Photo: 5-mile run, 6:30 a.m., 29 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 6,100 yds (ytd 59,700 yds.)
Bike: 99 miles (ytd 1,083 mi.)
Run: 43 miles (ytd 411 mi.)

Cruel prank or home of Joie Chitwood?

Photo: 3-hour run, 6:00 a.m., 26 degrees, north of Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,500 yds (ytd 53,600 yds.)
Bike: 110 miles (ytd 984 mi.)
Run: 40 miles (ytd 368 mi.)

Good fences make good neighbors -Robert Frost

And bad fences...

Photo: Urban single-speed excursion, 8:00 a.m., 30 degrees, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,400 yds (ytd 48,100 yds.)
Bike: 105 miles (ytd 874 mi.)
Run: 41 miles (ytd 328 mi.)

No one said it had to be pretty to be pretty.

Photo: night ride, 7:30 p.m., 33 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,700 yds (ytd 42,700 yds.)
Bike: 102 miles (ytd 769 mi.)
Run: 36 miles (ytd 287 mi.)

Here's to a headlamp and headlight,
A single track and single speed,
A lack of breezes through dormant treeses,
And rides that go bump in the night.