Cross country is one of the many sports I play, although I wasn’t originally going to do this sport.
I was planning on trying out softball, and I was going to work hard all summer to get good at it.
Funny story actually, one day I had a soccer game in the city and I had a little extra time before I had to get ready to leave for it. In my spare time, I went in my front yard and played softball for a little bit, and I was really enjoying it. Fast forward to about five minutes into my soccer game, a girl fell on top of me and broke my arm. I didn’t want to take any chances making it worse with softball, so I signed up for cross country instead.
This year will be my second year running cross country.
Cross country is a very challenging sport, and it is very physically and mentally demanding. Throughout my experience with cross country, I’ve learned that the key to excelling at it is preparation.
During the summer before my seventh grade year, I was given a running schedule to follow to prepare me for the following year. On the schedule, every week there were two break days, one short distance and fast pace day, and one long distance and slow pace day. This schedule worked really well in training everyone for cross country.
If you are thinking about joining cross country sometime soon, I highly recommend doing so. There are very few runners doing this sport, which means everybody is really close, and this would be a good opportunity to make some really great friends. Plus, around half of the races are in the morning, meaning you can skip school to go run.
Another thing is that it will get you in the best shape because you will be running everyday. If you think cross country is a sport that you would want to do, then go ahead and start training and talk to the coach about joining.
