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    Flashback Friday: The Kentucky Blues

    I didn’t intend for Flashback Friday to become a weekly thing, but it’s a fun, easy post. Today I have an actual story about my former life from four years…

    Posted on April 5, 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 employment football life sports weather

    Living the f*ck out of fall

    If you even half pay attention to sports, you know football in its various forms is in full swing now, which means if I were still at my old sportswriting…

    Posted on September 12, 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
    Posted in health and exercise personal experience sports

    Push it

    I did something so out of character for me this morning. I got up at 5 a.m. in order to make a triathlon training session. There previously were only two…

    Posted on June 16, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise sports

    Don’t tri so hard

    Oh, hello again weekend. It seems like you were just here. I’d say that is a good thing, but it really means I’ve discovered a new level of busy at…

    Posted on June 1, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise life sports writing exercise

    Beyond surviving

    Every time I really start getting into my triathlon training, I mean really get into it, I get this sort of athlete’s high that makes me think, ‘I love triathlons…

    Posted on May 19, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise sports

    Bruises

    I’m training for a Memorial Day sprint triathlon. Assuming all goes well, this would be my fourth tri, so I feel like I should be an old hand at this….

    Posted on May 2, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in food and drink life sports

    Weekend warrior

    As evidenced in my last post, I was already aware how a change in jobs would require me making certain adjustments. What I did not expect was not being able…

    Posted on April 9, 2012 by themoderngal
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