St. Augustine & Crossfit go Hand in Hand

Thursday, Feb. 19;

Over did it on the rower, but I'm happy about it. I also cut up my knee pretty badly with my fingernails. It's like my feminine side is clashing with my hard core side.

It's like Augustine's City of God.. the battle between "two cities." One is the earthly city (my feminine side) and the other is my spiritual city (my hard core side). According to Augustine the earthly city is base and filled with evil while the spiritual city embodies all things that are good. Basically, both sides live together in the earthly world. The evil (feminine side) is in a constant battle with the good (hard core side), but the good side (hard core) is ambivilant. The good side sees the earthly world like a holding place, until he is able to rise to the spiritual world where he will truly live.

Bringing this back to Crossfit.. is that really possible? I say yes... My finger nails (feminine side/earthly inhabitant) scratched the crap out of my knee during the rowing workout. (That's the "battle" part of my metaphor) . Despite the bloody attack, at no point did my mind or body (the spiritual side.. I know I'm stretching) stop the workout (all things that are good).

It wasn't until I went to put on my stockings and get dressed after the workout (feminine side) that I noticed the scratches. Many women would be upset at the scratch, but my bizarre (yes, I know this is a bizarre blog post) mind took over and thought. "Sweet, I had a good workout (spiritual world)."

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In case that whole entry was a confusing mess, don't worry. You'll certainly understand this...

WOD
"Interval Hell" courtesy of Super Sport

1,000 meter row
21 Front Squats (55lb)
18 lat pulls (shoulder rehab work)

750 meter row
18 Front Squats
15 lat pulls

500 meter row
15 Front Squats
12 lat pulls

250 meter row
12 Front Squats
9 lat pulls

Do my times really matter at this point??