September 30th
Another 'supposed' to early morning. This time my alarm was set wrong. I woke up at 6:30 am, 30 minutes away from the start time of a run in Central Park. So back to bed I went. This day was not lost though, I went out for my long run.



The way my nike+ has been calculating - this run was most likely 14 miles.

September 29th
I was supposed to wake up and do the 5th Avenue Mile run, but again - I felt like shit. This lasted most of the day. I slept until about noon, went back to bed around 5, woke up at 9, back in bed at 11pm.


September 28th
Felt better, decided to get a run in.



September 27th
I did not sleep well, or wake up feeling great. I opted out of running and decided to Xtrain when I got home if I felt better.
60 Mins on the elliptical


September 26th
I went out for a run, but started feeling really sick, nauseous and overheating. So I stopped after 1.5 miles.

September 25th
7-8 miles

30 Minutes Xtrain on elliptical.


September 23rd
Queens Half Marathon
I did not set my alarm right, so I woke up at 5:20am instead of 5:00am. What did this mean? I did not have a chance to sit and poop at home or eat. AVM drove me to Dunkin Donuts to get a bagel, this took too long because there are crazy people who walk up to drive through windows. I got to the Starting area around 6:20, I still had to register/pay. I had my bags checked and I was ready to go by 6:30 so I went got in line for the bathroom, but they did not have enough and the line was long. The race started and I was till in line. The NYRR people were threatening to shut the start down. "One Minute." I got a chance to pee, then I ran to the start line. I felt strong through out the race, I concentrated on my stride and breathing. I hit mile 6 and felt a need to poop, but decided to see if I could focus that feeling away. Mile 8 came and I had to stop. I got in line for the bathroom, 10 minutes later I finally took a huge shit. I cooled down a lot in this 10 minutes, I was getting cold as my body heat cooled, and it felt like it took a couple miles to get back in the groove.

Unofficially (pausing my Nike+ for the shit break) - 2 Hours 3 Minutes 12 seconds.
Pace 9:24 a minute

Official Road Runners time (including shit time): 2:13:04 - 10:09 pace.



September 22nd
I woke up late. It was raining and I was running a 1/2 marathon the next day, so I decided to Cross Train, but the batteries on my elliptical were dead. So I just watched TV, went to a movie, ate yummy pasta, had ice cream, went to bed.

September 21st
I got home from work around 9pm and made myself workout. Xtraining for 45 minutes. Then I drove into the city at 12:30am for a party, drank 2 glasses of Ginger Ale, got home around 5:30am.


September 20th
I'm a lazy fuck.


September 19th
3-4 Miles



September 18th
7-8 Miles


September 17th
I arrived home to Queens late Sunday night, so I slept in a bit too long on. So I had a lazy day of nothing.


September 16th
I was running around a lot to get stuff done for my mom. I took a rest day so my IT could relax.


September 15th
My mom was feeling much better, and felt safe if I left for a couple of hours to go for my long run. I ran on a trail that used to be the home to railroad tracks, then to the mall. The trail is about 3 miles long, and had lots of rocks, which I a believe caused my IT band to start to hurt. I was also wearing my fuel belt to stay hydrated with water and gatorade. My diet the past few days was also not my usual diet, I was enjoying too many WaWa shortie hoagies.

Long story short I had to take a shit in on the Trail during my run.

Twice.

Not a fun run, but I ran. Nike + messed up with I paused too long to take a dump.





September 14th
I went to get my mom at the Hospital around 10:30, she was getting instructions from a physical therapist, she asked me to watch so I could help her the next few days. The day was pretty exhausting, I feared falling asleep at home in case my mom needed me. I used today as a rest day.

September 13th
I drove home to PA, pulling into the driveway around 3:30 AM. My mom was having surgery on her shoulder, so I came home to help her for a few days while she recovered. She was supposed to come home today, but the Surgeon had to cut her open instead of repairing things via three tiny holes. I didn't know when I would get the call to pick her up, or that she was staying. I finally got ahold of my mom and she asked me to come visit her at the hospital, but not until after rush hour. My mom hates driving during rush hour and will plan things around it, and she does her best to keep me from driving during these times.

So I went for my run.




September 12

Sad Day. Rainy Day. Slow Day.
7.05 Miles
9:57 Pace.

Nike + was acting weird - not sure if the battery is going or what - but at one point it told me my pace was 16 minutes. I was running hard at the time.



September 10
60 Minutes Elliptical

Long Run.

11.5 Miles
1 Hour 50 Minutes 35 seconds
9:36 pace

Nike+ info below (slightly off on distance).

Usually there is a rest day before a long run, but I f'd that up by getting drunk on Thursday, and I also got drunk last night. Ooooops. So today I did 30 minutes on the elliptical, tomorrow I shall run, run so far away.


September 7th
6 miles



September 6
Had intentions of running when I got home from work, but I wound up at a bar and took full advantage of the bar. So today was a rest day as prescribed by Bill W.

I've been tooling around with my pre-run meal. So far Oatmeal has been okay, Cliff Bar was pretty decent, and as yesterday and this morning tells me, Cereal sucks balls. I was very tired and even felt like I was going to pass out at one point during this tiny 3 mile run.

September 3
50 Minutes on the elliptical

Friday I planned on leaving work early so I could get my Long run in Friday night, something came up last minute - so I wound up just hitting the elliptical for 30 minutes and then heading back into the city, not returning until well after 2:30am. Saturday I spent the day in Jersey with Family. I destroyed my 7 year old cousin and 5 year old nephew at a round of 3 person baseball.

Today I got back on the road and did 9.44 miles. My leg started to hurt a bit at one point, I just made sure I stretched when I stopped for water at the water fountains and I ended the run pain free.

My Nike+ ended my workout early again, so I have 2 records which are really one long workout. I guess I took too much time a the water fountain downing my Cliff Shot.





I burned over 1000 calories. Yummmmmmm.