OldflossAdministrator4 years ago

The + podcasts are tricky, this is why we advise a few weeks of consolidation runs first... short, long, and different routes etc.

Many folk are caught out by them... the podcasts are designed for the discipline in our running and starting them too soon can be off putting. Well done you for trying them..you are not the first person to have found it odd.

Maybe try a few more consolidation runs and then have another go. I disliked Stepping Stones, because I found I did a sort of weird soft shoe shuffle to it.. but Speed and Stamina are great..many of us use these still on their own or in other runs.

musicalpolarbearGraduate in reply to Oldfloss4 years ago

Amazing mental image! 😂 I found the latter pace more suited to my normal one. Might go back to Sarah Millican and my own tunes for a bit!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate4 years ago

Happy new year!

What Oldfloss said.

Until graduation we just run, we have a happy pace, and we may or may not increase pace at the end... that’s what we know. So starting to play with speed and cadence is going to feel strange at first, and like the C25K programme itself, it will get easier to do these things with experience. Consolidation on what you have done makes the regular run easier so can only help.

musicalpolarbearGraduate in reply to UnfitNoMore4 years ago

Thanks! I will persevere!

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ButtercupKidGraduate4 years ago

Well done you for getting back out there. Now you’ve done it once you’ll soon be back into your normal routine and your svelte silhouette will re-emerge 😀