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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As I write this, the New York City Marathon is just 74 days away!! I restarted my training last week and so far I am pretty excited about it. To keep myself going, I invested in the New York Road Runners Virtual Training program. For just $49.99, I entered a bunch of info about my
Week One of Marathon Training – Again! Read More »
Remember when I said I was going to journal my training for the New York City Marathon this fall? Remember when I wrote a post about my first week of training and then kind of never got around to writing a second post? Yeah, so things got a little off track. Back in June, I
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Monday marked the start of my official marathon training for this fall’s New York City Marathon! This will be my 7th marathon overall, but possibly one of my hardest, given my injury issues over the past year. I will also be raising money to support buildOn and the great work they do to build schools
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When I ran my first marathon back in 2008, I raised money for the American Cancer Society and trained with their training program. I did so because I felt like I needed the support of a group training program to get through my first marathon and because the American Cancer Society meant a lot to
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I wasn’t even two weeks in to my year-long career break trip when the news came through my Facebook feed with little warning: a friend from law school had passed away suddenly. He was a year behind me and while we were friends in school, we had lost touch since graduation, only reconnecting through Facebook.
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Those of you who follow me on Facebook or Twitter likely saw back in February that I was featured in the Chicago Reader’s Valentines’ Day edition as one of Chicago’s most eligible singles. I’ve gotten quite a few questions about what happened afterwards, so I thought I’d share here how it all went down. After
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According to many people out there, the world is a really scary place. And it’s so scary for women that we would just be better served to stay at home, let alone travel anywhere on our own. And actually, according to this article, a lot of places are really scary for Americans too – including
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It is almost overwhelming how my travel plans are shaping up for this year. It is still only February and I have already been to Washington, D.C., San Diego and Los Angeles in 2015 – and I’m heading to San Francisco this weekend. I spent the first weekend in January in D.C. to speak
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