Photo: 3.1-mile run, 8:30 a.m., 25 degrees, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,900 yds (ytd 302,900 yds.)
Bike: 80 miles (ytd 4,946 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 1,515 mi.)

The tradition before the tradition.

Photo: 11-mile run, 7:00 a.m., 28 degrees, Squaw Creek Park, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,500 yds (ytd 298,000 yds.)
Bike: 68 miles (ytd 4,866 mi.)
Run: 20 miles (ytd 1,484 mi.)

Photo: 2.5-hour run/bike brick, 7:00 a.m., 52 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,500 yds (ytd 295,500 yds.)
Bike: 93 miles (ytd 4,798 mi.)
Run: 20 miles (ytd 1,464 mi.)

On the road to nowhere.

Photo: 40-mile single-speed ride, 10:00 a.m., 40 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,500 yds (ytd 291,000 yds.)
Bike: 93 miles (ytd 4,705 mi.)
Run: 20 miles (ytd 1,444 mi.)

One blue sky, one broken spoke.