Oh dear, on my first attempt at Stepping Stone I made the unfortunate and very inopportune discovery that 155 beats is an effective laxative... I tried to continue after a brief pit stop but had to give up. Will try again when I get over the embarrassment...
First fail ...: Oh dear, on my first attempt... - Bridge to 10K
First fail ...
Oops!
Yes.. see where you are coming from on that... So many of us, me included, found Stepping Stones a bit odd! I used to do a sort of soft-shoe shuffle dance type move.. very peculiar.. but it entertained anyone passing by !
Next time
PS
( We don't use the f**l word on here either... ) Just a small set back x
Would like to see that floss! Ha Ha! I'm trying to imagine it!😁
The thing is, I'm now terrified about continuing. Should I maybe skip Stepping Stone and try Stamina or Speed? Or maybe go back to week 6 and build up again?
And I was feeling so proud that I'd even completed (albeit with the incredibly poor time of 44:11:01) my first official 5k!
Thank you for replying.
No such thing as a poor time You did it
I ditched Stepping Stones podcast, after I had given it a go... not for me...Speed is short and sweet and Stamina is great for longer runs.
Thing is you just give them a go.. Speed has the slower and faster pace, but you don't have to keep up with it... Likewise Stamina... you can walk in the faster sections or just find a rhythm of your own...( no podcast police hiding anywhere :))
Try anything you fancy now to build up speed and distance... try Strides... and intervals.. walk/run; set yourself mini targets maybe... and enjoy the exploration
I tried Strides and really enjoyed the whole thing
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This is your journey... and you do it your way, and then when you are ready, maybe do a 10K programme
Be kinder to yourself...you are doing brilliantly...
I hated stepping stones with a passion, but loved speed and stamina. Don't get hung up on completing it, just move on to the others. The c25k+ podcasts aren't like the c25k programme, you don't have to do them all - you can pick and choose which ones you want and what order you want to do them in. Speed and Stamina still get an outing every now and then, but I've never once gone back to Stepping Stones.
Thank you for those words of encouragement. I confess the experience made me wonder whether I should quit altogether, but I will try out the other two first.
I tried stepping stones twice and each time ended up with the same awful pain in my lower leg that I've never had at any other time and took me at least a week to recover from, so I've decided that me and stepping stones are not meant to be...speed and stamina on the other hand seem to be ok! Don't be put off, you still went out and did it and you've got loads of options of what you do now that might suit you better!
Don't worry! Don't overthink it and don't let it put you off. X
I haven't tried any of them yet. I may try the slow shuffle doo-dah that Floss suggests, though- right up my street
Tee hee.. it was comical, but the pace, well, I could not get it at all... jigging around and changing which foot went first...mind, I have done some odd things on this running journey, so I suppose a soft shoe shuffle was not that much out of the ordinary!