Skopje is the capital of Macedonia and was the last stop on my Balkans trip in July that included Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania. I really just added it in because it was cheaper to fly out of than Pristina, Kosovo, and going there would mean visiting a fourth new country on the trip. I can’t […]
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As I piled my things into a taxi outside of my hotel in Peja, Kosovo, I thought of nothing but how much I as dreading the two hour bus ride to Prizren. Even though I had been looking forward to visiting Prizren since I first read about it in my Kosovo guidebook, I had just
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I recently hit the proverbial wall – both in my training for the New York City Marathon and in life overall. A few weeks ago, I was celebrating my birthday and excited for the future. I kicked butt in the Magnificent Mile Half Marathon over Labor Day weekend and I was getting ready to go
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The sun was setting behind distant mountains when I landed in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. After a weekend in London for Wimbledon, I was kicking off my big summer adventure: two weeks in Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia. Four new countries for me in an area of Europe I have wanted to visit for
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I bought my tickets for the women’s and men’s finals of the U.S. Open back in early June – before the French Open finals even took place. I snapped them up the minute tickets went on sale to USTA members because I knew that if Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic won the French, chatter about
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Five weeks down out of a 12 week plan! Yippee! I have said it before, but I’ll say it again, I am really enjoying using a virtual training program as I prepare for the New York City Marathon on November 1. I get an email every evening reminding me of my run for the next
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I often joke that I only put up with Chicago winters in order to get to Chicago summers. Street festivals, rooftop bars, beer gardens and running along the lake front have been some of my favorite ways to spend summer weekends over the years. This summer seemed to fly by – likely because the temperatures
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Two more weeks of marathon training are in the books! I haven’t been good about writing about it because I’ve been crazy busy at work, but I have at least stuck to my training schedule (with just one small exception). So here’s how the last two weeks looked: Week 2 Monday, 8/17: A
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Four years ago today, I celebrated turning 35 by hopping on a plane and flying to Helsinki to start my year-long career break. Three years ago, I had a bit of a breakdown as I tried to celebrate my birthday in Almaty, Kazakhstan. I was freaked out about the future, feeling like I was falling
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I awoke with the sun in the shepherd’s hut in the mountain village of Doberdol, unsure if I had really slept at all. I spent the night tossing and turning and getting up to use the outhouse due to some, uh, digestive issues that had started two days earlier in Valbona. Now, I tried to
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