Photo: 5k Turkey Trot, 8:30 a.m., 25 degrees, Minneapolis, MN

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,700 yds (ytd 138,550 yds.)
Bike: 67 miles (ytd 5,466 mi.)
Run: 24 miles (ytd 1,181 mi.)

Photo: 3-hour single-speed ride, 8:00 a.m., 25 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,200 yds (ytd 135,850 yds.)
Bike: 84 miles (ytd 5,399 mi.)
Run: 22 miles (ytd 1,157 mi.)

SAY IT AIN'T SnOw

Photo: 6-mile run, 15-mile ride, 8:00 a.m., 30 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,700 yds (ytd 134,650 yds.)
Bike: 94 miles (ytd 5,315 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 1,135 mi.)

Photo: Winnnnnnnnnndy 3-hour single-speed ride, 9:00 a.m., 30 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,500 yds (ytd 131,950 yds.)
Bike: 103 miles (ytd 5,221 mi.)
Run: 19 miles (ytd 1,112 mi.)

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow... but all at once?

Photo: 49-mile single-speed ride with the birthday boyz, 9:00 a.m., 45 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,500 yds (ytd 130,450 yds.)
Bike: 130 miles (ytd 5,118 mi.)
Run: 10 miles (ytd 1,093 mi.)

The road MUCH less traveled.

Photo: windy 26-mile single-speed ride, 2-mile run, 8:00 a.m., 40 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,700 yds (ytd 128,950 yds.)
Bike: 111 miles (ytd 4,988 mi.)
Run: 12 miles (ytd 1,083 mi.)

Photo: 15-mile single-speed ride, 2-mile run, 8:00 a.m., 40 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 126,250 yds.)
Bike: 63 miles (ytd 4,877 mi.)
Run: 6 miles

Home sweet home

Photo: pre-walk, 7:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Las Vegas, NV

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,600 yds (ytd 126,250 yds.)
Bike: 114 miles (ytd 4,814 mi.)
Walk: 10 miles

Photo: 45-mile road ride, 9:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 1,000 yds (ytd 123,650 yds.)
Bike: 118 miles (ytd 4,700 mi.)
Walk: 19 miles

Photo: 60-mile road ride, 10:00 a.m., 70 degrees, Marion, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 122,650 yds.)
Bike: 161 miles (ytd 4,582 mi.)
Walk: 12 miles

Big Al takes one for the team.

Photo: 2-hour single-speed ride, 10:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Decorah, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,000 yds (ytd 122,650 yds.)
Bike: 130 miles (ytd 4,421 mi.)
Walk: 12 miles

Photo: drizzly 3-hour single-speed ride, 7:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Linn County, IA

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 119,650 yds.)
Bike: 111 miles (ytd 4,291 mi.)
Walk: 10 miles

Recovery.

Photo: pre-race, Burrito Union 10-Hour Triathlon, 7:00 a.m., 50 degrees, Pattison State Park, Superior, WI

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,500 yds (ytd 119,650 yds.)
Bike: 144 miles (ytd 4,180 mi.)
Run: 24 miles (ytd 1,065 mi.)

Before the deluge.

Photo: 5-mile run, 5:30 a.m., 50 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,200 yds (ytd 115,150 yds.)
Bike: 131 miles (ytd 4,036 mi.)
Run: 27 miles (ytd 1,041 mi.)

Is it possible to taper if one hasn't done any work?

Photo: 1,000-meter swim, 2-mile run, 11-mile ride, 2-mile run, 11-mile ride, 2-mile run, 11-mile ride, 2-mile run, 11-mile ride, 5:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 4,100 yds (ytd 111,950 yds.)
Bike: 119 miles (ytd 3,905 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 1,014 mi.)

Brick by brick.

Photo: 11-mile run, 14-mile ride, 7:30 a.m., 60 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 2,200 yds (ytd 107,850 yds.)
Bike: 142 miles (ytd 3,786 mi.)
Run: 30 miles (ytd 983 mi.)

Iowa revisited.

Photo: 2-mile run, 35-mile bike, 8:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Linn County, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 5,200 yds (ytd 105,650 yds.)
Bike: 109 miles (ytd 3,644 mi.)
Run: 31 miles (ytd 953 mi.)

Iowa.

Photo: 3-mile run, 77-mile bike, 2-mile run, 5:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Marion, Iowa

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,700 yds (ytd 100,450 yds.)
Bike: 144 miles (ytd 3,535 mi.)
Run: 19 miles (ytd 922 mi.)

And so it begins.

Photo: Hike-a-bike with the single speed, 8:00 a.m., 45 degrees, Vail, Colorado

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 0 yds (ytd 96,750 yds.)
Bike: 144 miles (ytd 3,391 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 903 mi.)
Hike: A lot

Copper Mountain to Vail Pass to Wilder Gulch to Ptarmigan Pass to... WOW

Photo: 14-mile run, 9:00 a.m., 60 degrees, Vail, Colorado

Weekly activity log:
Swim: 3,800 yds (ytd 96,750 yds.)
Bike: 86 miles (ytd 3,247 mi.)
Run: 23 miles (ytd 880 mi.)

Up, up and away... and a gasp... and a wheeze.