I rode my first ever time trials yesterday morning…a scary and nerve-wrecking experience. It was 50K (just a bit more than 31 miles) and it was two loops in the corn and soybean fields. The sun was fierce, the blacktop was radiating heat up, the wind was blowing right into our faces in at least two directions, it was hilly, and I had no idea what to expect.

As I rode, trying mightily hard to stay on the back wheel of my partner while it was her turn to pull, and trying even harder to push my body really hard so as not to disappoint her when it was my turn to pull, I thought about something my friend Nat Slavin said to me last week. He said something to the effect that I tend to take risk and to move out of my comfort zone quite often. He said this in the context of asking me to speak at an upcoming event, on the topic of how to move out of your comfort zone with ease. (more…)