He likes triathlons

James Lawrence, 45-years-old and the father of five, is known as the Iron Cowboy. Every day for 100 consecutive days he has run a triathlon, which is no small feat as it consists of putting in 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of cycling and a marathon on foot, or 140.6 miles, every single day. He began this venture on March 1. He began each day at 5:30 each morning and ended around 8:45 p.m. It was a daily regimen of 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of cycling and a marathon on foot, or the equivalent of a full-distance triathlon. 

He had company. One man followed by completing 18 full-distance triathlons. Another lost 35 pounds while joining in dozens of swims, bikes and runs. A Ph.D. student in Dallas moved to Utah and did nearly 20 marathons with Lawrence.

The weather was not always friendly. In the first weeks of his program, Lawrence navigated icy late-winter roads, howling wind, snow flurries and freezing rain. By June, temperatures had soared above 90 degrees and the crowds had swelled. So had Lawrence’s lower lip. The sun and dry air had scorched it puffy, yellow and scabbed.