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New Trend Alert: Exercise Is Destroying Marriages
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 2, 2011
Modified Feb 2, 2011
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Rupert Murdoch and his new-look Wall Street Journal aren't just trying to compete withdestroy the NYTimes in NYC-coverage—they want to prove they can develop/manufacture the same ridiculous "hard hitting" trend pieces as their nemesis. To that end, they have a story about "exercise widows" and "divorce by triathlon"—how couples are breaking up more frequently than ever over resentments about exercise routines and training schedules. "I often wonder how many lonely wives, husbands, children of triathletes are out there wondering when the insanity is going to end," writes Pete Simon, an Arizona psychologist and triathlon coach. "Exercise is getting more and more couples into my office," says Karen Gail Lewis, a Cincinnati marriage and family therapist. We can't tell you how relieved we are that our preferred form of exercise is simply writing about other people running up a bunch of stairs!
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