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KEARNEY - Brenda Skala's goals before she's 30 may mirror many people's. Try 30 new foods. Run a 5K in under 23 minutes. Learn to juggle. But one thing Skala, 29, has already conquered might not be on a lot of people's lists: Entering a national fitness and figure competition.

KEARNEY - Brenda Skala's goals before she's 30 may mirror many people's. Try 30 new foods. Run a 5K in under 23 minutes. Learn to juggle. But one thing Skala, 29, has already conquered might not be on a lot of people's lists: Entering a national fitness and figure competition.

KEARNEY - Brenda Skala's goals before she's 30 may mirror many people's. Try 30 new foods. Run a 5K in under 23 minutes. Learn to juggle. But one thing Skala, 29, has already conquered might not be on a lot of people's lists: Entering a national fitness and figure competition.

Being a single parent with two boys wasnt enough of a challenge for Norwells Karen Cole. She needed even more than her former bodybuilding hobby to keep her motor running and decided to jump into the world of competitive powerlifting. Cole won first place in her weight class at the Amateur Athletic Union Raw Nationals, held at the Bay State Athletic Club in Scituate. The win qualifies the 38 ...

In the late 1990s, Nancy Rowe was worried about diabetes. I was predisposed to it, said Rowe, 56. My mom has it, my dad has it and my uncle died from it. I wanted to take precautions and stop it. I decided it wasn't going to happen to me.