Photo: 20-mile ride, 7-mile run, Linn County, Iowa, 8 a.m., 28 degrees

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,700 (ytd 179,400 yds.)
Bike: 67 (ytd 3,914 mi.)
Run: 22 miles (ytd 1,250 mi.)

Merry Christmas to me.

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Photo: 7-mile run, Marion, Iowa, 8 a.m., 20 degrees

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 3,600 (ytd 176,700 yds.)

Bike: 41 (ytd 3,847 mi.)

Run: 23 miles (ytd 1,228 mi.)

Kids outside in the snow. Adults inside complaining. I side with the kids.

Photo: 7-mile run, Marion, Iowa, 5 a.m., 0 degrees

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 3,800 (ytd 173,100 yds.)

Bike: 41 (ytd 3,806 mi.)
Run: 20 miles (ytd 1,205 mi.)

Why is winter always early to arrive, and spring always late?

Photo: 7-mile run, Decorah, Iowa, 8 a.m., 10 degrees

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 2,600 (ytd 169,300 yds.)

Bike: 44 (ytd 3,765 mi.)

Run: 16 miles (ytd 1,085 mi.)

Photo: 5k run, 30-mile ride, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Linn County, Iowa, 8 a.m., 30 degrees

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 1,500 (ytd 166,700 yds.)

Bike: 82 (ytd 3,721 mi.)

Run: 21 miles (ytd 1,069 mi.)

Me and 15,000 others one day. Me and no one else the next day. Which is better?

Photo: 7-mile run, Marion, Iowa, 7 a.m., 23 degrees

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 2,600 (ytd 165,200 yds.)

Bike: 71 (ytd 3,639 mi.)

Run: 20 miles (ytd 1,048 mi.)

And so it begins.

Photo: 4-mile run, Scottsdale, Arizona, 5 a.m., 60 degrees

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 2,200 (ytd 162,600 yds.)

Bike: 38 (ytd 3,568 mi.)

Run: 21 miles (ytd 1,028 mi.)

The weekly commute.

Photo: 4-mile Arizona run, 30-mile fixie ride in Iowa, 55 and 35 degrees

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 0 (ytd 160,400 yds.)

Bike: 63 (ytd 3,530 mi.)

Run: 19 miles (ytd 1,007 mi.)

Photo: 30-mile fixie ride, 2-mile run, 38 degrees, 8:00 a.m., Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 3,600 (ytd 160,400 yds.)

Bike: 71 (ytd 3,467 mi.)

Run: 22 miles (ytd 988 mi.)

Photo: long gravel ride, short run, big pizza, 40 degrees, 5:30 a.m., Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 2,600 (ytd 156,800 yds.)

Bike: 87 (ytd 3,396 mi.)

Run: 21 miles (ytd 966 mi.)

Nothing says fun quite like a B-Road in the dark.

Photo: 4-mile run, 55 degrees, 6 a.m., Scottsdale, Arizona

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 1,000 (ytd 154,200 yds.)

Bike: 40 (ytd 3,309 mi.)

Run: 20 miles (ytd 945 mi.)

Sunrise in Scottsdale.