I've decided to try out the stepping stones podcast again, it was a reality check of my speed the first time round but i really enjoyed Laura's guidance throughout so wanted to give it a go again!
This time i was ready for 3 new speeds 150, 155, 160 bpm and transitions between each of them felt easier! The music really helps and in the toughest moments i was trying to focus on stepping my left foot to the beat on 1,2,3,4 etc. to distract myself and was indeed moving forward! I was hoping to last more than half of the run, but Laura kept breaking things down in 5min intervals and i said to myself saying, come on, you can do 5min, cant you? And just repeated this mantra till the end! I managed to increase the speed too in the final 30sec and to achieve the whole run felt incredible as i thought it will take me much much longer building up to podcast speed, so excited!!