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| My first pet (that wasn't imaginary) was a cat. When I was about 7 years old, friends of the family brought over a new litter of kittens in search of a good home. They were frisky and fuzzy, and with their little claws of needles, they scurried up our... more... |
| To cultivate my inner musician, my mom arranged for weekly piano lessons after school. She was a terrific piano player, and I was excited to learn so we could sit side-by-side on the piano bench and play show tunes together. I thought I was pretty good... | |
| One of the keys to a successful training schedule is flexibility. By allowing yourself the freedom to switch, move, substitute, or cancel a scheduled workout eases the mental load of an otherwise rigid routine. Being overloaded at work or just plain... | |
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will dedicate a new national conservation area and wilderness area in western Colorado. The ceremony will be Wednesday near Grand Junction. |
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I'm no stranger to not winning the lottery, so it shouldn't have been a surprise when I received the “Thank you, but unfortunately…” reject-o-gram from the New York City Marathon. I can't feel too dismissed, however; it was, after all,... |
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Visiting the majestic Colorado National Monument just got cheaper, if that’s possible. |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service is looking to stimulate summer vacations at national parks. | |
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GATEWAY, Colo. — Somewhere around mile 9 or 10, I began to figure out why there were only 40 of us at the start of the race that morning. This was one hard race. |
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With Memorial Day around the corner, there’s a fresh springtime energy that is heard through open windows and felt in the warm air; an excitement and eagerness that can mean only one thing: the last week of school. |
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — My family moved to Colorado in the early ’70s; we migrated from the Midwest with my parents’ dreams of day hiking through wildflowers and swooshing through fresh powder. We traded humidity in the big city for clean, crisp air in... |
| PALISADE, Colo. — The Grand Valley Marathon, 1/2 Marathon, 10K and 5K happen Saturday, May 9. The races were designed to work in conjunction with the Palisade Bike Classic to encourage the whole family to come and participate in a great day of activity,... | |
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I joined my first gym when I was 28. For the first time in 10 years I had a job that did not involve quickly transporting food on a big tray or moving packages from a conveyor belt into a fleet of brown trucks. With my new job, my activity level, time... |
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When I was 6 years old, I wanted to be 7. I ached to be in the first grade; it meant lining up on the “big kid” side of the playground doors, being in school all day long, and no one could address my friends or me as a “kindergarten baby, born in the... |
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