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.

Photo: 21-mile ride, 2-mile run, 50 degrees, 9 a.m., Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 1,100 (ytd 153,200 yds.)

Bike: 60 (ytd 3,269 mi.)

Run: 14 miles (ytd 925 mi.)

On good days, I get in a nice workout before the rest of the world wakes up. Sometimes with friends, often alone. On better days, after that workout, the sun warms the patio and Lucy shares my lap with a ukulele and we howl together. Today was a better day.

Photo: 29-mile gravel ride, 7-mile run, 50 degrees, 8 a.m., Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 2,600 (ytd 152,100 yds.)

Bike: 72 (ytd 3,209 mi.)

Run: 21 miles (ytd 911 mi.)

A bad sign.