Funmi Jimoh

It's My Birthday - And I'll Train Cause I Love To

Good Morning,
 
It's my birthday today! I am 24... getting up there! Well I will begin this day like I do 6 days  out the week, with track and my mind and heading to the track. This week has been going pretty well. Yesterday I had a very good jump day. I did some short approach jumps and i'm steadily feeling more and more like the world class jumper I know I am. One thing that I have really been working on is finishing things off. Its so easy, but illogical to not finish things off. When I talking about finishing things on the runway, I'm talking about starting the approaching, commiting to it, getting to the board and getting full extension. It's easy to get to the board and not get that full extension. As elementary as it is, I have to remind myself, the finishline is the pit, not the board. Back to basics. My mind is in a better place too. Gotta love the process. Well, gotta go.. practice is in a half hour.

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Funmi K. Jimoh

Training For The Mind, Body, And Spirit

Rise and shine! I know it has been quite some time since I have written an entry. Since Jamaica, I have gone to Qatar and Puerto Rico. Two very beautiful places that I really enjoyed. Qatar marked my second international track meet. I was in the company of some very worthy competitors and I had a very good taste of real competition. Where as I did not perform as well as I wanted to, it was great to be in that atmosphere and feel the energy, the competitiveness. After Qatar, I went to Puerto Rico. That was a very nice trip, I got to see my former coach, Victor Lopez and visit the beautiful Island that I have heard so much about. At this particular meet, I placed second, but my legs were not on fire the way I wanted them to be. So now I am in Houston, with my coach. I am here to focus on my mental training, and my physical training as well. At times I am not as sharp on the mental side, or the physical side as I want to be. I Think that comes with experience, and I am trying to learn. I also came back to Houston because my spirit is always at ease here. I venture back to Rice University, see my former teammates, train on the pits that love and escape any negativity that may creep in.

My next competition is June 8. The Prefontaine Classic. I am very excited about that. I can not wait, I am tuning up myself as whole so that I can perform well there. I believe that one is on TV as well, so, if they show the long jump, look for me!!! Well, I am off to practice in a bit, I just wanted to drop a line. Continue to keep up with me, my next few entries will probably be about training, rather than competition. And to everyone who has left a comment, thank you so much. The comments really help motivate me.

Oh, btw. My birthday is this thursday. Getting older.... but better.

All the best

Funmi K. Jimoh

Just Call Me GlobeTrotter

Good Afternoon all! Like I said, I won my first international meet in Kingston. If you know me, you know that I wanted to jump much better than I did. The winds were "squirley" as my coach Jim says! I was reaching like crazy and it wasn't until the last few jumps that I actually got near the board. All that aside, I won. I had some very good competitors in the field, so I will take it, and add this to the education of Funmi as a Track and Field Athlete. Lets talk about just having the opportunity to travel and compete in different countries! This is amazing. It is wonderful. I've never been to Jamaica, I've never been to any Island for that matter! I have a stamp in my passport! I am pleased, blessed and every good feeling you can think of. The number one thing I love about Jamaica, is their appreciation for the sport. They clapped after every jump. They interacted, and they came to the stadium en masse! I love it when people love track. I genuinely love it too, so I am so pleased when I can be surrounded by like minded people. I will be leaving for Doha tomorrow night. Everyone has told me spectacular things about Doha. I cant wait to see it. This time maybe I will bring a camera, but LJ is the #1 focus. I will see what I can do.

Finally, I would like to send out a wonderful, spectacular, stupendous congratulations to my coach, Jim Bevan and his new wife. I am sooooooo sorry I missed the wedding. I know it was beautiful, and I know the two of you were beautiful. There is nothing like finding the one for you. All the best to them for the rest of their lives.

Talk to you in Doha! Funmi K. Jimoh

Jamaica Me Crazy - My First Big Win!

I won my first international meet last night in Kingston, Jamaica, and let me tell you, it was crazy. I jumped 6.57 into a big headwind, but that was only half the story. More later when I get home!