my heart was shaking everything but I was like this needs to be said and this needs to be called out because it's that bullshit behavior that then ripples from one leader into all the rest of the leaders and all the culture inside this organization yeah of course and what was his response when I

started coming out the statistics around his organization and stuff he was very like more understanding but it was just the initial response of shutting it down straight away good on you that i was like nah yeah because they're not easy conversations to have but they're also conversations that no man would ever have that's the thing like you know if there was any other runner who was out there pushing what it is that they stood for talking about the fact that they're running 60 to 100 kilometers a day they would never have to have these conversations it would never be minimized it would only be like fuck what a good bloke wow that's so amazing what a legend you know I mean like the fact that you've been faced with anything but that is just truly

abysmal yeah and in that moment I just asked myself the question my mental health suffered from sexual assault and sexual harassment harder I remember going to work and I had panic attacks and it was the day that I had a panic attack that I couldn't get off the bus that I was just like you know what if I don't speak up what's that doing for the other females around as well yeah So that's why I chose to speak up. And in that moment, it took me back to that moment that I experienced all that. And I was just like, if I don't speak up and be the change, then what is this run really, really for?

What impact has this had on your body? Because I can't imagine running back to back marathons every single day is particularly great for the endurance slash, I guess like the impact it has on the wear and tear on your body. Yeah, it's definitely, I'm definitely going to suffer after this. and I'm already like I'm going to be bed bound for two weeks but I can start slowly now starting to feel my body getting slower and slower and more fatigued and tired it is definitely starting to kick in however the body has adapted really well like females are designed to be endurance

like they're we're designed to go for long distance so it has adapted well but five days out of the month is absolutely horrendous for me and today's one of those days where everything just aches so much more everything just feels 10 times heavier and the mind just feels like giving up but it's those days that I just I'm like no it's only five or six days and then the next three weeks will be bliss what is harder for you mental the mental fatigue and the mental challenge and like getting yourself to take just one more step or physically trying to get your body to continue because I imagine I'd want to say they're probably on par they're now starting to get on par yeah and My shins are starting to get so tender, like any tiny little knock

or anything on my shins, I'm just in agony. What about your toes? We see runners who have like no toenails, their toes are black, they've got broken feet. I lost a toenail from dancing with the stars. I don't want to compare myself to you, Brooke, but we're both obviously athletes. We are very – we're athletes.

Very similar. I did get a black toenail from dancing with the stars, just from the overuse. Yeah, are you losing toenails? Yeah. I'm up to six lost toenails right now. It's great. Lose them now. And then they'll be grown back in time for when I get home and I can wear high heels and stuff again. And what about your periods? Because, you know, we hear that a lot of endurance athletes or people that are just really excessively exercising in any capacity lose your period. Has yours still been

regular? Mine's still around and I'm so grateful for it. yeah yeah I am very grateful to still have my period because I lost my period when I was 14 and I didn't get it back until I was 24 because I was so wow I'm over exercising and under eating and this is where it's the importance of if you're exercising a lot you need to consume a lot of food and the first side of an unhealthy female is pretty much the period goes so the fact that I've still got my period as much as it's challenging for those five six days I celebrate at those five six days and I just have more compassion for myself. Brooke how do you deal with people who are online and this happens across the board this is not something that I think is

unique to the experience that you're having but people who question the legitimacy of it people who question like how is it possible or you know question how many kilometers it is that you're doing in a day how do you one I guess justify or are able to prove but also how do you mentally deal with people who are trying to challenge the things that you've achieved? I know that I just don't have to justify myself to anyone. And if they want to know what it's like, we'll come out and spend a day with us on the road. I've never been a Strava person at all, but at the start of this run, there was so many Strava trolls that were coming at us and stuff. And I was like, guys, I'm not going to start posting on Strava just to please your needs. That's not the kind

of woman I am. We keep track on Garmin. So if people want legitimacy, they can see on Garmin. and it just depends what the comments are like this whole thing of like just ignore the comments I think that's bullshit and that's just enabling more and more trolls more and more nasty comments so yeah it just depends on what the comments are whether I say something back to her or whether I just ignore it but like being an athlete being out here it's not to say that it doesn't play on my mind because sometimes it does but then I just ask myself the question like am I being true to me am I being true to this mission yeah I don't need to explain myself to anyone else if I don't laundry how do you know where you're going where I'm going yeah like when you like you said like

logistically you set out for 100 kilometers are you looking at a map are you like lick your finger in the wind are you looking on like at a map on your phone like physically how were you navigating Australia coming through the cities was really really bad and I had Siri talking to me every step of the way she's like turn right here turn left here that'd be so annoying but now that we're on the open road there's literally one road just go that way but there's been a few times where I've taken the wrong turn and I've gone hitched to 10 kilometers in the wrong way and that just wasn't all fun oh my god because then it's 10 kilometers back absolutely how deflating when you're like all right I guess I'll just do an extra bit today just to really catch up in terms

of the title that you're going for you're going for the fastest and the youngest woman to run around Australia beyond what that record means for you what does this mean for you in order to achieve that but also to be able to get recognition for the Just One More movement but also for the charity why is it so significant to you? This whole thing is for me is all about conversations over kilometers and it's how many lives we can impact with our message and how many lives we can touch on the run and it just it actually just means absolutely everything for me purely because every single Australian every single individual suffers with mental health at least once in their lifetime or knows of someone who suffers with mental health so it's not something that we can

just be like no I don't do it I don't suffer with it or I don't have mental health it's like actually every single person in Australia every single person every single human has mental health and it's something that affects so many people so it means everything and the ones who say nah it's not an issue they're just lying to themselves and lying to others so it absolutely means everything to finish this mission and to raise the $1.4 million. To be completely honest though, like the dollars is an extra added bonus because it's the lives, it's the conversations, it's getting this in front of the people that matters the most.

How are you funding this or surviving for, I mean, it's the better part of a year, just shy of a year that you're dedicating to, obviously you're not working. You don't have those huge big corporate sponsors on board. Have you been receiving enough outpour from the community or smaller sponsors to help fund this or have you just said you know I'm going to dip into some savings because this is how important it is yeah so long story short in 2024 I sold my house and I've been running my own Airbnb business for the last three years and at the start of this year

I sold that business to be able to fund this whole run because I'm like my thing is no one's going to make your dreams come into reality you have to do it for yourself and if I want to make this dream to run around Australia reality I need to do it I need to give it every single thing I can and put every single thing I can into it to make it achieved and I'm I'm grateful and I'm very fortunate that selling my house and selling my business I'm out here now getting to save lives who is part of your crew because it isn't just you out there you're the one running that there are you have support people and you said that they're within 10 kilometers most of the time so who is with you. I do. And I laugh so hard because my support people have changed a few times over the

time and we've got Suze. So Suze is with me. She's my manager. She's managing everything from communications to logistics, to where we're camping, to food and all that. And right now we've got Grace. So Grace actually come on board to be a full-time content creator, but now Grace has been dumped into tow the caravan and do the cooking, do the cleaning because we lost one of our team members two weeks ago oh my gosh yes he had some family personal stuff on at home so we had to fly him out but now it's just us three girls getting it done and if anyone knows the gib river it's a massive or 660 kilometers worth of corrugated road and we're going to tackle that in our weeks to come so that's just going to be hilarious also for anyone who's a runner i mean

i'm not sure if this is something that you've had like are other runners joining you on this are they coming and doing like you know whether it's five kilometers 10 kilometers 20 kilometers are people at different towns joining you at different points and has that been something that's been beneficial for you yeah it's been incredible so whatever town we're close by we'll post in our channel instagram channel or put on our stories where we are and i'll be like in the middle of nowhere and then a runner will just come join me and i just lift my spirits it helps carry me and it actually helps me go faster too so we're definitely having so many runners come join with us and especially when we're finished in Perth we're inviting the whole of Perth to

come round with us. So Brooke your aim is 1.4 million dollars how much have you raised now and what have we got to do to get you there? Yes the aim is 1.4 million dollars and we've raised 150,000 dollars already which I'm extremely grateful for every Australian digging into their pocket or 1,200 Australians digging into their pocket we need 1 million Australians digging into her pocket and donating one dollar it's one dollar yeah one dollar is nothing well one dollar is nothing but it's everything so just give a dollar or skip out on a coffee for one day and donate that five dollars and then you'll cover five of your friends brooke you should be so incredibly proud of yourself we are absolutely i like we said we'll push this on socials we will

make sure that all the lifers know but also for anyone who is in our community who is a runner who wants to join you or wants to show their support and like run alongside you where can they find you where can they figure out where you are at different points of the run your social medias all of that stuff so that people can get behind it yeah so we post a lot on instagram and facebook and it's brook mcintosh double underscore or if you google just one more brook that's where you can see our live map where we've been where we're coming to next and wa we're definitely coming into wa next and then australia will be done so if you're in melbourne sydney i'm sorry with Miss Jo. But Perth, we're coming for you. Yeah. You're incredible. Thank you so much for

joining us today. You're a true inspiration and for, I mean, a multitude of reasons, but just hearing you tell your story about the place that you were in before and how low you were and what your life looked like from age 13 to now, I think might be the reminder a lot of people need that you are in control of your own destiny in a way, or maybe not even your destiny, but you just said it then too, no one's going to just like waltz in and hand something to you and make your dreams come true. But with a bit of determination and grit and active choice, you can really do anything. So you're just, I mean, I'm so impressed. I've actually just, I just think about when you really think about what you're doing, it is truly mind blowing and the reasons you're doing it for,

and you should just be so proud. And I'm so sorry you don't feel like you've gotten the support that you need from Australia. It's really disappointing, especially when you look off the back of the the publicity that some men have received recently. Yeah, for sure. It's just, I wish we weren't there, but we are. But I want you to know that we're all rooting for you and we're all behind you. Thank you so much.

Yeah, the support and the local towns and the countries coming out and supporting that way just means the world. So whoever supports, I'm extremely grateful for that. And yeah, nothing's just going to be given up to us in life. We've got to go out and be the change and create the change.