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Do you have a Pre-Sleep Routine? How To Get Better Quality Sleep (Part 2 of 3) coaching improving mental prep performance post-run pre-run rest & recovery top tips Jul 06, 2022

Summary

  • How can a pre-sleep routine help you to get better quality sleep?
  • How working to improve your sleep along a scale of "worse" to "better" is all you need - you don't need to fix everything now!
  • 11 suggestions for an effective pre-sleep routine
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How To Get Better Quality Sleep (Part 1 of 3) coaching improving mental prep performance post-run pre-run rest & recovery top tips Jun 29, 2022

Summary

  • What does getting "better quality sleep" really mean?
  • The path to great quality sleep starts in the morning (strange, eh!?)
  • 4 steps to an effective morning routine
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5 Signs Lack Of Sleep Could Be Sabotaging Your Running beginners coaching improving mental prep nutrition performance post-run pre-run problems rest & recovery top tips Jun 22, 2022

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  • Sleep is THE most important part of our body's recovery process and a lack of good quality sleep could be ruining your running training and performance
  • A lack of good quality sleepĀ can have profound effects on all areas of your life
  • Sleep is always covered in pillar #5 (Rest & Reco
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Running Motivation - What Is It, And Where Do I Find It? coaching improving mental prep performance pre-run problems top tips Jun 15, 2022

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  • Motivation is a key part of Pillar #7 (Mindset) of the BE Fit Coach 7 Core Pillars of Running
  • We can motivated both towards, and away fromĀ things
  • Motivation to get out running is the primary focus of this episode but we also touch on motivation (to continue) whilst out running
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Run Fuelled Or Fasted? beginners coaching improving nutrition performance pre-run top tips training Jun 08, 2022

Knowing what to eat and drink before a run can be a concern for some runners.Ā  Some of the typical questions I get from running clients are:

  • Should I eat to have energy for a run, or is it better to run ā€œfastedā€?
  • Could eating before a run give me a stitch?
  • What’s best for performance?
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Oh Sh*t! What Happens When You Really Need a Poo While Running? beginners coaching nutrition performance pre-run problems top tips training May 25, 2022

Originally published May 2022. Updated July 2026.

I first wrote this article a few years ago. I’ve now updated it with a better explanation of why running can make you need the toilet, what you can do about it, and when repeated bowel problems might need checking.


There are some running problems...

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What's On Your Pre-Run Checklist? How To Plan & Prepare [TTfR Series] beginners coaching mental prep performance pre-run tech top tips training May 11, 2022

Last week, I introduced the Top Tips for Runners (TTfR) Series with an infographic showing the main topic areas that I will be covering in the weeks/months ahead.Ā  If you haven't seen it. you can check out the blog post here>>Ā https://www.be-fit-coach.co.uk/blog/so-much-to-consider-top-tips-for-runn...

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7 Core Pillars of Running - Hint: It's Not Just About Getting The Miles In! improving mobility nutrition performance rest & recovery strength technique training Apr 19, 2022

We've already mentioned it in the previous blog post "6 Alternative Reasons You're Not Already Running At Your Best" where we briefly coveredĀ training smarter, not harder!

The 7 Core Pillars of Running are what we believe to be the absolutely fundamental elements of a successful running program.Ā  Y...

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6 Alternative Reasons You're Not Already Running At Your Best improving performance Apr 12, 2022

There are any number of "usual"Ā reasons why you may not already be running at your best - just ask on a running forum/group and you'll be flooded with opinions from everywhere šŸ™ˆšŸ˜¬šŸ˜‚.Ā  So I would like to offer a different approach.

We live in a world of quick fixes and instant gratification.Ā  Promises...

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