Apartheid: A Steroid In Cross Country

“In running, it doesn’t matter whether you come in first, in the middle or last. You can say, ‘ I finished’ There is a lot of satisfaction in that” - Fred Lebow. I began cross country in eighth grade shortly after my brother joined the year before. He enjoyed it a lot, so I thought it would be fun. I’ve been on the team for two years. I would like to run for the rest of my life. Cross country changed my life positively forever. It taught me to push myself past what I thought was my limit. It revealed to me a great community of people and it taught me to leave my comfort zone.

I’ve always had a desire for running and when I heard Richland Center High had a Cross Country team, I knew I wanted to be on it! When I did start, it was tough. There were times my sanity would ask, “ WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU

Having the desire to one day see those views in person or enough self-confidence to finally post a decent beach picture without being self-conscious. Running on the cross country team will quickly whip you into shape. Maybe you won’t get that rock-hard six pack that you have always wanted at first, but if you stay consistent with it, you’ll end up being closer than you were before. Since cross country is a very active sport, especially since it is a long distance, you will burn several hundreds of calories and can influence healthy eating habits depending on your goals. Running cross country will improve your overall strength, endurance, health, and hopefully influence positive daily

Each culture uses the same techniques to perfect their running form and each one is successful in their own way. Running may not always be the fun thing to do, but it is a great way to stay healthy. Also, it makes you stronger both physically and mentally. Generations and generations of people have been running for years, and it has evolved into something unimaginable. As noted on Pinterest, ¨Running trains me to be a stronger person. Running trains me to refuse to allow my environment to determine my actions. I have never breathed so hard, felt so strong, or faced such challenge as when I am running. Running trains me to always keep

Spectators at sporting events come to watch athletes compete at their best during a game or meet. However, there is more to sports than just “playing the game”, “running the course”, “performing”, or whatever the case may be. Athletes understand how important sport specific workouts are; cross country is one sport that focuses on this. Most people think that “all you do is run”, although running is indeed the task, it takes a combinations of different workouts to build up an athlete’s body in order to be race ready. It is beneficial for cross country runners to do workouts that focus on speed, strength, and endurance.

"Runners are the 'healthiest sick people in the world'", according to ultrarunner Jeff Robbins. In an email that I received from him he added, “One of the problems with the ultras is that you are always stressing things to the limits. Therefore problems tend to crop up. Half the fun in this sport is learning to deal with adversity no matter how it comes." Injury is a runner's most dreaded and aggravating obstacle. Sometimes no matter how much the mind wills it, the body cannot go on without causing itself permanent damage. Pushing beyond these limitations will eventually cause the body to rebel and self-destruct. There are preventative measures that can be taken to stop these

Ready, set, “bang,” the starter gun goes off, thousands of people cheer, hundreds of runners on your left and right, and the only thing you’re focus on is crossing the finish line. Your heart is pounding, your stomach twists around itself, and the lactic acid builds in your legs to a point where all you can focus on is the pain that each step takes. But this is Cross Country. Outlasting the pain is part of the sport and if you hadn’t known that from the start you wouldn’t have joined right? And you wouldn’t have stayed all four years either.

High School Cross-Country meets can be intimidating because of the competitive atmosphere. First off, the people and coaches yelling on the sidelines throw runners off their game. Cheering on the sidelines, coaches and fans can frazzle you somewhat and make you unfocused. Also, the lingo the sideline viewers’ use can make someone who is not obsessed with running feel like they have no idea what they are doing. Secondly, menacing hills and dreadful trails can make runners sweat with nerves. Looking at a giant hill before a race can make runners regret joining cross-country. Most runners just try not to pass out while running up the hills, and when they finally get up them they breathe a sigh of relief. Hilly courses spook runners

One thing should be said about Cross Country, it is no easy sport. Most of the time is spent running, miles upon miles. There is not always someone around to monitor everyone’s activity levels, it would be very easy to stop running; however, doing that only hurts oneself. Even though times it would have been easier to quit, I persevered, knowing that it would benefit me in the long run.

If I didn’t like this sport, I would go find one with a bench in it. Running is a mental sport. No half times, time outs and no breaks. From start to finish….. I run cross country. Cross country is not just me being athletic it’s: I train, I’m confident, I have the guts, sprite and the Accomplishment when you finish strong. Fun, active, skillful, cross country will make me happy no matter what. I believe in cross country.

Running has become a defining aspect of my personality and lifestyle. It introduced me to the benefits of maintaining my physical health which has caused me to take pride in maintaining my visible and internal health. For this reason, I plan on taking a class on Trail Running next semester at Colorado School of Mines. Due to the versatility of the sport, it is something that I will be able to do for the rest of my life. It will help me build relationships, maintain sanity, and continue to be a person who is aware of the true value of hard

The competition, the family, the technique, and surviving the pain are some of the major details of running. Each meet you are competing against about 150 other competitors and the clock. The team is very close since you are training for 4+ months and begin to establish a personal connection between teammates. Cross country running requires stride length, leg action, and a certain foot plant for road running. These techniques cannot be picked up instantly, they will only become habit if the runner adopts specific cross country training. Cross country is not like other sports who get timeouts and are able to switch out other players between rounds, it's an all out 5k without any breaks or stops. No matter the pain you feel, you must finish

There is a wide range of “runners” – those who run for exercise, run for competition, or run for their entertainment. Runners are always searching for ways to stay uninjured, either stretching more prior to their run, wearing comfortable and supportive shoes, etc. Physical therapists are not fully able to help injured runners unless they understand what “running” is. An injury is never simple; there are several factors to a runner’s injuries. They include, the athlete’s diet, sleeping habits, goals, and “training errors” – running too fast, too long, or too often. Training habits are usually 70% the reason why runners injure themselves. Physical therapists wish there was one “correct” way to run, but there is not. The only thing therapists

Participants will need to be unattached cross-country or marathon runners who run a minimum of 15 miles a week. The runners must already be accustomed to wearing stability-type running styles excluding the styles used in the study and are not dependent on orthotics for support. They must not currently have or have had any lower body musculoskeletal injuries within the past year, and must visibly over pronate with longer heel-to-ball measurement than heel-to-toe, indicating a flat arch. Only men with size 10 and 12 feet, and women with 8 and 9 can be included due to

The sport cross-country is seen as an easy sport that anyone can get into very quickly with little effort. It’s true that anyone can go out somewhere and run, but when it comes to competing, how will the runner do against others. The pressure on your shoulders feels as if someone is sitting on your shoulders the whole race. Everyone thinks to win a race all you have to do is run as fast as you can. If that was possible for the longer races then running would be easy. I like to break running down into three main components in order to succeed. The key factors of a good runner are staying relaxed, motivation, and