Today I lined up for my first gun-start 100-meter dash since… actually, I don’t think I had ever run a competitive 100-meter dash. In elementary school, I ran the 60-meter dash and in junior high, I ran the 800-meter and 1600-meter.

 

The gun was right next to my ear and I jumped off to the fastest start I’ve ever had. This is a problem when you have an egg on a spoon in a mouth. It immediately bounced off the spoon off my hands and into the grass. Fortunately, it didn’t break and I started again.

The previous Guinness World Record was 21.94 seconds. I ran it in a smooth 18.47 seconds – one of my best runs ever. I was cheered on by the Capital High School track team after talking about the power of having a growth mindset and not placing artificial limits on themselves.

 

Thanks to the team!