So we’ve all completed our first two weeks in the Armory, and I must say I’m very impressed by the dedication that the rookies have shown giving it all they can and the vets pushing themselves to the next level.
So what does all this mean from this point on? It means we’ve got another 3 months of the beauty that is running in a circle and pushing your body further than it thought it would in order to chase down a piece of plastic.
I guess the point I’m trying to make through all this is that the best thing you can do in order to get better is to keep coming every day and pushing yourself and everyone around you each time. The single most important thing that we’ll all discover in our time in the Armory is that everyone is in this together and I would be willing to bet that those guys who finish the cross fits first are the same guys who are there next to you urging everyone else to finish.
And the most important thing to remember throughout all this is that not finishing first isn’t like loosing. It’s unrealistic to think that we can all keep up with Kurley and McLain at the running or Lamp and Rip when it comes to the beasting portion. The most important thing to take away is that you should improve each week based on your performance previously not how by how you think you measure up to someone else.
In fact, the thing that has help me the most in my 2+ years of playing has been that I’m not the most gifted physically, or at all, out there because it has forced me to work on becoming a fundamentally sound player. Determining what it is that you can contribute from the team based on where you currently are is worth a lot more than where you’d like to be, because everyone wishes they had hollow bones and could fly but Pavan is the only one so far who has mastered that one.
The Armory is about becoming an Ultimate player that has the physical tools necessary to compete at a high level. But I would argue that this is the second most important thing to come out of the Armory. We all gain a bond from the late nights and hatred of Stupca and his crazy workouts later in the season. Without that bond we’re just a set of 7 guys out on a field looking to win a game of Frisbee.
Take our time in the Armory seriously and we’ll become more than a set of vets and rookies, we’ll be a team with a goal. And like any good team, our goal is to improve on our performance from last year, last year we made quarters at Nationals. Now it's our turn to get ourselves in the shape and mind set necessary to make a run at least that far again this year.
See you guys out there
Keenan
