Photo: 90-minute ride, one-hour run, 8:00 a.m., 28 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,100 yds (ytd 44,200 yds.)
Bike: 58 miles (ytd 617 mi.)
Run: 28 miles (ytd 253 mi.)

Photo: one-mile run, one-hour ride, 9:00 a.m., 32 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,100 yds (ytd 39,100 yds.)
Bike: 59 miles (ytd 559 mi.)
Run: 26 miles (ytd 225 mi.)

The experiment begins.

Photo: one-hour run, one-hour ride, 9:00 a.m., 39 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,100 yds (ytd 34,000 yds.)
Bike: 54 miles (ytd 500 mi.)
Run: 27 miles (ytd 199 mi.)

Drear, the fifth season.

Photo: 7-mile run, 8:00 a.m., 55 degrees, Scottsdale, Arizona

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,500 yds (ytd 28,900 yds.)
Bike: 49 miles (ytd 446 mi.)
Run: 24 miles (ytd 172 mi.)

Photo: 16-mile ride, 8-mile run, 8:00 a.m., 22 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,800 yds (ytd 25,400 yds.)
Bike: 54 miles (ytd 397 mi.)
Run: 25 miles (ytd 148 mi.)

Photo: pre-workout, 6:00 a.m., Decorah, Iowa

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 4,800 yds (ytd 20,600 yds.)

Bike: 54 miles (ytd 343 mi.)

Run: 28 miles (ytd 123 mi.)

Words to live by.

Photo: 7-mile runs, 55 degrees and 28 degrees, 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., Scottsdale, Arizona and Decorah, Iowa

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 3,600 yds (ytd 15,800 yds.)

Bike: 48 miles (ytd 289 mi.)

Run: 24 miles (ytd 95 mi.)

What a difference a day makes. 

Photo: 1-hour ride, 1-hour run, 10 degrees, 8:00 a.m., Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,200 yds (ytd 12,200 yds.)
Bike: 55 miles (ytd 241 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 71 mi.)

30 degrees and ice one day, 60 degrees and rain the next, 10 degrees and snow the next...Iowa.

Photo: 5-mile run, 10 degrees, 8:00 a.m., Chicago, Illinois

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,100 yds (ytd 12,200 yds.) 
Bike: 57 miles (ytd 241 mi.)
Run: 20 miles (ytd 71 mi.) 

Why I don't live in the city.

Photo: 22-mile fixie ride, 6-mile run, 38 degrees, 8:00 a.m., Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log: 
Swim: 4,100 yds (ytd 8,100 yds.)
Bike: 72 miles (ytd 184 mi.) 
Run: 21 miles (ytd 51 mi.) 

Workout after the workout.

Photo: 60-minute run, 60-minute ride, 14 degrees, 8:00 a.m., Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,800 yds (ytd 4,000 yds.)
Bike: 61 miles (ytd 112 mi.)
Run: 20 miles (ytd 30 mi.)

RIP Johanna - long may you run

Run, Johanna, Run

Photo: A long, long time ago, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,200 yds (ytd 1,200 yds.)
Bike: 59 miles (ytd 51 mi.)
Run: 12 miles (ytd 10 mi.)

In memoriam

Photo: 0-minute run, 0-minute ride, 6:00 a.m., Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,600 yds (ytd 203,400 yds.)
Bike: 35 miles (ytd 4,860 mi.)
Run: 11 miles (ytd 1,187 mi.)

Dearest Viral Gastroenteritis, you win. I give.

Photo: 60-minute run, 60-minute ride, 8:00 a.m., 6 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,600 yds (ytd 200,800 yds.)
Bike: 60 miles (ytd 4,825 mi.)
Run: 17 miles (ytd 1,176 mi.)

Photo: 90-minute fixie ride, 40-minute run, 8:00 a.m., 26 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,600 yds (ytd 194,700 yds.)
Bike: 69 miles (ytd 4,706 mi.)
Run: 20 miles (ytd 1,139 mi.)

Photo: Christmas at Luther, 7:30 p.m., 50 degrees, Decorah, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,500 yds (ytd 191,100 yds.)
Bike: 41 miles (ytd 4,637 mi.)
Run: 21 miles (ytd 1,119 mi.)

Still thankful for dopes and dorks. Coming to PBS 12/23 7pm CST

Photo: 3-mile run, 9:00 a.m., 56 degrees, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,700 yds (ytd 188,600 yds.)
Bike: 50 miles (ytd 4,596 mi.)
Run: 20 miles (ytd 1,098 mi.)

Thankful for dopes and dorks.

Photo: 6-mile run, 8:00 a.m., 34 degrees, Decorah, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,600 yds (ytd 185,900 yds.)
Bike: 35 miles (ytd 4,546 mi.)
Run: 17 miles (ytd 1,078 mi.)

Kids these days...love their video games, their downloads, their phones, their apps. As a child, I loved to take off for the woods, running out the back door of my childhood home, up a deer trail, into the woods. Every now and again, I visit home and find that same escape...no pause button necessary.