My favorite is Modern Pentathlon. It simulates a courier in war. Horsemanship, running, swimming, fencing and shooting. Patton scored bronze in it.
Correction. Patton placed third in one event and was fifth overall.
—”It simulates a courier in war.”
I had an teacher who had won a Bronze in the Pentathlon and OLD when I knew him, he was in incredible shape.
Old enough to have participated in the original Greek games.
He was also Lt Col USMC (Ret)
Not a braggart but if the topic of PT arose he could show some interesting tricks.
Once saw him doing single-leg deep knee bends, AKA pistol squats.
I knew they were ‘fun’ because my career Navy father taught me to do them. He could do them until his hip went out at 90.
I liked watching the x-country part of the Equestrian 3-day. It made me think of old cavalry scouts.