Monday, December 28, 2015

Photo: 8-mile run, 8-mile ride, 1-mile swim, 7:00 a.m., 32 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,000 yds (ytd 116,800 yds.)
Bike: 52 miles (ytd 3,664 mi.)
Run: 29 miles (ytd 1,457 mi.)

The one-year experiment is now officially 10 years old. I will call that both a success and the end. Time for a new experiment.

Monday, December 21, 2015

Photo: 3-mile run, 7:00 a.m., 32 degrees, Scottsdale, Arizona

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,100 yds (ytd 114,800 yds.)
Bike: 51 miles (ytd 3,612 mi.)
Run: 24 miles (ytd 1,428 mi.)

32 degrees, Scottsdale. Really?

Monday, December 14, 2015

Photo: 3-mile run, 7:00 a.m., 50 degrees, Scottsdale, Arizona

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,000 yds (ytd 114,800 yds.)
Bike: 46 miles (ytd 3,612 mi.)
Run: 22 miles (ytd 1,428 mi.)

Home Sweet Ho.

Monday, December 07, 2015

Photo: 5-mile run, 7:00 a.m., 32 degrees, Decorah, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,000 yds (ytd 112,800 yds.)
Bike: 33 miles (ytd 3,566 mi.)
Run: 18 miles (ytd 1,406 mi.)

I never get tired of running down the middle of Water St.

Monday, November 30, 2015

Photo: 3-mile run, 8:00 a.m., 19 degrees, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,300 yds (ytd 110,800 yds.)
Bike: 50 miles (ytd 3,533 mi.)
Run: 33 miles (ytd 1,388 mi.)

When you arrive a day late for the annual Turkey Trot and run the course anyway.

Monday, November 23, 2015




Photo: 5-mile run, 15-mile ride, 1,200-yd swim, 9:00 a.m., 20 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,200 yds (ytd 107,500 yds.)
Bike: 66 miles (ytd 3,483 mi.)
Run: 27 miles (ytd 1,355 mi.)

And so it begins.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015



Photo: 5-mile run, 15-mile ride, 10:00 a.m., 50 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,000 yds (ytd 104,300 yds.)
Bike: 64 miles (ytd 3,417 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 1,328 mi.)

Three signs does not a road closed make.