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The PF Changs Half and Full Marathon 2011 is just days away and the anticipation is growing and growing. People come from all over to this giant event and I am STOKED to be a part of the madness. It will be my first half marathon and I haven’t ran long distance regularly since cross country high school. I have been finding and discovering the “runner in me” during the past two months of training. Yet, as I have been training and sharing my experience with others… I get the growing sense that people “expect” me to run this race like a cheetah, because I am a Scottsdale personal trainer.

OK, so let me clear the delusions you may have that Scottsdale personal trainers are good at every single sport and physical activity. It simply is not the case! As a Scottsdale personal trainer, I am constantly feeling the expectation to be a rock star at everything and anything physical. It’s like expecting an English teacher to always use perfect grammar when speaking, or write the perfect novel. OR thinking that an IT guy can fix any tech problem out there. Why doesn’t a good model get every gig they audition for? Most people have niches and pockets of what they excel in within their industry. My expertise is building programs for people’s individual muscle gain, or weight loss goals. Not only teaching it, but mastering it for myself. Indeed I can help a runner with their stride, but that doesn’t make me a great runner… I can increase someones vertical jump, but that doesn’t make me a pro at basketball… I can make a dancer more flexible, but not do the middle splits for myself. I have the head knowledge for sports specific training but that certainly does not mean I can play and excel at all sports.

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