First time back at Q in ages since being on IR then Marathon training.  I had plans for the PAX that included a full body overhaul… along with running.

The Thang

Mosey to HD Lot
COP (Merkins, Windmills, Potato Pickers, etc)

4 Corners

• 5 Round the world Squats
• 10 Squat Jacks
• 15 Monkey Humpers
• Plank to 6

Repeat with Double Counts

Line up for Rugby Drill Suicides across two lanes of parking

• Flutter
• LBC
• Merkins
• Grave Digger L
• Grave Digger R

Mosey Between HD and Target

• Elbow Plank Suicides
• Peoples Chair Suicides
• Elbow Plank Suicides

Mosey to Fountain for Fartlek Pyramid around the loop

• 1 minute sprint pace, 1 minute recovery run
• 2 minute sprint pace, 2 minute recovery run
• 3 minute sprint pace, 3 minute recovery run
• 2 minute sprint pace, 2 minute recovery run
• 1 minute sprint pace, 1 minute recovery run

Mosey to COT.

NMM

I could probably write a few more thousand words here.  I was placed on the IR around June last year due to a wrist injury, which led to BRR training, which eventually led to Marathon training.  This was the first Q I’ve had in ages that wasn’t a running workout…. so i made it a mixed running workout, even though the PAX that showed for Boot Camp weren’t self labelled “runners”.

Regarding the title, I’ve been reading and thinking a lot about specialization and how easy it is to get into a rut with our fitness.  In the end (at least for the moment), I’ve come to align with something I first read in Natural Born Heroes, and then from MovNat (thanks DaVinci) which is summarized in this AoM podcast.  The main idea is we should be “Fit to Be Useful”.

I can’t think of a single person that needs me to run 26.2 miles for them, but I can easily think of a friend who needs a strong back and good endurance to help unload something from a truck or fix something in the home.  We should be out here getting fit to help one another, not to look good in a bathing suit or set a marathon PR.  There’s nothing wrong with those things, but they are fleeting objectives.  The end goal should be that I want to be fit to be of service, whatever that looks like.  In retrospect, this aligns pretty much with Dredd’s summary of 3S2T.  I need to be ready to help when help is needed.

Honor to Serve.