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.