On Saturday I completed a 10 mile race. I had never run that far before. I trained pretty well for it with lots of 3 and 5 mile runs. I did one 7 miler which hurt my legs.

So when race day came, I was pretty nervous. Could I finish? My goal was to finish without stopping. I did that! And I surprised myself. I ran 9 minute miles. Not rock star by any means, but a minute faster than I thought possible. What is possible? How often do I let my mind decide and get in the way of reality? The race has really woken me up to going further than I think is possible. I am grateful.

Here is a portrait I took of one of my artist neighbors. His name is David Plumb and he makes amazing paintings of flowers.