States of Mind
Life is an adventure of becoming.
The memoir behind the world‑first 58 marathons in 58 days. Two continents. One long becoming. $161K raised for mental health.
Reader reviews
What readers are saying.
Reached #1 in four Amazon categories:
- #1 Emotions & Mental Health
- #1 Sports Essays
- #1 Running & Jogging
- #1 Sports Reference & Writings
Inspires you to live bigger!
I’ve been busting for Lachie’s book to finally come out — and it did not disappoint! This book inspires you to live bigger, and if that’s not reason enough to pick it up, I don’t know what is. PS: I’ll be getting a paperback copy for my bookshelf too!!
Buy yourself a copy… and another!
I powered through this book — couldn’t put it down. Lachlan has shown true physical and mental grit, and great vulnerability in writing it. Inspirational, jaw-dropping, and a powerful message that anything is possible. I watched the doco too and was equal parts speechless and in awe. Loved it so much I’m buying a hard copy for the shelf. Highly motivational.
Raw, honest, and grounded in the real internal battle of pushing your limits — not just an endurance feat.
The book
Fifty-eight marathons. One long becoming.
Not the highlight reel — the states of mind you move through when the achievement stops being the point.
“What am I really capable of?” That was the question Lachlan Stuart couldn’t escape. By 2024 he was coasting in the comfortable hum of Nashville — until, inspired by his wife’s relentless pursuit of her own dreams, he went looking for a mountain of his own: 58 marathons in 58 days, across every U.S. state and Australian territory, in the brutal heart of winter. But the real battle wasn’t the frozen trails or the injuries — it was the inner voice that called him a fraud. States of Mind is the raw story of what happens when you stop fighting the pain and start choosing who you become.
#1 in Emotions & Mental Health, Sports Essays & more
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Paperback ships from AU + worldwide · Audiobook coming soon · Published by Dean Publishing.
Now streaming in Australia
Every state of mind. Fifty-eight finish lines.
A film by Ben Turner
The cold, the breakdowns, the breakthroughs, and the people behind the world-first 58 marathons in 58 days — across America and Australia.
Watch States of Mind now on Kayo Sports, BINGE and Foxtel.
Foxtel subscribers can open Foxtel and search for ‘States of Mind’.
The story
Toowoomba to two continents.
“Every transformation begins the same way. Not with confidence or clarity or a sunrise, but with a moment you aren’t ready for, and a decision you make anyway.”
It began at rock bottom in Toowoomba, long before any finish line. States of Mind is the story of the person waiting on the other side of the pain — and everything it took to become him.
The cold. The breakdowns. The inner voice that kept calling him a fraud. And the people who carried him when his own legs wouldn’t. This isn’t a highlight reel; it’s what the road stripped away, and what was left once it did. Life isn’t a place you arrive at. It’s a state you keep building.
By the numbers
The run behind the book
In 58 days. Every state in America. Every state and territory in Australia. The first to do it in winter.
On foot. Through snow, ice, headwind, heat, and home. One step in front of the other.
For the Mental Awareness Foundation through running and telling the truth.
“Achievement doesn’t complete you. It reveals you.”
Cinema tour
It played to sold-out rooms.
The cinema tour has wrapped, playing to packed houses across the country. States of Mind is now streaming across Australia on Kayo Sports, BINGE and Foxtel.
- 27 May 2026BrisbaneNew Farm CinemasSold out
- 28 May 2026BrisbaneNew Farm CinemasSold out
- 24 Jun 2026SydneyPalace Central CinemasSold out
- 13 Jul 2026MelbourneSun Theatre YarravilleSold out
- 12 Aug 2026ToowoombaToowoomba Grammar SchoolPast
- 17 Aug 2026PerthHoyts KarrinyupPast
Premiere night
Brisbane showed up.
Both Brisbane screenings sold out. Here’s a look at the world premiere night — the same energy the tour has carried across the country.
About the author
Lachlan Stuart
Brisbane-based endurance athlete, keynote speaker, coach, husband and father. Founder of The Man That Can Project and host of the Man That Can podcast, which has reached men in over 70 countries.
He has spent years helping men close the gap between who they are and who they could be. States of Mind is the most personal thing he has ever made — the story he had to live before he could write it.