Jennifer Ahn
July 31, 2010
I have felt a little stressed out and less motivated of late. This often happens to me after a year of accomplishing something, then working on that same goal for the subsequent year. I started running a couple years back and felt rejuvenated by a new form of exercise. I felt like I had to go out and run. I ran my first 5K and felt great. I felt like I really accomplished something with that training, even though it was a 5K. The following year, I trained for a half marathon. This was exciting to me as well as it was a new distance. I felt motivated by this goal and was inspired to keep working at that goal. Last year, as most of you know, I did the Longhorn Half Ironman. Again… a new goal established with motivation to keep working at it. I had signed up for a few half marathons to help train. But, my motivation to actually run the runs was a little lacking. But, I ran them as they were part of the training.
May 26, 2010
Listening in on the coaching call the other day, I was thinking to myself how it seems like people’s motivation to get going on the work-out plan is altered from last year. Perhaps it’s because the fear of doing the event is not as apparent. Many of our team are returners from last year… thus; the novelty of doing a half Ironman is not as scary. I guess that is what pushes people to strive for goals that are bigger and better. The new things for this race are likely not the distance but the challenge of the new location.
This past weekend, I revisited Austin, the place of the inaugural Team WILD event, Longhorn 70.3. I watched an inline speed skating marathon, the Texas Road Rash (what a great name), which my friend was competing in. I thought going 20 mph on a bike was not a bad pace during a race. But, imagine going 20 mph on skates. What a fun event to watch. Too bad I don’t have coordination on skates or it may be a fun thing to try for cross training.
Jennifer Ahn
March 28, 2010
Hello Team WILD blog readers!!
I have the honor of writing the first blog of the season. My name is Jennifer Ahn. I am a returning Team WILD 70.3 member from last year. This team was such a motivational asset in my completion of the ½ Ironman last year, I could not imagine doing a long-distance race without them. Last year, I was able to finish the race but had issues with calf pain during the run and felt I didn’t give it my best effort. So, this year, I would like to complete the race in less than 7 hours by running the ½ marathon part. I know I can do it with the wonderful support of the women on this team.
Now to my blog… I had told some of the team that I was doing an Omnipod insulin pump trial. Some of the women wanted to know how it went… hence, the birth of a blog.
