Photo: 30-mile bike ride, 5:30 a.m., 50 degrees, somewhere northwest of Toddville, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 8,000 yds (ytd 147,950 yds.)
Bike: 172 miles (ytd 2,270 mi.)
Run: 37 miles (ytd 634 mi.)

Going to work early instead of going to work early.

Photo: 70-mile bike, 6-mile run brick, 6:30 a.m., 55 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 8,000 yds (ytd 139,950 yds.)
Bike: 148 miles (ytd 2,098 mi.)
Run: 36 miles (ytd 560 mi.)

Good weather, good miles, great company...

Photo: 8-mile run, 7:00 p.m., 70 degrees, in front of the high school, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 8,700 yds (ytd 131,950 yds.)
Bike: 147 miles (ytd 1,950 mi.)
Run: 38 miles (ytd 524 mi.)

Photo: Following a wonderfully warm and sunny 1-hour ride/2-hour run, 10:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 8,400 yds (ytd 123,250 yds.)
Bike: 134 miles (ytd 1,803 mi.)
Run: 34 miles (ytd 486 mi.)

Welcoming committee...

Photo: 9-mile run, 8:30 p.m., 50 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 8,300 yds (ytd 114,850 yds.)
Bike: 131 miles (ytd 1,669 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 452 mi.)

Photo: 7-mile run, 6:30 a.m., 32 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 8,750 yds (ytd 106,550 yds.)
Bike: 118 miles (ytd 1,538 mi.)
Run: 30 miles (ytd 421 mi.)

Enough already

Photo: 10-mile run, 5:30 a.m., 20 degrees, Armstrong Field

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 7,800 yds (ytd 97,800 yds.)
Bike: 142 miles (ytd 1,420 mi.)
Run: 38 miles (ytd 391 mi.)

Back to the track...

Photo: Post-2.5-hour run/bike brick, 5:30 p.m., 50 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 8,500 yds (ytd 90,000 yds.)
Bike: 122 miles (ytd 1,278 mi.)
Run: 30 miles (ytd 353 mi.)

Back in the nick of time...

Photo: Post-2.5-hour run/bike brick, 8:30 a.m., 62 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,050 yds (ytd 81,500 yds.)
Bike: 104 miles (ytd 1,156 mi.)
Run: 30 miles (ytd 323 mi.)

pfast3r?

Photo: 3-hour bike/run brick, 6:30 a.m., 25 degrees, Bertram, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 8,300 yds (ytd 76,450 yds.)
Bike: 118 miles (ytd 1,052 mi.)
Run: 34 miles (ytd 293 mi.)

Not until it's over.

Photo: 12-mile run, 6:30 a.m., 30 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,700 yds (ytd 68,150 yds.)
Bike: 106 miles (ytd 934 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 259 mi.)

Photo: 10-mile run, 6:30 a.m., 5 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 7,400 yds (ytd 62,450 yds.)
Bike: 94 miles (ytd 828 mi.)
Run: 26 miles (ytd 228 mi.)

Winter's last gasp?

Photo: 10-mile slip-n-slide, 7:00 a.m., 34 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,350 yds (ytd 55,050 yds.)
Bike: 92 miles (ytd 734 mi.)
Run: 26 miles (ytd 202 mi.)

Power in the legs, but no electricity in the house.

Photo: 9-mile run, 7:00 a.m., 10 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 7,650 yds (ytd 49,700 yds.)

Bike: 84 miles (ytd 642 mi.)

Run: 22 miles (ytd 176 mi.)

"...as children fear to go in the dark."

Photo: 10-mile run, 6:45 a.m., 10 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 7,850 yds (ytd 42,050 yds.)
Bike: 98 miles (ytd 558 mi.)
Run: 26 miles (ytd 154 mi.)

Warm enough for a run, but too cold for a shaved head.

Photo: 7-mile run, 6:00 a.m., -2 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 8,200 yds (ytd 34,200 yds.)
Bike: 107 miles (ytd 460 mi.)
Run: 27 miles (ytd 128 mi.)

Wishful thinking...

Photo: 2-hour bike/run brick, 6:30 a.m., -26 degrees outside/ 69 degrees in the basement

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 7,500 yds (ytd 26,000 yds.)
Bike: 84 miles (ytd 353 mi.)
Run: 24 miles (ytd 101 mi.)

Boredom outweighs frostbite.

Photo: 3-hour bike/run brick, 8:00 a.m., 6 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 7,300 yds (ytd 18,500 yds.)
Bike: 97 miles (ytd 269 mi.)
Run: 29 miles (ytd 77 mi.)

Brrrific.

Photo: 9-mile run, 7:00 a.m., 22 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 6,500 yds (ytd 11,200 yds.)
Bike: 86 miles (ytd 172 mi.)
Run: 27 miles (ytd 48 mi.)

And so it finally begins.

Photo: Chilly dip, 10:00 a.m., 32 degrees underwater, 25 degrees on the dock, Excelsior, Minnesota

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,700 yds (ytd 4,700 yds.)
Bike: 86 miles (ytd 86 mi.)
Run: 21 miles (ytd 21 mi.)

It's easy... swim the very short distance from dock to dock... in VERY cold water.