Photo: 5-mile run, 6:30 a.m., 29 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 6,100 yds (ytd 59,700 yds.)
Bike: 99 miles (ytd 1,083 mi.)
Run: 43 miles (ytd 411 mi.)

Cruel prank or home of Joie Chitwood?

Photo: 3-hour run, 6:00 a.m., 26 degrees, north of Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,500 yds (ytd 53,600 yds.)
Bike: 110 miles (ytd 984 mi.)
Run: 40 miles (ytd 368 mi.)

Good fences make good neighbors -Robert Frost

And bad fences...

Photo: Urban single-speed excursion, 8:00 a.m., 30 degrees, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,400 yds (ytd 48,100 yds.)
Bike: 105 miles (ytd 874 mi.)
Run: 41 miles (ytd 328 mi.)

No one said it had to be pretty to be pretty.

Photo: night ride, 7:30 p.m., 33 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,700 yds (ytd 42,700 yds.)
Bike: 102 miles (ytd 769 mi.)
Run: 36 miles (ytd 287 mi.)

Here's to a headlamp and headlight,
A single track and single speed,
A lack of breezes through dormant treeses,
And rides that go bump in the night.

Photo: 3+ hour single-speed ride, 7:00 a.m., 21 degrees, on the lonely road to Johnson County

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,200 yds (ytd 37,000 yds.)
Bike: 95 miles (ytd 667 mi.)
Run: 33 miles (ytd 251 mi.)

"If you want to hear the old voices, drive on a road that lets you add your shadow to those that have been gathering for years. Take the back roads." - James Lileks

Photo: Two-hour run,
6:00 a.m., -16 degrees
(-31 windchill), Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,300 yds
(ytd 32,800 yds.)
Bike: 67 miles (ytd 572 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 218 mi.)
Number of others spotted outside (excluding the dude waiting for the bus): 0

Hell has indeed frozen over... and it can be found near the end of 29th Avenue.

Photo: Three-hour single-speed ride, 7:00 a.m., 12 degrees, the 'skirts of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,000 yds (ytd 27,500 yds.)
Bike: 95 miles (ytd 505 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 187 mi.)

Mostly gravel, some pavement, a bit o' single track and one very peeved dog... none of which holds a candle to the following day's skunk encounter.

Photo: Windy, cold single-speed ride, 7:30 a.m., 13 degrees, sub-zero windchill, somewhere in East Central Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,300 yds (ytd 22,500 yds.)
Bike: 73 miles (ytd 410 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 156 mi.)

All you need is a single speed...and layers...and a B-A-L-A-C-L-A-V-A...and water bottles that don't freeze...and hot chocolate...and a warm shower...and a lack of common sense.

Photo: Rain- and mud-soaked 15-mile run, 8:00 a.m., 40 degrees, Squaw Creek Park, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,700 yds (ytd 18,200 yds.)
Bike: 76 miles (ytd 337 mi.)
Run: 34 miles (ytd 125 mi.)

Photo: 16-mile run, 8:00 a.m., 24 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,600 yds (ytd 13,500 yds.)
Bike: 77 miles (ytd 261 mi.)
Run: 34 miles (ytd 91 mi.)

The lonely roads are the only roads.

Photo: 2.5 hour single-speed ride, 8:00 a.m., 24 degrees, back-backroads of Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,500 yds (ytd 8,900 yds.)
Bike: 94 miles (ytd 184 mi.)
Run: 29 miles (ytd 57 mi.)

Photo: Gravelicious single-speed ride, 3:00 p.m., 38 degrees, rural Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,400 yds
Bike: 90 miles
Run: 26 miles

Video Clips One & Two: 20-foot swim, 10:00 a.m., 30 degrees (35 degrees underwater), Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,107 yds (including 7 yds outside)
Bike: 74 miles
Run: 32 miles

Photo: 20-mile single-speed ride, 3:00 p.m., 34 degrees, Robins/Toddville, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,000 yds
Bike: 76 miles
Run: 26 miles
Drear Factor: 100

Photo: 10-mile run, 8:00 a.m., -5 degrees, Decorah, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 900 yds
Bike: 48 miles (all indoors)
Run: 29 miles
Table Tennis: A couple hours in the basement