#136 - WE ARE SIMONE BRICK ON HOW TO BEAT POST-PANDEMIC MENTAL ROADBLOCKS AND RETURN TO RACING

We Are Superman

We are bringing back an old friend of the WASP all the way from Melbourne, Australia, Simone Brick. Simone and I were on with David last year in his next-to-last episode, right after lockdowns had begun and we discussed the psyche Down Under and in the world as pandemic-related events began to unravel. I listened again to that episode, and it was actually interesting to hear how we expected things to unfold versus what has actually occurred. We were certainly wrong about some things, although we were not predicting Covid would just go away by Easter! This time, Simone and I talked about how things are now in Australia where they had much stricter lockdowns than we had in the United States, plus, with their summer now ending, how their racing season proceeded, which is instructional for us in the Northern Hemisphere as racing now opens up for us. She is now preparing to travel to race in mountain running events in Europe this summer. For those of you who don’t remember Simone when she appeared with David back in episode #93 in September, 2019 she has a quite remarkable story. Once a depressed, traumatized, overweight teen, Simone set a deadline for herself to either change or commit suicide! In the meantime, she spent long stretches institutionalized while battling mental health issues. The woman she is today is nearly unrecognizable from that. She has won both the Australian and New Zealand mountain running championships, and is a bundle of energy with endless optimism. Definitely listen to that episode with David if you have not already, or listen to it again. It’s quite jaw-dropping. I always love chatting with Simone. I hope her energy will fire up your own training and daily lives.