BEGINNERS: Couch to 5K Challenge

[jamikins]

Re: BEGINNERS: Couch to 5K Challenge

Try this method to upload the graphic: go to User CP and edit signature. Click on Upload Image (the button looks like a picture of a mountain). Paste this link into the Script dialog box:

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...0/7/5/C25K.jpg" alt="C25KChallenge"

Then "preview" your signature and see if it works.

[jamikins]

Re: BEGINNERS: Couch to 5K Challenge

Or, better yet on the graphic, RIGHT CLICK on the turtle from my siggy and select COPY. Then, edit your signature and choose EDIT from the Explorer tool bar and then PASTE.

[D-Termined]

Re: BEGINNERS: Couch to 5K Challenge

I'm in, too! Great idea to start this thread and the turtle is great.
I've had my running analyzed and I'm getting New Balance MR817. These are meant for overpronators like myself. Hopefully that'll prevent the shin splints I used to get.
I usually walk with my dog, should be interesting to see how she responds to my jogging. She's not exactly into the whole exercise thing. Lazy lazy lazy.

[ttdriver]

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All I need now is a good pair of running shoes. Can anyone suggest any more good running shoes?

If you're not using a treadmill, how do you know how fast you're walking and jogging?

Don't worry AT ALL about speed as you begin to run. Just go slow and increase steadily. Speed will come with practice. And honestly, IMO, you burn way more fat at slower speeds.

Another thing you may want to consider purchasing is a heart rate monitor. Polar makes great ones in all difference price ranges. I've had mine for over 3 years and its been the best $$ I ever spent. Get one with the chest strap.

I've been running for nearly 4 years, and I love it more everyday. To encourage you beginners, when I started, I couldn't even run a block without gasping for air. Now, I've run 2 full marathons, 3 half marathons, and tons of 10ks and 5ks. Its all about discipline, determination, and commitment.

As for shoes, my own personal preference is New Balance. I went to the local NB store, got fitted in a well-cushioned RUNNING shoe and then ordered them online at www.onlineshoes.com. Free shipping, no tax. Be sure and replace your shoes at least every 300 miles. Trust me, they wear out long before they look worn out.

I am so proud of you all !!!

Betty

[apple]

Re: BEGINNERS: Couch to 5K Challenge

lol..change shoes every 300 miles. Now that I think I can handle better than getting the car a new set of tires. LOL.

[Tomorrow_I'll_Be_Perfect]

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Oh, pick me, pick me! I do interval training on my treadmill 3/5 splits 60 seconds each. It builds up your endurance fast, fast, fast! What an awesome idea for a challenge!

Oh ya, I LOVE the turtle!

[ttdriver]

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lol..change shoes every 300 miles. Now that I think I can handle better than getting the car a new set of tires. LOL.

After 4 years and a bazillion pair of shoes, I'm sure the tires would have been cheaper! But seriously, when it comes to cushioning your knees, hips and ankles, its VERY IMPORTANT to replace your shoes.

Betty

[Evermind]

Stupid Graphic!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, the graphic isn't stupid. I am. Or my computer is. I think it's the computer. <grin>

So if I just copy and paste, nothing happens.

If I do what Jami told me to do, I still get just the link, not the graphic.

Can anyone give me absolute step-by-step instructions, as if to a person from mars who knows nothing about techology and has never seen a computer graphic upload before?

[D-Termined]

Re: Stupid Graphic!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, the graphic isn't stupid. I am. Or my computer is. I think it's the computer. <grin>

So if I just copy and paste, nothing happens.

If I do what Jami told me to do, I still get just the link, not the graphic.

Can anyone give me absolute step-by-step instructions, as if to a person from mars who knows nothing about techology and has never seen a computer graphic upload before?

1. Click on the ADBB Gallery link found at the top of the web page in the two blue strips (2nd row, 2nd option).
2. Click on the ADBB Graphics category (2nd option down)
3. Click on the Atkins Boards Graphics (4th option down)
4. Click on the 1st graphic - the turtle
5. Highlight the entire Direct Link Code (5th down)
6. Cont + C to copy or right click and choose Copy
7. Go back up to the blue strips and click Quick Links (1st row, next to last) then Edit Signature (1st option below User Control Panel)
8. You will now see your signature.
9. Put your cursor where you want the graphic.
10. Click on the Insert Image button in the options at the top of the signature box (2nd row, 14th over, yellow and looks like mountains).
11. In the pop up box, control +V to paste or right click and select paste.
12. Click OK
13. The graphic should now be in the signature window you're editing.
14. Click Save Signature

If you have other graphics/text in your signature, you can drag the graphics around by clicking on them to get the look you want.

[Evermind]

Re: BEGINNERS: Couch to 5K Challenge

Followed the instructions to a t. Go the cute graphic when it pasted in.

Then previewed, and this is what I get:

[Tomorrow_I'll_Be_Perfect]

Re: BEGINNERS: Couch to 5K Challenge

Maybe your IMG code is turned off. It would show in the Posting Rules box at the bottom of the page.

[apple]

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ttdriver...lol..that's the truth!



Okay, I'm ready for Week 2 of C25K...I think.

I'm also ready to up my mph as well since I did a "practice run" yesterday during my 2 mile stroll. I was able to run for 2 minutes at 4.5mph and still able to talk/yell at the girls for messing with my music. Stinkers kept pushing buttons on the CD player at the same time I was pushing the buttons on the remote control.

[Evermind]

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(no, image code is on. I have no idea why this doesn't work.)

ANYway........I just got back from day 2's run. It was surprisingly not very awful!

I am absolutely positive I'm not running anywhere near close to 4.5 mph, and I don't think I should. I'm one of those people who needs to build strength and stamina by going v-e-r-y slowly.

So here are some tips that work for me and might work for anyone else just starting:

1. Break it up. If after your first or second jog section, you can't jog as far for whatever reason, break it up into two. Jog for 1/2 the time you intended, then walk for 30 steps or seconds, then do the rest. Then do your regular walk time, and then go back to the usual jog amount.

2. If your ankles start to feel the burn, immediately start to take smaller steps and reduce the impact of your body on the ground. You'll be able to go further, I promise! And the burn will diminish.

3. If the backs of your thighs, your calves, or your shins start to hurt, SLOW DOWN your jog. You can still go the distance. But you will be able to go further if you go slower. Sometimes I speed up without knowing it, and that burn in my hamstring or calf is what is telling me to get back to my slow pace.

4. Be your own mother of you as a toddler. Remember when your kid was just starting to walk, and you were so proud and cheered like mad when he/she made it 5 steps? Feel that way about yourself. (If you're not yet a mom, think about a friend's child, or something! It's the same, my daughter tells me)

Have a great day, everyone!

[apple]

Re: BEGINNERS: Couch to 5K Challenge

Great suggetions....I love especially #4...lol..

Slowly building speed is the bestest.

[jamikins]

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I love the part about be your own mother as a toddler. What a wonderful change in attitude...imagine telling your 5 year old who's out playing soccer for the first time that he's too clumsy to compete and he should just give up. Never! And yet...that's just what I've said to myself a hundred times before when trying to get fit ("you're too fat to run and you should just give up."). No wonder I never succeeded!