{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftake-it-from-the-iron-woman-trailer.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-252-ilene-2rt_y594","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep. 352 - Ilene Mack-Zaghloul - Training for the Boston Marathon","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d23eb322-464f-4a16-bb27-70fe974a605f/3a39ceaf-5fd2-4891-a956-20d5b8ba55cf/ilene.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Hi Susanne! I believe you want to talk about my travels, so here goes: I’m native to Fairfield, CT. Unlike NH, where I live now, we were known as “jet setters”. Not just the area I lived in, fueled my love of travel. My Dad and Aunt subscribed to National Geographic, when it was still paper only. I remember picking up NG and seeing all of the far away places that I wanted to go to. Siam was at the top of the list (still haven’t made it).\n\nAs an adult, I first traveled the US. (I’ve been to all 50 states, and then went back to 10 more to complete marathons). While divorced from my first husband, I would leave my children with Nannie’s, and fly to different states. I had some great adventures, because rarely did I rent a car, but instead, I hired a Native-to-the-state taxi driver to show me around (I got to see Leavenworth prison this way)\n\nOne man that I dated, took me on a private cruise ship (only 22 people). He took me to Europe, so hence my world adventures began \n\nMy second husband is from Egypt, so I have been there twice\n\nMore recently, my friend Martha and I have been traveling. My favorite country that I have been to with her is Iceland and second favorite Greece.\n\nIn total, I have been to 13 countries; some alone, some with the man I dated, and some with Martha \n\nI tell people that “Travel “ is my middle name, and even with college degrees, it has been my best source of education!"}