Greetings from New York City where the current time is 9:51pm. My body feels and thinks it is 3:51am however since I’m still very much on Europe time after spending 13 days on that time zone. You know what’s really fun though? Flying out to the Pacific Northwest tomorrow at 6am so my body can be really, really confused.
Yup, by the time I land in New York City Friday evening, I will have logged 21,000 miles in less than a week. That is insane and hard to fathom. What’s even harder to fathom is having a super, strong PR worthy 10k race on Saturday morning during the New York Road Runner’s Oakley 10K.
Instead of throwing in the towel on this race, I’m doing the opposite and revving up my system for a great race by focusing on myself this week even though I’ll be traveling. This means plenty of sleep, back on the vitamin and supplement wagon, strong but efficient workouts, stretching, and smart eating and drinking choices. It won’t always be easy but I know that a PR will feel sweeter than any late nights or 3rd glasses of wine. You see that? I’m not being silly and saying no wine, I’m saying moderation.
Here’s how I started the reset process today in between a long work day and an evening filled with both fun and tedious errands including another shellac manicure, long line at the post office, dry cleaning, and meeting with the movers (!!!?!).
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Peach Protein Oats including 1/2 c rolled oats, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp almond extract, 1 scoop Designer Whey vanilla protein powder, water, and 2/3 c peaches.
Salad #1 for lunch including mixed greens, beets, red onions, grilled chicken, egg whites, apples, tomatoes, salt & pepper, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar.
Speed workout on the treadmill is the perfect way to end a long day when torrential rains force me inside. Today I did 1/2 mile pick ups (6.2, 6.4, 6.2, 6.5, 6.2, 6.7) for a speedy 5k while jamming to Justin Timberlake, Usher, Ludacris, and Icona Pop.
Salad #2 for dinner including a large bowl of mixed greens, walnuts, tomatoes, grapes, strawberries, beets, red onions, egg, tomatoes, salt & pepper, 1/2 portion blue cheese, and light balsamic vinaigrette.
I also stuck guzzled over 64 ounces of water today and limited my caffeine to one cup of coffee around 3pm when my body and mind were both hitting a jet lag slump.
We’ll see if I can keep this up beginning tomorrow morning when I hope on a plane out west. Goal #1 is to drink at least 3 bottles of water during flight and baby my calf muscles with compression socks.
If you could fly anywhere tomorrow, free of charge, what would be your destination of choice? Mine would be New Zealand or Australia! Both countries have been top of our list for ages but are such a trek and quite expensive!
I just flew back to LA from Denver. I hate flying. I need Xanex or something, lol!!!! So I think I will answer your question that I will rephrase… If you could TELEPORT anywhere tomorrow, where would it be… I honestly would probably want to go home and visit my parents! But if they could come with me on this teleporting journey, I would want to go back to TURKEY! Absolutely stunning country!
Turkey is so amazing! I’m so glad we were there before the riots though! We want to go to Capadocia next!
New Zealand, to go to NZ wine country.
So 30th birthday trip eh
You should totally come to New Zealand, we’re really friendly 🙂 Come in February, it’s the best month weather-wise and you can do a load of day walks and wine sampling!
Love your enthusiasm! Hopefully I’ll get there soon! Maybe I’ll take Theodora!
Yum! Those salads look fantastic! I might steal those ideas 🙂
My boyfriend and I have the exact same feeling on New Zealand and Australia! We’ve always wanted to go there but it’s SO far and SO expensive. We’ve agreed it’s the perfect honeymoon spot since I might need one of those seats that turns into a bed to get all the way there!
It seems like we all have the same idea. Yes, steal the salad ideas away as I love discovering new ones from other people’s blogs too!
You are a strong beautiful woman, keep up the good work!! I also enjoy my wine (just a glass or two) and have my first marathon in 18 days….I’m wondering when you usually stop drinking prior to a race. The week before? 3 weeks before? Is one glass the night before going to be the worst decision ever?
Awwgghh that is some serious jet lag! But hopefully all the exercise can help lessen the impact.
BTW, greetings from Australia! My boyfriend and I are doing a year abroad here and enjoying it immensely. It’s a great country to visit, but a LOT bigger than you think, so plan for a lot of time to explore. So much to see and do!
New Zealand is absolutely gorgeous! I only got to spend 1 week there and not nearly enough.
Enjoy your travels!
Tried your oatmeal this morning – since I had all the ingredients (I use the same protein powder) & just wanted a breakfast change….but it didn’t taste that good 🙁 I’m sure I did something wrong! Did you combine all the ingredients together & then microwave? How much water did you use? Thanks!!
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