21/07/2025
ABOUT ME: It’s been a while. Many have followed along for ever, but lots of newbies.
Also, I love what I do and while it really is just a hobby I would love to do it more but why would people trust and believe I know my s**t and understand how passionate I am if I never really promote it.
And I don’t have time to create the latest style of content that catches everyone’s eye, the thought of that exhausts me, so you’re getting what is now an old school post:
My name is Brooke.
I have always loved being fit and healthy but really turned it up a notch at the age of 30 after my sister died. It became my escape from reality, my reason to get up, a way to feel pain that took away the pain in my heart.
What I discovered is running and strength training are powerful hobbies. The self confidence & self belief grew, and I realised I was so much more capable than I allowed myself to be.
After years of road running races (10k, half marathons, marathon), I discovered trail running.
My first ever time running on trails was the day of the event. A 4 day running event out from Alice Springs where I won my first ever race. First female, 4th overall.
With my Dad, we created the Cycling for Simone event. A 26 day bike ride from Streaky Bay to Darwin where I was team leader. 26 days marked the years of my sisters life from where she was born to where to passed away. We raised $260k for a charity in her honour.
Never did I imagine I’d ever win Senior Citizen of the Year. My idol my Gran won it a few years before, and I still do not think I was worthy of that award comparing myself to her. But how grateful I was that someone thought I deserved that. It wasn’t why I did what I did.
I’ve trained a few times for the ultimate dream - 100km trail run. Injuries stopped me the first year, that virus stopped me the next year. With all the training and success, no one sees the pain & tears that go into training for these things. I cried my little heart out many times throughout training, injuries and failures. Because I wanted it so bad. 2026 is my year 🙏🏽
I went on to run my first ever 60km trail event and shocked myself by getting 3rd on the podium. Something I always feel proud of is that I trained for these events in Streaky Bay (dead flat) and racing against people who training in the Adelaide hills everyday.
Over the last few years I have done a few trail running events and shockingly made the podium both times. While people see the highlights, no one sees what it actually takes to step forward. Through each experience has come many lessons, many injuries, many setbacks, many tears. I think that's why I love what I do, because I know what it takes and how it feels when you don't quit, push through the pain and failures and keep going to be rewarded.
I ran fitness groups for years in Streaky Bay and online health & wellbeing 6 week programs.
Played my first game of footy at the age of 40 and went on to win a premiership.
I now coach my daughter's U15 netball team.
I am passionate about working with the youth, to build their confidence and self belief through fitness because I was that kid that never believed in myself, quit because I felt not good enough & thought l'd never achieve anything.
Check out my instagram if you have a youth aged child interested in learning this powerful craft well before they need it. Learning to love running and strength training is a game changer for later in life.
