Daily Gratitude: Doesn’t this make sense? How will you know what you can or can’t do if you don’t attempt “it” (whatever it is you’re contemplating)?

It was bad enough I wanted to quit at about mile 191 at vol state in 2025. But what was worse was that I was still convinced at about mile 305-307 (i didn’t even know where I was) I wasn’t going to make it. Fortunately I was giving it my all at that point but what would have happened had I stopped there? I wouldn’t have known that I had the ability to push hard enough to finish on time.

Same at the Across the Years race I just came back from although nowhere near as dramatic.

I thought I was done at 160 miles because I didn’t think I had enough time to do another 1.4 miles.

Thanks to Mike Melton for pushing me and having faith that I could do one more lap in the 40 minutes that were left.

He pushed me to find out how far I could go. If not for him, I wouldn’t have known.

It took me 30 years to try to walk across the US. I didn’t make it but I tried and learned more about myself than I ever had in the previous 70 years.

What are you holding back on?