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Day 9-13 Hijacked By Work

Day 9

• Ran 1.5 miles
• 4 cups of coffee

Day 10

• Ran 1.5 miles
• 4 cups of coffee

Day 11

• Ran 1.5 miles
• 3 cups of coffee

Day 12

• Ran 1.5 miles
• 3 cups of coffee

Day 13

• Ran 3 miles
• 2 cups of coffee

CRAZY!!  I was basically hijaked by work for five days.  It was all I could do to grab Newman and run out the door to keep my streak going.  However, I did manage to maintain it.  On my worst day, I did a midnight run.  Typically those are saved for New Years Eve.  Oh well.  Hopefully I can get this all under control and have a smoother training week coming up.

DAY 8 - Coffee, Tired, Sleep, Coffee, Tired...

• 4 cups of cofee
• 11 miles run

Wow.  I'm tired.  So tired that  I don't have much to say today.  My ipod keeps dying.  That's a bummer.  I only got 4 Eminem songs before my device bit it a couple miles in.

 

DAY 7 - KETTLE CORN IS NOT FUEL

• 1 cup of coffee
• 6 miles of treadmill

So I went to do my long run yesterday but had a blood sugar crash about 5 miles in.  I got cold, dizzy and weak.  Despite eating two meals and hydrating beforehand I messed up my nutrition somehow.  I guess I'll have to blame the kettle corn.  It's the last thing I ate before I walked out the door.  So, I finished 6 and dragged myself home in a cold sweat.  Darn you kettle corn.  We'll see the long run DAY 8. 

NSQ - as my only follower you sure are demanding.

Day 6 - Being a Media Darling

• 2 cups of coffee, 1 Mountain Dew
• A lot of stairs and 1.5 miles with Milton

Today my day began a lot like Justin Beber's day.  I woke up late and exhausted from a late night working.  I had to rush to get ready because I was due at a photo shoot at one.  It was only the New York Times, but I thought I should be on time. Last week I had turned down CNN and I didn't want to ruin all my media relations.  I took the F train to the 63rd stop and did about 20 stair repeats for the photographer.  Less than 30 minutes of work.  Then, I headed home. Later I took Newman for a short run.  No paparazzi, just a lot of cold wind.   If you're wondering if I ever do normal, quality runs you'll see one from me tomorrow -- I checked with my assistant.

DAY 5 - No Swimming Today

•  3 cups of coffee, 1 Mountain Dew
•  4 commuting miles

So, despite not getting much sleep I woke up today on time and looking foward to master swim.  I drank my 4:45 cup of coffee and headed out for my two mile commute there.  When I arrived, however, I was told that the pool was broken.  Hmm...broken.  Okay.  Fine.  With that I turned around and headed 2 miles back home.  No swimming today.  There have been a few questions passed to me since I started this blog.  One question I recieved was if cafenated products that aren't coffee count.  Yes.  The point of all this is reducing my cafeine intake.  So, I will report them too - this was illustrated in today's count above.  Mountain Dew has a lot of caffeine.

DAY 4 - Interference

• 4 Cups of Coffee  
• 1.5 Commuting Miles

The MTA made is extremely difficult for me today.  My commute home was delayed by more than an hour -  sick passenger.  So I only got to do maintence miles again.  Newman and I ran around the neighborhood at about midnight.  Thanks F train. 

 

 

 

DAY 3 - MISSING COFFEE AND MY SPEEDWORK

• 3 Cups of Coffee
• 4 Commuting miles run

Missed my rescheduled speed workout.  I had master swim before work and ran 4 miles commuting to swim.   All my coffee happened in the morning which left me hurting into my late work night.  By the time I got home around 9pm I could barely walk I was so exhausted.  I passed out and slept through the dogs wrecking my apartment.  So this coffee experiment is proving dangerous.

 

 

 

 

DAY 2 - Too Much Work, Too Little Coffee

• 4 cups of coffee
• 1.5 miles (with Newman)

So I was supposed to do a team run today but I got kidnapped by work.  This happens a lot.  It's 5:30 PM, I've got one arm in my coat and then BAM! it's 10PM and I'm still in New Jersey.  So, I have to move the quality run to tomorrow.  To keep the streak, Newman and I did 1.5 miles around the neighborhood in the dark.  That's his longest run to date.  I've run longer before.  I'm already dreading trying to keep the coffee at 3 cups tomorrow.   I have to get up at 4:30 for master swim and then I have an entire day after that and my rescheduled run at the end.  I'm going to miss that extra coffee.

DAY 1 - Half Caffed Run

 

• 3 CUPS OF COFFEE (I'm tapering)
• 5 MILES (4 mile run + 1 mile dog run)

Run was fun.  I really missed my afternoon coffee though.  Newman really liked the 1 mile run this evening after training class.  He's demanding more miles but I don't want to do too much with him too soon.  I like running with Newman because he smiles when he runs...so do I.  We're obviously soul mates.

A Very Special Journey

Dear Friends,

Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I will be embarking on two new very special changes in my life.  One fills me excitement and the anticipation of success.  The other fills me with great fear and uncertainty.  The first task, my dear friends, is another go at the old running streak.  I was reminded recently that I hadn't attempted it in at least four months.   High time.  The second item, I'm sorry to say, is a sharp reduction in my consumption of caffeinated products - namely coffee.  I will be moving from a reasonable 8 cups per day to a measly 2 cups per day.  If my vitals hold and I'm not killed by the withdrawal or misery, I expect a positive effect on my overall health.   Until my next update. 

Forever Yours - Emily