Fast Lines, Slow Curves: When Going Slow Gets You Passed...
Min...
“A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”
The wall doesn't get any softer the easier you hit. It doesn't even hit back, it just stops. It promotes a very real, very right now, and usually much needed change of direction that we all need. Sometimes we just choose to get there too slow.
Sometimes you're just driving along with the speedometer ever increasing, your sight line ever lengthening, and your gaze ever widening. The faster you go, the more everything around in clear sight begins to move slower. Time seems to pause as you focus on the only thing in front of you that's visible...a straight, clear, path.
Inevitably paths end. Darkness impairs vision. Straight breaks. Curves happen. Curves are inevitable. There is no path that maintains forever, there must always be a change in direction that gets you to your destination. If you're totally fine with getting a speeding ticket when everything is peachy keen on a straight away, but recoil at the sight of every corner to the point that whatever is behind you smashes your ass, or worse yet passes you, then you're trying to make a curve a straight line. The more you fight crooked straight, the more you lose.
Hurry Up To Wait:
It's either when I'm carted around by another driver like a two-year old, or when I am unlucky enough to be around traffic that I really take notice of the incessant number of motorists who will race ahead of everyone else. Who seem to have no clue of everything around them. Who are irritated with every speed limit, and who seem to bring the whole %^#$ing world to a halt. A halt right when "they" hit a curve. They're straight mindlessly, curved fearfully.
The number of individuals speeding to the curves of life faster and faster, just to pull off to the shoulder and survey the inevitable scene, trying to tip-toe around it, grows daily. It seems fear of life's curves becomes the first true epidemic. #$&* overeating, and getting fat...that's a symptom. And we medicate that symptom because we instinctually crave challenges. We're bred to fight. To succeed.
But while we mindlessly race to our next curve because something unexplainable inside us is begging us to, some of us draw to a screeching halt, regardless of our prior speed, with no respect to the conga line in the rear.
On Track, Loose:
Running without wind and hills is clearly less difficult than running in the Rockies. Peering through the windshield during the sunny times of life when everything passes smoothly doesn't make greatness. It makes normal. And normal is the enemy to great. Great has curves. Exemplary has even more, and puts us into the wall from time to time, but better to slam head-on into a life changing curve than to meander through every beautiful event, or, worse yet, turn around and go back from where we came.
Curves of life are slower, difficult, and rewarding. There are negotiable in the sense that you must pick when to turn that wheel, but they are still unavoidable, and the slower and less painfully you try to get through them the more they chew you up.
It's only when we view that curvy change of direction as something we need to take with more caution than the straight away...though with no less intensity...that can we be redeemed with its full reward. Otherwise you're just the asshole going fast to wait, moving quickly and getting nowhere, pissing everyone off behind you. Eventually, you'll get passed.
Strength:
Rest
For Time:
"Chief"
3-Power Cleans 85/135
6-Push-ups
9-Squats
AMRAP 3 Minutes
5 Rounds/1 Minute Recovery Between Rounds
Post rounds to comments.
JB - questions on the DCOC challenge points:
1. Are the Paleo and Measured Paleo points additive? I.e., I do measured Paleo all the way - is that +2 points per day, or it is the +1 for Paleo plus the +2 for Measured Paleo for a total of +3 points per day?
2. What exactly is restaurant Paleo? Is that if you eat out but stick with Paleo? And, is that additive also? The note seems to indicate that, but I wanted to double-check
Thanks!!
Posted by: Dana | May 24, 2011 at 09:52 PM
22rds
strong & beautiful pic Min!
Posted by: Mo | May 25, 2011 at 06:18 AM
Thx Mo :) too bad there's not more than 55 lbs on the bar ;)
Posted by: Min | May 25, 2011 at 07:39 AM
Way to kill it this morning Mitchell and Monica!!! All I could see is Mitchell on her 3rd round by the time I was done with my 1st round of hang power cleans;)
Chasity you were right I did PR this WOD using rx weight=)
15rds PR
Posted by: Renee | May 25, 2011 at 07:58 AM
28 PR
Posted by: runmelrun | May 25, 2011 at 08:14 AM
5am - way to go! There were alot of PR's.
PJ keep up the good work! And good to see you again.
14rds(m)
Posted by: vicki | May 25, 2011 at 08:35 AM
15 rds (m) PR
Thanks for the help JB, I'll get that motion down sooner or later..
Posted by: PJ | May 25, 2011 at 08:36 AM
Thanks Vicki good to see u 2
Posted by: PJ | May 25, 2011 at 08:55 AM
Dana
1, yes add em
2. yes paleo when out to eat, and yes add em....
Posted by: jb | May 25, 2011 at 09:25 AM
Justin nice run after doing Cheif. Always great to workout with ya.
Pj nice work man keep it up.
NoMoPBnJ 22 rds Nice!!
Mitchell your a beast
Posted by: #10 | May 25, 2011 at 12:26 PM
18 rnds for Chief
Chief and I had a long conversation after the wod and we've decided to enter couples' therapy. We've just never really gotten along and it's way past time to make amends. Unfortunately, our therapist informed me that I'm the one who has to do the changing... Chief is set in his ways and he's correct. Piss.
(This means I'll be working on my push ups.)
5 AM - You guys were a bunch of killers today! GREAT job!
Runners - Again, great times on our initial time trials. Keep that form work in every run you do. If you fall out of it, go back to drills to reset.
Nooners - Good class today, guys. Enjoyed my time with you, as always. :-)
Posted by: Bonnie Mac | May 25, 2011 at 01:53 PM
14 rounds!! PR:)
Posted by: Lori | May 25, 2011 at 05:45 PM
18 rounds no (m) Yeah!
Posted by: Dana | May 25, 2011 at 07:16 PM
PR duh!
Posted by: Dana | May 25, 2011 at 07:17 PM
11:21 1 1/2 mile TT
3 mile treadmill run 24:31
Thanks for all the hard 2 mile runs this week Shelby. Much appreciated to have someone to train with.
Ready for the Warrior dash!!!!! Down 14 lbs.
Posted by: Gym, Tan, Franchaundry | May 25, 2011 at 07:22 PM
11 rounds
(m) for push ups
Back to 5am tomorrow, great job Mitchell and Mo...sorry to have missed it :)
Posted by: Shelly | May 25, 2011 at 07:26 PM
First time with the Chief-
5/4/4/4/4= 21 rounds.
1.5 mile TT- 11:50.
Posted by: NP | May 25, 2011 at 08:01 PM
14 rds (m) 30lb hang clean, pushups for 2 rds, then supine row.
Posted by: Mindy | May 25, 2011 at 08:51 PM
13 rds pr
Posted by: JN | May 25, 2011 at 08:58 PM
First time for Chief...
Did 85lbs for the first 2 minutes...then went to 75lbs...I need to work on speed and I was going too slow plus form--giving myself a year to get my form and speed down...
13 Rounds (m)
So far...Annie, you are my least favorite...sorry..maybe the sun will come out tomorrow for us Annie...
Posted by: Cindy Lou | May 25, 2011 at 10:15 PM
19 Rds chief-pr
13:03 for 1.5 mile run
Posted by: kara mikolajewski | May 25, 2011 at 11:31 PM
23 rds
Posted by: Rachael | May 26, 2011 at 08:57 AM
15 rounds PR
Posted by: Dave | May 26, 2011 at 09:14 AM
24 rds PR
Posted by: Jen D | May 26, 2011 at 12:08 PM