Photo: 30-minute run, 30-minute ride, 6:00 p.m., -1 degree outside, Marion, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 138,550 yds.)
Bike: 56 miles (ytd 5,683 mi.)
Run: 18 miles (ytd 1,240 mi.)

-37 degree windchill courtesy of Mother Nature; light breeze courtesy of Cycleops.

Photo: 1-hour, 45-minute single speed ride, 9:00 a.m., 40 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 138,550 yds.)
Bike: 76 miles (ytd 5,627 mi.)
Run: 21 miles (ytd 1,222 mi.)

A little snow, a little ice... plenty of gravel.

Photo: 1-hour, 45-minute single speed ride, 8:00 a.m., 20 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 138,550 yds.)
Bike: 86 miles (ytd 5,551 mi.)
Run: 20 miles (ytd 1,201 mi.)

Stupid? Yes. Fun? Yes.

Photo: 5k Turkey Trot, 8:30 a.m., 25 degrees, Minneapolis, MN

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,700 yds (ytd 138,550 yds.)
Bike: 67 miles (ytd 5,466 mi.)
Run: 24 miles (ytd 1,181 mi.)

Photo: 3-hour single-speed ride, 8:00 a.m., 25 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,200 yds (ytd 135,850 yds.)
Bike: 84 miles (ytd 5,399 mi.)
Run: 22 miles (ytd 1,157 mi.)

SAY IT AIN'T SnOw

Photo: 6-mile run, 15-mile ride, 8:00 a.m., 30 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,700 yds (ytd 134,650 yds.)
Bike: 94 miles (ytd 5,315 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 1,135 mi.)

Photo: Winnnnnnnnnndy 3-hour single-speed ride, 9:00 a.m., 30 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,500 yds (ytd 131,950 yds.)
Bike: 103 miles (ytd 5,221 mi.)
Run: 19 miles (ytd 1,112 mi.)

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow... but all at once?

Photo: 49-mile single-speed ride with the birthday boyz, 9:00 a.m., 45 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,500 yds (ytd 130,450 yds.)
Bike: 130 miles (ytd 5,118 mi.)
Run: 10 miles (ytd 1,093 mi.)

The road MUCH less traveled.

Photo: windy 26-mile single-speed ride, 2-mile run, 8:00 a.m., 40 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,700 yds (ytd 128,950 yds.)
Bike: 111 miles (ytd 4,988 mi.)
Run: 12 miles (ytd 1,083 mi.)

Photo: 15-mile single-speed ride, 2-mile run, 8:00 a.m., 40 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 126,250 yds.)
Bike: 63 miles (ytd 4,877 mi.)
Run: 6 miles

Home sweet home

Photo: pre-walk, 7:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Las Vegas, NV

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,600 yds (ytd 126,250 yds.)
Bike: 114 miles (ytd 4,814 mi.)
Walk: 10 miles

Photo: 45-mile road ride, 9:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,000 yds (ytd 123,650 yds.)
Bike: 118 miles (ytd 4,700 mi.)
Walk: 19 miles

Photo: 60-mile road ride, 10:00 a.m., 70 degrees, Marion, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 122,650 yds.)
Bike: 161 miles (ytd 4,582 mi.)
Walk: 12 miles

Big Al takes one for the team.

Photo: 2-hour single-speed ride, 10:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Decorah, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,000 yds (ytd 122,650 yds.)
Bike: 130 miles (ytd 4,421 mi.)
Walk: 12 miles

Photo: drizzly 3-hour single-speed ride, 7:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 119,650 yds.)
Bike: 111 miles (ytd 4,291 mi.)
Walk: 10 miles

Recovery.

Photo: pre-race, Burrito Union 10-Hour Triathlon, 7:00 a.m., 50 degrees, Pattison State Park, Superior, WI

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,500 yds (ytd 119,650 yds.)
Bike: 144 miles (ytd 4,180 mi.)
Run: 24 miles (ytd 1,065 mi.)

Before the deluge.

Photo: 5-mile run, 5:30 a.m., 50 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,200 yds (ytd 115,150 yds.)
Bike: 131 miles (ytd 4,036 mi.)
Run: 27 miles (ytd 1,041 mi.)

Is it possible to taper if one hasn't done any work?

Photo: 1,000-meter swim, 2-mile run, 11-mile ride, 2-mile run, 11-mile ride, 2-mile run, 11-mile ride, 2-mile run, 11-mile ride, 5:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,100 yds (ytd 111,950 yds.)
Bike: 119 miles (ytd 3,905 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 1,014 mi.)

Brick by brick.

Photo: 11-mile run, 14-mile ride, 7:30 a.m., 60 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,200 yds (ytd 107,850 yds.)
Bike: 142 miles (ytd 3,786 mi.)
Run: 30 miles (ytd 983 mi.)

Iowa revisited.

Photo: 2-mile run, 35-mile bike, 8:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,200 yds (ytd 105,650 yds.)
Bike: 109 miles (ytd 3,644 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 953 mi.)

Iowa.

Photo: 3-mile run, 77-mile bike, 2-mile run, 5:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,700 yds (ytd 100,450 yds.)
Bike: 144 miles (ytd 3,535 mi.)
Run: 19 miles (ytd 922 mi.)

And so it begins.

Photo: Hike-a-bike with the single speed, 8:00 a.m., 45 degrees, Vail, Colorado

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 96,750 yds.)
Bike: 144 miles (ytd 3,391 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 903 mi.)
Hike: A lot

Copper Mountain to Vail Pass to Wilder Gulch to Ptarmigan Pass to... WOW

Photo: 14-mile run, 9:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Vail, Colorado

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,800 yds (ytd 96,750 yds.)
Bike: 86 miles (ytd 3,247 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 880 mi.)

Up, up and away... and a gasp... and a wheeze.

Photo: 11-mile run/15-mile ride/2-mile run brick, 7:00 a.m., 70 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 6,600 yds (ytd 92,950 yds.)
Bike: 160 miles (ytd 3,161 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 857 mi.)

It's only closed if you stop.

Photo: 100k single-speed ride, 4k run, 9:00 a.m., 65 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,500 yds (ytd 86,350 yds.)
Bike: 206 miles (ytd 3,001 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 826 mi.)

Photo: after an 80-mile road ride, 2-mile run, 10:00 a.m., 70 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,100 yds (ytd 82,850 yds.)
Bike: 155 miles (ytd 2,795 mi.)
Run: 28 miles (ytd 795 mi.)

Yes, they do.

Photo: 8-mile run, 7:00 a.m., 70 degrees, Manhattan Beach, California

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,700 yds (ytd 79,750 yds.)
Bike: 104 miles (ytd 2,640 mi.)
Run: 27 miles (ytd 767 mi.)

Photo: 8-mile run, 7:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,700 yds (ytd 78,050 yds.)
Bike: 77 miles (ytd 2,536 mi.)
Run: 25 miles (ytd 740 mi.)

Amazing how a 1,000-year flood greens things up.

Photo: 100k single-speed ride, 4k run, 9:00 a.m., 70 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,900 yds (ytd 72,350 yds.)
Bike: 135 miles (ytd 2,459 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 715 mi.)

Photo: 500-yd swim, 15-mile bike, 5k run, 8:00 a.m., 70 degrees, Pleasant Creek State Park, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,050 yds (ytd 70,450 yds.)
Bike: 138 miles (ytd 2,324 mi.)
Run: 17 miles (ytd 684 mi.)

Never a good sign, Kevin.

Photo: 45-mile ride, 7:00 a.m., 45 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,600 yds (ytd 68,400 yds.)
Bike: 135 miles (ytd 2,286 mi.)
Run: 41 miles (ytd 667 mi.)

One of THOSE days.

Photo: metric century, 8:00 a.m., 50 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,100 yds (ytd 64,800 yds.)
Bike: 136 miles (ytd 2,151 mi.)
Run: 38 miles (ytd 626 mi.)

Big Diesel breaking wind... so to speak.

Photo: 5-mile run, 7:30 a.m., 70 degrees, Scottsdale, Arizona

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 61,700 yds.)
Bike: 104 miles (ytd 2,015 mi.)
Run: 35 miles (ytd 588 mi.)

Photo: 3-hour ride, 6:30 a.m., 35 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,600 yds (ytd 61,700 yds.)
Bike: 169 miles (ytd 1,911 mi.)
Run: 36 miles (ytd 553 mi.)

Photo: Winnnnnnndy 3-hour ride/run brick, 8:00 a.m., 35 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,100 yds (ytd 57,100 yds.)
Bike: 130 miles (ytd 1,742 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 517 mi.)

Snow, then ice, then rain, then flooding... now wind. Apocalyptic plague of locusts coming soon.

Photo: 2.5-hour road ride, 11:00 a.m., 50 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,700 yds (ytd 55,000 yds.)
Bike: 131 miles (ytd 1,612 mi.)
Run: 40 miles (ytd 486 mi.)

Yeah, that's how I felt.

Photo: 45-minute run/2-hour road ride, 10:00 a.m., 35 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,400 yds (ytd 51,300 yds.)
Bike: 107 miles (ytd 1,481 mi.)
Run: 40 miles (ytd 446 mi.)

12 mph into the wind, 28 mph on the return trip.

Photo: 45-minute run/3-hour gravel ride, 8:00 a.m., 38 degrees, Not-Really-Sure-Where, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,200 yds (ytd 48,900 yds.)
Bike: 119 miles (ytd 1,374 mi.)
Run: 42 miles (ytd 406 mi.)

Is this heaven? No, but it's close.

Photo: 2-hour run/2.5-hour ride, 8:30 a.m., 26 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,800 yds (ytd 44,700 yds.)
Bike: 105 miles (ytd 1,255 mi.)
Run: 39 miles (ytd 364 mi.)

I think they meant 'NO' not 'SLOW.'

Photo: 3-hour gravel ride, 7:30 a.m., 26 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 6,300 yds (ytd 40,900 yds.)
Bike: 120 miles (ytd 1,150 mi.)
Run: 35 miles (ytd 325 mi.)

Cold, alone and havin' a blast.

Photo: 3-hour gravel ride, 10:00 a.m., 30 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,300 yds (ytd 34,600 yds.)
Bike: 108 miles (ytd 1,030 mi.)
Run: 32 miles (ytd 290 mi.)

How many days 'til spring?

Photo: 14-mile run, 7:00 a.m., -2 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,500 yds (ytd 39,300 yds.)
Bike: 118 miles (ytd 922 mi.)
Run: 32 miles (ytd 258 mi.)

Soooooooooo tired of it.

Photo: 2-hour single-speed ride, 7:00 a.m., 15 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,300 yds (ytd 35,800 yds.)
Bike: 94 miles (ytd 804 mi.)
Run: 29 miles (ytd 226 mi.)

An outdoor ride...what a concept.

Photo: 13-mile run, 7:00 a.m., 5 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,300 yds (ytd 32,500 yds.)
Bike: 92 miles (ytd 710 mi.)
Run: 26 miles (ytd 197 mi.)

Heat wave.

Photo: 12-mile run, 7:30 a.m., -3 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 6,300 yds (ytd 29,200 yds.)
Bike: 92 miles (ytd 618 mi.)
Run: 28 miles (ytd 171 mi.)

If the heat had been on, I'd have stopped.

Photo: 11-mile run, 7:30 a.m., -7 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,000 yds (ytd 22,900 yds.)
Bike: 97 miles (ytd 526 mi.)
Run: 29 miles (ytd 143 mi.)

After a break for a blizzard, it's back below zero.

Photo: 10-mile run, 7:30 a.m., 20 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,900 yds (ytd 22,900 yds.)
Bike: 87 miles (ytd 429 mi.)
Run: 21 miles (ytd 114 mi.)

Photo: 10-mile run, 7:30 a.m., 16 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,100 yds (ytd 17,000 yds.)
Bike: 91 miles (ytd 342 mi.)
Run: 22 miles (ytd 93 mi.)

That's above zero.

Photo: 5-mile run, 7:00 a.m., room temperature, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 6,000 yds (ytd 12,900 yds.)
Bike: 77 miles (ytd 243 mi.)
Run: 16 miles (ytd 71 mi.)

The view from the dreadmill.

Photo: 10-mile run, 8:30 a.m., 30 degrees, Decorah, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,400 yds (ytd 6,900 yds.)
Bike: 88 miles (ytd 166 mi.)
Run: 26 miles (ytd 55 mi.)

Weekend with the in-laws means a run with one of the outlaws.