It’s not just another website about running or trail walking, it is about being, embracing potential, living to the fullest and enjoying what we have around us, the people, the environment and the experiences.

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What does “Ascend Unleased Potential” really mean?

It is about the absolute refusal to be defined by by what is percieved as possible.

After 30 years of navigating the sharp landscape of spinal injuries and the cold, sterile environment of opperating theaters, I have learned that the ‘peak’ isn’t a physical destination – it’s a psycological state of defiance.

For the last 30 years I’ve lived with the results of a spinal injury that left me with mobility challenges and debilitating pain. Over that time I have under gone countless surgeries and procedures. I’ve had many good periods and just as many bad, times where I’ve been immobile, on crutches or dealing with heavy pain medication.

I’m one of the lucky ones, in 2011, I was blessed with the opportunity to try an emerging technology that had teh potential to dramatically change my quality of life. Now, I live with constant pain, though now managed by the wonders of technology through a neural stimulator implanted in my abdomen with electrodes in my spine which manage or restrict the pain signals from my lower back and right let from reaching my brain.

Over the 12 years between 2011 and 2023, I spend time building back my strength, resiliance and determination.

In 1998 I was told by doctors, I would likely be in a wheelchair or perminatly on crutches by the age of 40. The marvel of research and technology changed that, and at 50 years old the next chapter of my physical and mental journey began.