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    Patience

    I absolutely love this time of year. I love the sense of a new beginning, even a calendar-driven one. I love how the current starkness and coldness of nature provides…

    Posted on January 2, 2014 by themoderngal
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    Posted in art budgeting and finance health and exercise

    Austerity August

    Money … … amirite? An anniversary, two birthdays, a reworked knee (and physical therapy’d) knee or a culinary tour of New York could all find ways to wreak havoc on…

    Posted on August 7, 2013 by themoderngal
    Posted in food and drink health and exercise life marriage

    Tackling one tree and banana oat bar at a time

    My word of the year is embrace, as in, embrace the craziness that life launches at me. It’s almost funny just how much craziness the Universe has dealt me so…

    Posted on May 12, 2013 by themoderngal
    Posted in current events health and exercise

    Disconnecting

    When things like yesterday’s bombings in Boston or the shootings in Newtown happen, I go to this weird place of emotional detachment and just observe everything that’s happening around me….

    Posted on April 16, 2013 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise home life religion and faith

    A week in the life of an exhausted adult-like person

    Because I don’t have time to break down each of these bits into separate, thoughtful posts, some stream-of-consciousness: Monday night, the Modern Love Machine and I joined a few of…

    Posted on March 28, 2013 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise personal experience sports

    Two steps forward … or not at all

    As a sportswriter, I often had to write about athletes getting injured and their recoveries. Injuries to the legs, knees, ankles and feet usually were the worst, because of their…

    Posted on March 5, 2013 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise personal experience

    Booted

    I’ve mentioned this before, but perhaps the biggest adjustment in switching from a nights-and-weekends work schedule to a Monday-thru-Friday, 9-to-5 schedule has been learning how to properly pace myself. Now…

    Posted on December 13, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise personal experience weight loss

    Getting the Boulder Rolling Again

    The Modern Love Machine warned me after I wrapped up triathlon training two months ago not to rest too long on my laurels. ‘You don’t want to have to start…

    Posted on October 28, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise life list sports

    Bona fide

    My fear in advance of my first Olympic triathlon was never that I wouldn’t finish. I would find a way to will myself to that finish line. My fear was…

    Posted on August 28, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise sports

    Redefining hard and impossible

    The big, bad triathlon I’ve been training for for the past 12 weeks is upon me. Tomorrow I pick up the race packet. Friday I rest. Saturday I race. Training…

    Posted on August 22, 2012 by themoderngal
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