Work It Out Wednesday

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I've debated about this for the last two days; whether to write about what happened in Boston or not. There has been so much TV coverage surrounding the bombing and it's all over social media and blogs too. I've found myself having to turn off the TV and avoid Twitter/FaceBook because it's too hard to constantly see/hear. However as a runner I just can't ignore what happened, I have to write something.

Firstly, I have to address some of the things I've seen on FaceBook and Twitter in regards to the significance of Monday. I know that tragedies occur everyday all over the world and that many people die all the time from horrible things but we don't walk around thinking about that every second of every day, if we did we probably couldn't live our lives. That doesn't make those tragedies any less significant than what happened on Monday, it just affected me differently I guess.

This felt a lot closer to home for me as a runner, someone tried to take something away from me and my fellow runners, something I love, something I believe in. When I was running in NYC (a month agp today) and I knew my sister was waiting for me at the finish line, I wasn't concerned for her or my safety, I didn't think much about it honestly. I've been to so many races and I've always felt safe surrounded by other runners and their families/friends on the sidelines. The finish line is such a celebratory place, a place where I've cried tears of joy and hugged people I don't even know. I can't even imagine how it felt for those who were there on Monday and my heart is with them.

Tonight my run was for Boston, 4.09 miles (or as close to as I could get) for the time on the clock when the bombs went off. It wasn't a fast one, I spent some time out there on those hills reflecting and thinking about how we will move forward: we will run, we will not stop, we are runners.

After my somber but strong run I went for my training at Equilibria. Good workout, legs, arms, core. We did a lot of planks, so I decided it's a good time to start #plankaday. I just wish I had a Bosu at home because those are the hardest:

Here are my planks for tonight:
Bosu Plank: 2:00 & 1:30
Side Plank: 0:30 x 2/each side

I finished off my workout with a spinach salad and none other than a glass of chocolate milk! I didn't even miss my usual turkey sandwich, wheat free is definitely working for me again. I'm not sure why I quit not eating it... maybe my tune will change in a couple weeks, we will see.