Endurance Athlete Faces Busy, Challenging Week

A 46-year-old Marathon County man says he is going to swim, bike and run a total of one-thousand miles across Wisconsin starting next Monday.  Chad Esker of the Town of Guenther plans to complete seven Ironman-length triathlons in seven days — totaling 984 miles — then add on another 16 miles.  The challenge is being called The Northern Soles 1000.