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| 18 Aug 2013 11:27 PM |
But out of all the sports I've been in(basically every sport), cross country comes out to be #1 hardest sport there is in my opinion.
A reason why I believe cross country is very difficult is the mileage training. You need a certain amount of mileage a week. I'm at around 60-70 miles of running a week right now and each one of those miles NEED to be under a certain time.
Another reason is the actual race. My race strategy is to go out in a 4:40 mile, then keep up a 5:10-5:20 mile through the second mile and then finally end in a low 5-minute 1.1 last mile. Which would total up to around low 15's.
It isn't just on a track which is full grounds also. There's many hills, holes, obstacles, etc. Grass is harder to run on than road any-day.
Cross Country workouts are harder than what you could ever imagine. Try sprinting a mile up a hill, now run back down, now sprint up it again, now come back, now do that 4 more times. No break.
Long Days are exhausting.
You may think that the more well-known sports are hard, but once you try cross country, you'll be begging to leave the team. |
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| 18 Aug 2013 11:30 PM |
sure it's tough at first
Iᴛ ᴀɪɴᴛ ᴇᴀsʏ, ʙᴇɪɴɢ Cʜᴇᴇsᴇʏ. |
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| 18 Aug 2013 11:31 PM |
| You don't know how tough it is once your in it. It gets tougher than anything. Time is VERY hard to get better once your around the 15 minute range. |
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| 18 Aug 2013 11:33 PM |
by the way your strategy should be start off at a 5:10 mile then 5:00 then 4:50 (if you can do something like that)
you should always start off slower your first 1.5 mile then rune faster you second
also, tip for hills, don't sprint up them, maintain your normal pace while going up, then go faster once you're up them.
Iᴛ ᴀɪɴᴛ ᴇᴀsʏ, ʙᴇɪɴɢ Cʜᴇᴇsᴇʏ. |
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| 18 Aug 2013 11:33 PM |
>You don't know how tough it is once your in it. It gets tougher than anything. Time is VERY hard to get better once your around the 15 minute range.
lol dude don't worry i know, i'm in it..
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| 18 Aug 2013 11:35 PM |
| I know a lot about the sport. I put sprinting because everyone would be sprinting because the expectation is so high. |
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| 18 Aug 2013 11:51 PM |
| but cross country is a sport measured solely on athleticism. most other sports require athleticism and skill, both of which take a lot of practice to completely master |
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| 18 Aug 2013 11:54 PM |
After you practice cross country for a few months it's easy as hell. It requires no skill or coordination at all unlike other sports. |
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| 18 Aug 2013 11:57 PM |
| Now explain to me how it's easy as hell? The best runners in the world can run cross country in sub 4:05 miles easily? No, it is in no way or shape is easy, unless you don't apply yourself. |
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| 18 Aug 2013 11:58 PM |
But you're not the best runner in the world. Quit it. It's easy. |
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| 18 Aug 2013 11:59 PM |
| Are you on something? What's your fastest mile? and can you run that 3 times on grass in hilly conditions? Probably not even CLOSE. |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:00 AM |
My fastest mile is 5:11 and yes I can, it was part of preseason training for soccer.
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:00 AM |
| Well with that poor of a time, I sure hope you could. |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:02 AM |
5:11 isn't poor at all lol. I was the second fastest and the third person behind me ran a 6:09. Just face the fact that cross country is easy. |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:03 AM |
I remember running 5:11 in 6th-7th grade.
And like I said before, cross country is hard if you apply yourself. |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:04 AM |
| Cross Country is 95% conditioning and endurance. 5% not tripping when running. |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:04 AM |
| Except the only people that "apply" themselves for cross country are the ones who are skinny as hell and play no other sports because they aren't coordinated enough to do so. |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:08 AM |
That makes no sense.
That's like saying "people who apply themselves to soccer aren't coordinated enough to hit a ball with a bat"
And of course they are skinny because they run 70 some miles a week. |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:11 AM |
That's like saying "people who apply themselves to soccer aren't coordinated enough to hit a ball with a bat" ________________________________________________________________________________________ Except that's usually true because
1. Soccer doesn't work on arm strength nearly as much as baseball 2. If you're applying yourself to soccer, you're not applying yourself to baseball which means you're not going to be good at it
And every cross country runner I know was skinny before they even started |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:16 AM |
I have two friends who are cross country runners.
Runner #1 has a very muscular build for cross country. He is also a discuss thrower in track. Runner #2 has the prototypical extremely thin not much muscle mass build. He can barley throw a tennis ball (I actually had to teach him how to throw like a normal person)(He literally threw like a girl) |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:16 AM |
Exactly Yonnd.
And I bet Runner #1 doesn't take it nearly as seriously as Runner #2 |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:18 AM |
Runner #1 takes throwing more seriously, but his resting heartbeat is lower because he eats healthier. Runner #2 is one of those guys who eats like an overweight person but looks anorexic. |
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| 19 Aug 2013 12:19 AM |
Runner #1 takes throwing more seriously, but his resting heartbeat is lower because he eats healthier. ______________________________________________________________________ Point proven, I rest my case. |
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| 19 Aug 2013 03:42 AM |
60 miles
how
i run less than 1 for football.. |
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