runningwithguts: I realize you may be kidding because you’re referring to a dream, but I must point out that I am not by any means naturally athletic. You can call me an athlete if you wish (weird), but it has definitely not come to me naturally. I am terrible at organized sports, I’m a slow and uncoordinated runner, and I’m relatively weak.  I’m not trying to be negative or self-deprecating, but it’s for the most part true.  I realize we all have our moments, but I’ll likely never be the girl that can place in her age group at races, the MVP of any team, or particularly good at lifting or CrossFit (at least by “normal” standards).  I don’t build muscle quickly, and my strength is slow to improve.  My average running pace has gotten faster, but only by about a minute or so over the past year. While I am incredibly happy with where the past year has brought me (I RAN A MARATHON), the rate of my improvements may be enough to discourage some people.  Having put in so much time and effort into training, I could see how it may be frustrating not to see tangible and quantitative improvements all the time, but that’s okay with me. Mostly because I’m incredibly stubborn.  And I’m pretty sure you’re mistaking my stubbornness for natural athleticism. What I lack in natural ability, I make up for with my mental toughness (read: STUBBORN*) and high pain tolerance.  I just don’t really believe in stopping.  This transfers incredibly well for distance running and CrossFitting, where you just don’t stop until you’re done.  I don’t care how long it takes me, all I really care about is finishing what I started. What’s the point of racing to be a bad ass anyway.. enjoy the journey! I won’t be in the lead pack, but a vast majority of people won’t work as hard as I do.
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runningwithguts:

I realize you may be kidding because you’re referring to a dream, but I must point out that I am not by any means naturally athletic. You can call me an athlete if you wish (weird), but it has definitely not come to me naturally.

I am terrible at organized sports, I’m a slow and uncoordinated runner, and I’m relatively weak.  I’m not trying to be negative or self-deprecating, but it’s for the most part true.  I realize we all have our moments, but I’ll likely never be the girl that can place in her age group at races, the MVP of any team, or particularly good at lifting or CrossFit (at least by “normal” standards).  I don’t build muscle quickly, and my strength is slow to improve.  My average running pace has gotten faster, but only by about a minute or so over the past year.

While I am incredibly happy with where the past year has brought me (I RAN A MARATHON), the rate of my improvements may be enough to discourage some people.  Having put in so much time and effort into training, I could see how it may be frustrating not to see tangible and quantitative improvements all the time, but that’s okay with me. Mostly because I’m incredibly stubborn.  And I’m pretty sure you’re mistaking my stubbornness for natural athleticism.

What I lack in natural ability, I make up for with my mental toughness (read: STUBBORN*) and high pain tolerance.  I just don’t really believe in stopping.  This transfers incredibly well for distance running and CrossFitting, where you just don’t stop until you’re done.  I don’t care how long it takes me, all I really care about is finishing what I started.

What’s the point of racing to be a bad ass anyway.. enjoy the journey! I won’t be in the lead pack, but a vast majority of people won’t work as hard as I do.

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  1. halejr23 reblogged this from revgum and added:
    Ditto … my legs are too short to be fast! Besides, my goal is to continue to improve in all aspects physically. I have...
  2. revgum reblogged this from runningwithguts and added:
    a bad ass anyway.. enjoy...people won’t work as hard as
  3. markicksass said: You seem like a natural athlete to me, too. You’re fast(er than me) when running, and you’re such a Crossfit badass. :)
  4. springermom said: Are you German? I am (half) and my husband calls me stubborn too. I like to call my self “determined”. Has a nicer ring, wouldn’t you agree? I think you are determined. Not stubborn at all ;0)
  5. ariavie said: You train smarter than most other Tumblrs. You know when to push hard and when to take a rest day. That is HUGE.
  6. lostweightgainedlove said: I’ll just call you Al
  7. betternikki replied:
  8. chrystidoeslife said: This is why I lurve you :-)
  9. notovernight said: Honestly I don’t think anyone improves that quickly. If it was that easy we would all be professional athletes.
  10. regainingmymoxy said: All I know is that I plan to linger in the water an tread until you jump in. Then lasso you and allow you and your STUBBORNESS pull my ass down the Hudson. You will be kicking all around ass on 7/8. I have no doubts!!
  11. gillsquirt said: IT IS TRUE, BRENNA IS SO STUBBORN. I was originally just going to say you’re “incredibly mentally tough” (which is true!), but then you went ahead and threw around the “S” word, so I’ll just have to agree ;)
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