Isn't it good enough as long as I think it's good?
Ann was born and grew up here in the US. Such advantage is what we are never able to make up. The most important is to first make ourselves comfortable, and then try our best to be perfect.
As for my 8-mile walk, my family look at it as trivial, since they can run at about 7 minutes/mile for that distance. If you look at your overall sports talent, then walking 8 miles is nothing.