COEUR d'ALENE - On his way to the second of three races last Saturday, Kjell Schiberg told the race sponsor he would likely be speeding to get there, so don't cite him.

The sponsor of the Leashes and Laces 5K fun run was the Post Falls Police Department - exactly the type with the authority to write such a ticket.

I thought it was funny, said Schiberg, 35, of the email he sent the boys in blue when he registered for their race, alerting them he would be the one burning rubber right up to the starting line. But I don't know if they did.

The hurry was because of Hauser Lake, specifically the Watershed Coalition's 10K Ice Breaker Run.

It started an hour before. Schiberg - originally from Hamburg, Germany, now living in Coeur d'Alene - clocked 36 minutes in that race, good enough for a fourth place finish.

It also meant he had 24 minutes to get to the Greyhound Park and Event Center in Post Falls, site of the second run, around 8 miles away, which started at 11 a.m.

Traffic, signals, and things of that nature to consider, of course.

I was trying to stay very close to the speed limit, Schiberg said seriously, but added that he came flying to the starting line with five minutes to spare.

Waiting for Schiberg in his car during the Hauser Lake run was his border collie lab mix, named Indiana Jones.

Leashes and Laces, a benefit event for the police K-9 unit, was reserved for dogs, so out the pup came and the two knocked down an 18-minute race, taking second overall.

First place could have been possible, but Indiana Jones doesn't like to be out front so that could have slowed her.

She likes to be in the crowd with the other dogs, Schiberg said.

A trio of races happened to line up on April 7, and Schiberg, after reading about it in The Press, decided to go for the racing cycle. He's training for his 21st Ironman, and the unique opportunity of a mad day of racing - and racing to each run - intrigued him.

"The third one was actually the hardest," he said.

Hard because he had time to stiffen.

The starting gun for the third annual Marty Smalley Organ Donation Awareness 5K was late afternoon, and after pounding out two quick runs by 11:30 a.m., his body was a board by the time he lined up for the finale at 3 p.m.

"I would have been good to go for a bike ride (between races) but the weather was not inviting," he said.

Schiberg was actually a professional Ironman for four years. The 35-year-old met his Coeur d'Alene bride during his pro days at the carbo-feed right before race day in 2007. Still, the day was a mix of rain and wind, so instead of cycling he helped around the house.

"I hung some art, did some decorations, ate some lunch, hung out with the wife," he said.

Then he finished first on the final 5K - without Indiana Jones, who was left at home.

"Everyone is joking at work that I needed to warm up," he said of his co-workers at the Benewah Wellness and Medical Center in Plummer.

As for hitting another trifecta should the three races remain on the same day, Schiberg said he would do it again. The three-in-one aspect is a unique opportunity that other racers might want to join, too. But it's not easy.

A full day of racing, and in the wind and rain, to boot.

"I like to suffer," he said. "I like when it hurts sometimes."