Where's Ken? Iron Man Wisconsin!

 Ken Nail, who co-founded this blog with me, has moved on to better things. His own blog, Milestones, chronicles his development as a runner and triathlete. Today Ken left for Madison, Wisconsin to compete in an Iron Man Triathlon.

This past Sunday, Dave Coverly's comic Speed Bump had (I thought) was particularly relevant (click image to enlarge).

Ken's comment? "A disc wheel would probably help." I think he's been training a little too hard...

The following day Stephen Pastis' Pearls Before Swine had this sequence:

 Ken admitted it wasn't far off from his mindset when he's in the zone. And after several months of a carefully planned training regimen, he's been in the zone quite a bit, He's taken this challenge seriously, and rigorously prepared for it.

So good luck to "K" this weekend. Dropping those two extra letters just might make all the difference.