Showing Up

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable – the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘through hell and back 10 times’ to prove that anything is possible when you break past your own barriers.

Longlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2024

Showing Up by Nedd Brockmann chronicles a journey of ambition and resilience. Fresh after running fifty marathons in fifty days, the twenty-three-year-old dared to dream even bigger: a 4000-kilometre run across Australia, averaging 100 kilometres per day, with the goal of completing it in the fastest known time of 43 days. His motivation was not fame or public recognition but a desire to test his limits while raising a million dollars for homelessness.

Most said he was crazy, others claimed it couldn’t be done. But those who know Nedd knew never to doubt him. They understood that this is someone who will do whatever it takes to finish what he started, and that when he commits his mind to something, he always gets it done.

Understanding the mindset of someone predisposed to such feats of voluntary suffering has been nearly impossible – until now. With his trademark humour and unfiltered style, Nedd shares the lessons he learned on sporting fields that cultivated discipline, the setbacks that tested his resolve, and the relationships that proved most important: those who instilled the importance of hard work, of never giving up, and of always giving back generously.