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Are you on the verge of your next big race, feeling anxious about the final weeks of preparation?
don't worry and just follow the 3 easy steps below to ensure success on race day !
🏃♀️ Hey MARATHONERS ! 🏃♂️
don't RUIN your preparation the last days... 🤕
You've put in the miles, the sweat, and the tears. Now, the risk of ruining it all with a misstep during the taper period looms large... But there is a solution : maximize your hard-earned training gains with our groundbreaking blueprint for EFFECTIVE TAPER. Say goodbye to pre-race anxiety and hello to peak performance !
Unlock Your Best Marathon Performance with Our FREE Taper Guide!
Master the art of the taper and cross the finish line with confidence.
Run.Stoic.Strides
The Proven Strategy for Your Marathon Taper
the 12 dimeNSions of running
Dive into the science and strategy of perfecting your marathon taper. Our expertly crafted guide is your companion for those critical weeks leading up to race day, ensuring you’re primed for an outstanding performance.
As you approach the final phase before your marathon, our Taper guide offers a unique and comprehensive approach. It's designed not only to fine-tune your body but to prepare your mind and spirit for the demands of race day, encompassing the full spectrum of running's 12 dimensions.
more than 50 pages
to help you get this period right !
Interactive Templates
Our guide features easy-to-use templates, providing a structured space for you to write down your daily observations, reflections, and adjustments needed during the taper period.
Actionable Advice
More than just content to read, the TAPER guide is packed with actionable advice, prompting critical thinking and informed decision-making as you approach race day.
Self-Assessment Tools
Comprehensive self-assessment tools enable you to evaluate your readiness, highlighting areas of strength and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Performance Calculator
Included is a performance calculator to help you fine-tune your tapering intensity and duration, ensuring you're on track to meet your race day goals.
make your TAPER part of
a larger innovative system
This TAPER guide is just one element of the RUN.STOIC.STRIDES method, a complete innovative system that elevates every aspect of your marathon training journey. Download our FREE TAPER guide and then discover how it integrates seamlessly into the RUN.STOIC.STRIDES method, providing a systematic approach to achieving your best run.
Resilience: Building a Robust Runner
- Incorporates strength training principles to ensure your muscles are well-prepared for the demands of race day.
- Tailors running sessions to maintain peak condition while preventing overtraining during the taper period.
- Includes cross-training recommendations to maintain cardiovascular fitness without the impact stress of additional running.
- Suggests mobility exercises to keep the body limber and ready, reducing the risk of injury just before the race.
Guidance: Navigating Your Journey
- Provides a planification framework for the taper period, outlining when and how to reduce intensity and volume.
- Encourages learning and growing by reflecting on the training journey, allowing for adjustments and self-awareness.
- Advises on gear selection, ensuring the equipment used during the taper phase supports optimal performance.
- Details logistics for race week, from race day prep to post-race recovery protocols.
Temperance: Balancing the Running Life
- Emphasizes the importance of sleep and recovery, guiding users on how to maximize rest during the taper.
- Advises on nutrition & hydration, tweaking intake to suit reduced training demands while prepping for race day fueling.
- Integrates respiration techniques to enhance oxygen efficiency and promote calmness in the pre-race period.
- Offers mental preparation tactics, utilizing stoic philosophy to maintain a calm, focused mindset leading into the race.
1. OPTIMIZE
Efficiently decrease your running volume without compromising your hard-earned fitness levels, ensuring you're rested and strong for race day.
2. NOURISH
Adjust your nutrition to support reduced training intensity and optimize energy storage, so your body is fully fueled and ready to perform.
3. FOCUS
Harness the power of mental preparation with strategies to keep your mind as sharp as your pace, ensuring you're mentally ready for the marathon challenge.
find those 3 steps detailed in your FREE TAPER guide
As your race day approaches, our Taper guide provides an effortless way to fine-tune your preparation. Designed to be intuitive and easy to follow, the guide walks you through the last critical weeks of training with step-by-step instructions. Just turn the pages and let us guide you to the starting line in top form !
✔️ Guided Support: We accompany you through the last three weeks of your preparation, offering clear, page-by-page guidance so you can focus on what truly matters—your performance.
✔️ Flexible Duration: Tailored to meet the needs of all athletes, the plan can be condensed into a 10-day schedule for more competitive runners looking for a sharper taper.
✔️ Universal Design: Whether you're a novice or an elite runner, our guide is crafted to suit all levels of performance, ensuring everyone can benefit.
✔️ Complements Existing Plans: Our guide seamlessly integrates with any training regimen you're already following, enhancing your current plan without disrupting it.
✔️ Holistic Approach: Beyond just physical readiness, our guide includes strategies for mental preparation, nutrition, and recovery, ensuring you're well-rounded and race-ready.
Meet your coach Yannick, bringing decades of marathon wisdom at your fingertips :
Proven, Practical, Performance-Driven
From physical endurance to mental strength, my approach covers all bases to ensure you’re ready for race day. It took me 20 years to perfect the 12 dimensions of running that form the foundation of the Run.Stoic.Strides system—time well spent to bring you the best strategies. 😉
✔️ Proven Taper Strategies: Sharpened over years of personal marathon successes—from 4-hour finishes to a 2:55 peak—my taper methods are tested and true.
✔️ Guidance for All Levels: No matter your starting point, my TAPER guide adapts to your needs, ensuring you're in top form on race day.
✔️ Deep Experience: With 25+ years in marathoning and ultra-trailing, I bring a wealth of knowledge to your race preparation during those last final critical days
✔️ Holistic Taper Focus: Integrating physical, mental, and nutritional strategies to optimize the crucial last weeks before your marathon.
✔️ Leadership in Action: Applying agile leadership principles from my executive career to create a structured, easy-to-follow tapering program.
Download your free tapering guide now and cross the finish line knowing you left nothing to chance !
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