Best Running Tips Blog
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Personalized Running Coaching - BRT | Run Smarter, Race Better
Get a personalized running program built around your current fitness, goals, and schedule - not a generic app template. Choose from BRT Silver, Gold, or Platinum coaching with Dom, accredited running coach.
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Sample 4-Day Marathon Training Week: Base to Taper
A full 4-day-a-week marathon training schedule, phase by phase - base, build, peak, and taper - with named workouts and weekly mileage.
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Marathon Taper for a 10-12 Week Training Cycle
How to taper correctly on a compressed 10-12 week marathon plan - the right taper length, why standard advice doesn't fit, and the week-by-week structure.
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3 Training Strategies to Reduce Marathon Cramping Fast
The three training levers - goal-pace long runs, strength work, heat acclimation - that fix fatigue-driven marathon cramping, with exact protocols.
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Marathon Training Plan: Choose Your Right 12-20 Week Build
Pick the right marathon training plan length and timeline for your race date, base mileage, and experience - with links to every scenario.
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Marathon Recovery Plan for Older Runners: Week by Week
Over 50? Budget 4-6 weeks, not 2-3, for marathon recovery. My week-by-week plan covers rest, return-to-running, rebuilding and a readiness check.
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Marathon Long Run Progression: How to Build It Safely
How much to increase your marathon long run each week, by starting mileage - with the 10% rule, step-back weeks, and links to every scenario.
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Carb Loading Weight Gain & Bloating: What It Really Means
Is weight gain during carb loading normal? Yes - here's the glycogen-water math, how to reduce bloat, and the signs that mean something else is going on.
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Who Should Not Use a 3-Day Half Marathon Plan: 7 Questions
A 7-question self-assessment for whether a 3-day plan fits - including when it caps your PR ceiling or fights your natural adherence style.
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Slowed Pace After Running a Half Marathon: What's Going On?
Pace slowed after your half marathon and legs feel dead? Coach Dom explains why group training plus poor recovery cause this, and how low-HR base fixes it.
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Sub-2 Half Marathon Readiness: 5K & 10K Benchmarks
A recent 5K or 10K time, worked into a real sub-2 half marathon prediction - with a confidence band, not just a single number.
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Half Marathon Taper Plan: How Long & How Much to Cut
How long to taper before a half marathon, which taper style fits your mileage, and what to eat - plus contingency plans for illness and travel.
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Half Marathon Pacing Strategy: Even Splits & Race Plan
Build a half marathon pacing plan that survives race day - validate your goal pace, adjust for hills and heat, and know what to do if it collapses.
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Half Marathon Caffeine Strategy: 3-6mg/kg Dosing & Timing
Your caffeine dose in real milligrams, not just mg/kg - plus how to time it, stack sources safely, and what to do if you're not a regular user.
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Two Half Marathons 7 Days Apart: Race-Both Plan
A genuine day-by-day plan for the week between two half marathons - pacing, mini-taper, gear, and when to scratch race two.
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Want to Improve My 5k Race Speed? Cut It to 17:15
Paul has strong 800m speed but struggles at 5k. The fix isn’t more intervals-it’s months of easy mileage. Here’s a summer plan to hit 17:15.
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Parkrun Pacing by Course: Flat, Hilly, Trail, 5km Strategy
Pace by effort on hilly or trail parkrun courses since GPS drifts; on flat 5km courses, hold even splits lap by lap for a smarter PB.
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How Long to Break 20 Minutes for 5K: Realistic Timelines
A timeline matrix based on current 5K time and training frequency, plus the three blockers that extend the sub-20 journey - and how to remove them.
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5K Training Plan: 8-Week Beginner to Sub-20 Schedules
Complete 5K training plans for every level - with prerequisite checks, disruption rules, and transition criteria no other plan page covers.
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5K Racing: Strategy, Tactics and Race Execution
Race a smarter 5K: start 3-5 sec/km over goal pace for 800m, lock rhythm to 4km, then build. Pacing, tactics and debrief by Coach Dom.
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Personalized Running Coaching - BRT | Run Smarter, Race Better
Get a personalized running program built around your current fitness, goals, and schedule - not a generic app template. Choose from BRT Silver, Gold, or Platinum coaching with Dom, accredited running… -
Sample 4-Day Marathon Training Week: Base to Taper
A full 4-day-a-week marathon training schedule, phase by phase - base, build, peak, and taper - with named workouts and weekly mileage. -
Marathon Taper for a 10-12 Week Training Cycle
How to taper correctly on a compressed 10-12 week marathon plan - the right taper length, why standard advice doesn't fit, and the week-by-week structure.