A day in the life of a 28-year-old Macquarie investment banker who runs around Central Park at lunch and took the world's longest flight

• Verena Cavalheiro is a New York investment-banking associate at Macquarie Capital.
• Cavalheiro recently documented her daily routine for Business Insider.

Working as a young investment banker can be a stressful grind with long hours.

Verena Cavalheiro, a 28-year-old associate in the infrastructure and energy group at Macquarie Capital, deals with this pressure by squeezing in a half-hour run in Central Park at midday.

Cavalheiro, who's based in New York City, has worked as a banker at Macquarie since 2015. She was born and raised in Brazil and attended the University of Nottingham in the UK. She now lives in the Financial District with her husband Jose. 

Here's what a typical day looks like for her.

Cavalheiro wakes up at 6:45 every morning and prepares for work. Before heading to the office, she checks her email and scans the news for deal announcements. Often, she'll make early-morning calls with colleagues in Australia, Europe, or Asia. On this day she had a call with a colleague in London.

At 8:30 Cavalheiro arrived at the office in Midtown Manhattan after a half-hour commute. She often listens to podcasts on her way in, and her recent favorites include "Up First,""Planet Money," and "The Daily." As soon as she settled in at her desk, she had breakfast (oatmeal with banana and honey and a glass of water) in the office kitchen.

At 9 she had a videoconference with coworkers from the commodities and global-markets division. They discussed a green-energy principal investment opportunity with a developer in biofuels.