James Wood Trail Running

Plan smart. Run wild. Stay flexible. This isn’t your average spreadsheet. It’s a living, breathing training companion designed to help you build endurance, strength, and stoke—all while keeping things flexible. Life gets messy. This plan lets you roll with it. What Is the FlexiPlan? At its heart, the  Trail Running FlexiPlan  is a full-year Google Sheet designed for real life. Each day is colour-coded and built around three pillars: Structure  – Balanced mix of trail runs, strength, cross-training, and rest. Flexibility  – Shift sessions without guilt. Life happens. No problem. Flow  – Track your effort, mood, and distance month by month to see how your year unfolds. What’s in the Sheet? Year-at-a-Glance Calendar The crown jewel. One page, twelve months, every single run and workout visible at a glance. Each session is colour-coded: 💪 Strength 🚲 Cross-Training (bike/walk/etc.) 🏃‍♂️ 5k / 7k / 10k Trail Runs 🌄 Long Runs ⚡ Tempo Runs ⛰ Elevation Days 😴 Rest Da...

After decades of moving through forests, hills, and winding paths, I’ve learned that trail running isn’t just a sport—it’s a way of life These are my biggest takeaways  from 30 years on the trail.  Inner-calm Whenever I step into a forest or nature reserve, it feels like an enormous weight is being lifted from my shoulders. I always take a moment to savour that feeling, and to thoroughly enjoy nature in that moment, marvelling at its calming grace.  This is where the noise fades. I’ve learned that my connection with nature runs deep, it allows me to decrease my stress levels without thinking about it. No need to meditate, practice mindfulness or stop thinking consciously, if I spend enough time in nature, it comes to me, like returning home after a business trip.  There's something deeply primordial about stepping onto an epic trail, knowing that through the millennia, countless people have taken the same steps, history has been made, civilisations thrived and l...