You Know You're A Cross Country Runner When...?

Question

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You roll your eyes when people say, "You run three miles...at once?"

You get irritated when more than half the people you know don't know the difference between cross country and track.

You run farther in a week than your bus travels for meets.

You finish the race looking like you wrestled a bear and you don't care.

You would give up homecoming to go to the State Meet.

Your Saturdays for the past 4 years were ruined

Track is the other "sport".

You think sprinting is for wussies.

Your calves are bigger than your biceps.

You’re proud that another team has twice your score

You run through puddles instead of around them

You know exactly what a difference .14 miles can make

You have almost or have gotten hit by a car.

You insist on running without a shirt when kids with three times your body fat content want you to put one on.

You've become a professional at popping blisters

You have some cool looking tan lines

Answer 1

Wow, most of those applied to me.  Except for the track part, I like CC and Track (only 1600 and 3200) of course.  While the sprinters get to do a 4x 200m workout, I'm there doing a 10x 400 workout with a 3 mile warmup.  We have to run hard for 5 or 10 minutes, yet they have to run for 10 seconds and get the same amount of points.

Answer 2

haha. that all applies to me. also when other sports complain about running a mile that you ran for warmup. when you have a water bottle you drag around everywhere to stay hydrated all the time. when all of your running sneakers have turned brown from that meet in the pouring rain. when pasta is the only meal you have before meets. when ur ipod contains songs you have deemed pre-running songs

Answer 3

lol that's me...

Except for all the "football sucks" shirts lol

Answer 4

I cannot believe I read that all lol. I run but we only run 2 and a half miles at the meets.

Answer 5

You know youre a cross country runner when you realize your sport is never rained out or canceled due to weather like "other" sports

Answer 6

When you read that entire thing and totally related to all of it!!

Answer 7

it'd be stupid to run in a puddle if you still have 9 more miles to run

Answer 8

This is the  best. I run cross country and track. I am in track right now and do ok, but the only reason i do it is to stay in shape for cross country. Track sucks. High School football sucks and ive never been to a game. All of the things on that list are true. Go Cross Country! It's the best!

Answer 9

wow this is so cool i love this basically everything applies 2 me and i only run track 2 stay in shape for xc I LOVE XC

Answer 10

Lol, I am a runner and addicted to my bike (oh yeah), but despite of that I think that football isn't so bad either. It can be pretty sweet, let's face it, eh.

Edit: Just in case, I meant European football.

Answer 11

ha that is exactly how I feel. I hate when the football players think that they are so tough and that running is not a sport. I am a girl and I can run laps around them and they just make up excuses. They think that they can beat our times and then they try it and they start walking. They think a mile is hard. Yeah, well I feel the same way. I love cross country, but when it comes to track I don't enjoy it as much. I feel the exact way you do. There is like this understandment that all cross country runners have.

Answer 12

Thats awesome! It must of taken you awhile to write that up. I plan to be like that when I am older... But a lot of those apply to me already! Great job, this is really nice!

Answer 13

here's a few that we live by here

"you toenails won't grow back from running through puddles, so you have to paint the skin to make it look "normal""

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"your track coach says "it's only a 400" & then wonders why you come in last"

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"your gym teacher gives you a ration of sh*t because for the presidential fitness test, you breeze by in the mile, but in everything else, you suck"

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"you have eight varsity letters in c-c & track, but no jv letter"

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"when prepping for a car ride; you check the tires, gas, and if your duffle bag is in the backseat & packed"

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"you get to work at 5:15pm after practice with a soaking wet head & your co-workers don't have to ask why"

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"you don't know where one blister ends & another starts"

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"when your two piece swim suit comes in a small top & large bottoms to cope with those horrific legs"

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"when you have to go straight from prom to bed because regionals is the next day"

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"when you're furious because your rival beats you by five seconds every race, and no one else understands"

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"when you keep bandaids & neosporin in your purse; just in case"

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"when track season roles around, you & your 15 cross-country buddies sign up & the coach buys you pizza because you're the only ones"

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"when you'd rather park three miles from the concert & "hoof-it" then try any longer to find a parking spot"

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"when your spinting friends quit grimacing when you tell them how many miles you ran today"

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"when you get a flat tire ten miles from home, lock the car, & run home rather than worrying about changing it. After all, you only did 15-400m repreats at practice for a recovery day"

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"when your recovery run after a miserable meet is ten miles, & you're thankful"

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"when your c-c coach (who's also your fav teacher, go figure) sends you out running for the period instead of watching that documentary"

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"when this is your favorite question you've answered since cross-country season"