My Journey

TrailKube didn’t start as a business. It started growing out of my own experiences, ups and downs as I made my way through the countryside, here in the UK and, later on, in wilder places around the world.

I was never really into going any faster. I just wanted to see how far I could go, what I was capable of achieving. I wasn’t going to set the world alight for anyone – except maybe myself. I was happy with putting one foot in front of the other and seeing where it led to. I’d been in a pretty dark place for years, and running began lifting that shroud.

And over time, sooner than I had expected, running became more than just running. It became a way of exploring — places, challenges, and, let’s be honest, myself as well. My horizons were expanding, my life was becoming, and continues to become, richer in so many ways. On some days that looks like a long trail in the middle of nowhere, or exploring the local countryside, on my doorstep. Other days it’s a short session squeezed in around everything else life throws at you.

That’s how it is for me.

This isn’t about being elite. That’s something I never was and never will be. It’s about being curious. About figuring things out as you go. About getting things wrong, learning from it, and trying again.

And yes, there’s a little more to my story than running.

At one point, things weren’t as straightforward as they might seem now. I was drinker, of alcoholic tendencies. Twenty plus years thrown away, which I subsequently wrote about that in my first book, Losing My Addiction . That is a very different kind of journey, but one that has shaped how I approach challenges, setbacks, and developed my own idea of moving forward.

Running didn’t fix everything. But it became a big part of the process.

And over time, it all started to come together for me. Quitting the drink gave me far more than I could have imagined, and running added layer upon layer over that sense of “more”.

Eventually, TrailKube grew out of that. As well as, basically, my running mishaps!

Not just as a product, but as a place to share what actually helps — the training, the kit, the races, and the small things that make a big difference over time.

None of it is perfect. It’s all evolving, and always will.

So, if you’re someone who’s looking at this world and thinking “maybe… could I?” — then you’re exactly where you need to be.

Recently, that journey has taken a new turn.

I've started working with women — professional women in their 40s and 50s — who are standing exactly where I once stood. Not in crisis. Not broken. Just quietly wondering if there's more. More aliveness. More ownership. More of something that feels entirely, undeniably theirs.

That's become Becoming.

It's trail running coaching — but like everything here, it's never really about the running. It's about what happens to a person when they stop performing for everyone else and start showing up for themselves.

If that sounds familiar, you can find out more HERE.