Women's Running
“it’s almost like a weird barrier comes up during races. or maybe it’s that i’ve got so much stuff to think about – nutrition, portaloos, triathlon transitions and all the rest of it – that the barriers come up and something kicks into gear. it’s like i’m saying: no, epilepsy, not today, just let me get on with it.”
When Annie Brooks got diagnosed with epilepsy in 2012, she fell into a bit of a black hole. A fiercely independent woman, she struggled with losing her driving licence; it felt like she couldn’t do an