What do people do in cross country?

Question

Isn't just like track?

Answer 1

you RUN and then do some more. (4-10) miles

cross is done over a trail of grass, pavement, dirt, etc. for 3.1 miles.

track is run on well a track.

Answer 2

I'm in it...

sometimes we will run to a location and back [about 7 miles]

other times we will run 4 miles on the track.

Track is long and short distance

Cross Country is Long distance

Answer 3

This is the same question I asked too! Here is mine: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

Yes. You a distance of about 2.3 miles, I believe.

Answer 5

cross country in high school is only one race.  5k (3.1 miles).  Track consists of many events.  Cross country also involves a lot more running than track events.

Answer 6

I am a cross country runner for school, and in a race we run a 5k, which is equivalent to 3.1 miles. The course spans over all sorts of ground- pavement, grass, and dirt included. The courses can be hilly or flat, it doesn't matter. Everyone runs this distance, both boys and girls. However, middle school cross country is usually a bit shorter (around 2 miles), and in college sometimes there are also 10ks. Hope this answers your question!

Answer 7

Well, its just like track in the sense that you run.

But Cross Country is run, well, across country terrain like grass, soil, mud, etc. The standard highschool race length is 3.1 miles, or 5k.

And for what they do, uuuummm they run!  

Answer 8

you run. and then you run some more!

track has many different races and field events

while cross country is usually refering to a race that consists of 3.1 miles not on a track [fields and trails, etc]