Catharsis

ca·thar·sis - (kuh-thahr-sis) -noun.
1. the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.

This has been one of those weeks. Funny, cause looking at the schedule I thought for sure it would be an easy one. It's a short week as we head into the holiday and the command made it a Freeze Week so that we could conduct safety standdowns and necessary quarterly training. Should have made things a snap. Rather droll and boring, but a snap. Well the droll and boring part was dead on, but this week was anything but a snap.

I already wrote about my frustrations on Monday. They continued and rolled right into Tuesday. The fact that it was Freeze Week meant that I really wouldn't be seeing any patients because they were all at training. So, that made things a bit boring. Boring, I can handle. The real pain in the butt part came in the afternoon. The big occasion on Tuesday was the arrival of the new CG. He came and gave a rousing speech and then went on for another meeting and the day was going to culminate in a tour of the battalion spaces. I had been told several times that he definitely intended to make a stop at physical therapy, so I made it a point to stick around. The tour was supposed to start at 1545 (3:45pm). I called home and said I probably wouldn't make it to the 4:30 CrossFit class, but hoped to make it shortly thereafter. Hmmm...famous last words. Long story short, the General made it to physical therapy right around 1840 (6:40pm). He walked around and asked a couple of questions, total of 5 minutes and he was out.

Now, I realize that it is important to stick around and meet and greet with the new head honcho. I also realize that the CG's schedule usually gets bumped around a bit. I realize all that, but it still burns my butt when I have to stick around an extra 3 hours for a seemingly meaningless 5 minute interaction. Sure, it could have been worse and yeah, sure there are others in uniform who have it much worse than I do. I'm not comparing my situation to theirs, just saying that the last couple of days sucked.

At any rate, once the CG left, I grabbed my gear and got the hell out of Dodge. If I hurried, I could still get to the gym in time to vent a little frustration. Laura was kind enough to let me hit the WOD while she was teaching the intro class. She had a nice little dose of pain served up for us that was perfect for me to experience a bit of catharsis.

Run 800m
21 Push Press 95#
21 Deadlift 185#
Run 800m
15 Push Press
15 Deadlift
Run 800m
9 Push Press
9 Deadlift

My time was 14:53 (Rx)

Thanks Laura, that was just what I needed. Now bring on the holiday weekend.


a.m. weight (didn't weigh in)

Breakfast
3 egg omelette
1 oz cheddar cheese
1 slice whole wheat lightly buttered (not the best carb choice, but damn it was tasty)
1 banana
small handfull of nuts
2 1/2 cups coffee throughout morning

a.m. snack
2/3 Think Thin Chocolate Mudslide bar

CrossFit Endurance WOD: distance covered 1.31 miles

Lunch
approx 2 block salad (cauliflower, broccoli, bell peppers, red onion)
1 can salmon (6 oz)
hearty helping Bragg Healthy Vinaigrette
1 large peach
small handful of nuts (chestnuts, walnuts, macadamia nuts)

aftenoon snack
1/3 Think Thin Chocolate Mudslide Bar

Oceanside CrossFit WOD: Time 7:43

Dinner
approx 4 oz Trader Joe's Chicken Pomodoro
Large salad (butter lettuce, purple carrots, red onion, bell peppers, heirloom tomatoes)
Yep, you guessed it, Bragg Healthy Vinaigrette
Fresh Pineapple and blueberries