Photo: 30-mile fixie ride, 1-mile run, 7:00 a.m., 28 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,800 (ytd 40,700 yds.)
Bike: 101 (ytd 651 mi.)
Run: 4 miles (ytd 200 mi.)

Photo: 90-minute fixie ride, 9:00 a.m., 28 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,000 (ytd 34,900 yds.)
Bike: 86 (ytd 550 mi.)
Run: 10 miles (ytd 196 mi.)

Spring? Please?

Photo: 8-mile run, 7:00 a.m., -12 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 (ytd 29,900 yds.)
Bike: 72 (ytd 464 mi.)
Run: 21 miles (ytd 186 mi.)

March…just sayin'.

Photo: 6-mile run, 12-mile bike, 5:30 a.m., 6 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,600 (ytd 29,900 yds.)
Bike: 50 (ytd 392 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 165 mi.)

Streetlight, moonlight. It's back toward sub-zero we go.

Photo: 6-mile run, 10-mile bike, 6:30 a.m., -2 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,600 (ytd 24,300 yds.)
Bike: 58 (ytd 342 mi.)
Run: 21 miles (ytd 142 mi.)

There are worse places to walk out the door for a run.

Photo: 3-mile run, 8 a.m., 45 degrees, Scottsdale, Arizona

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,800 (ytd 18,700 yds.)
Bike: 53 (ytd 284 mi.)
Run: 16 miles (ytd 121 mi.)

There are worse places to walk out the door for a run.

Photo: 4-mile run, 6 a.m., 45 degrees, Scottsdale, Arizona

Weekly activity log:

Swim: 5,000 (ytd 16,900 yds.)

Bike: 54 (ytd 231 mi.)

Run: 20 miles (ytd 105 mi.)

A welcome break from winter.

Photo: 7-mile run, 11-mile bike, 9 a.m., -4 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,600 (ytd 11,900 yds.)
Bike: 44 (ytd 177 mi.)
Run: 25 miles (ytd 85 mi.)

Eyecicle

Photo: 7-mile run, 11-mile bike, 9 a.m., 20 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,800 (ytd 7,300 yds.)
Bike: 63 (ytd 133 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 60 mi.)

Photo: sick day, on the couch, 69 degrees

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,900 (ytd 4,500 yds.)
Bike: 35 (ytd 70 mi.)
Run: 6 miles (ytd 27 mi.)

Funny how they just know when you're not feeling so hot.

Photo: 7-mile runs, Bertram and Decorah, Iowa, 8 a.m., 0 degrees

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,100 (ytd 1,600 yds.)
Bike: 38 (ytd 35 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 21 mi.)

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.)