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Posted on 11/11/20 at 7:04 pm to scott8811
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.it's not something I would get excited to watch,
If you had a kid or grandkid competing, you'd feel differently.
Posted on 11/11/20 at 7:10 pm to bigDgator
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Cross Country is not a real sport
Yeah, I dare you to say that and run with those Kenyans who hafta train with lions, leopards, crocodiles, hippos, and all those other critters waiting to pounce on them.
Posted on 11/11/20 at 7:32 pm to BFIV
I respect and envy distance runners.Even when I was in the best shape of my life I just never had hand the lungs for it.They talk about second wind,I barely had a first wind.
I could sprint and jump,but forget running a long way.
I was deadly at marbles and mumblety-peg as a kid.
I could sprint and jump,but forget running a long way.
I was deadly at marbles and mumblety-peg as a kid.
This post was edited on 11/11/20 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 11/11/20 at 7:40 pm to bigDgator
Sport or not, if it doesn’t really involve much skill, it just ain’t gonna be a crowd pleaser. Which is why golf, NASCAR, and even bowling, despite involving little athleticism, will always have a fan base a billion times larger. Okay maybe not bowling. But it’s still markedly larger than cross country. It actually merits tv coverage. When’s the last time you found yourself flipping through the dial and settling on a good jog? It’s obviously an athletic event but it’s disingenuous to act like anyone truly gives a shite. As a rule, people like to watch other people with great skill. Not simply great athleticism. Combine both and you have a massive following. Do something well that people don’t like doing in the first place? Not so much.
*cue the “breathing techniques, how you hold your thumbs and not slipping in the mud are skills” apologists*
*cue the “breathing techniques, how you hold your thumbs and not slipping in the mud are skills” apologists*
Posted on 11/11/20 at 8:53 pm to bigDgator
Maybe they should do weight classes.
Posted on 11/11/20 at 9:00 pm to FayetteNAM
The biggest surprise in this thread is that we are 4 pages in and not a single person has quoted Kenny Powers.
Posted on 11/11/20 at 9:00 pm to PubeCrab
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the entire world disagrees
The entire world isn't America
Unironically blind patriotism > being a soccer fig
Posted on 11/11/20 at 9:28 pm to Leto II
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Go frick yourself
If you're a cross country dude what are you even going to do?
Break your arm on his forehead? Run to tell the cops in person?
Posted on 11/11/20 at 10:47 pm to hilltophog
Congrats on it being the only sport Arkansas is good at.
Posted on 11/12/20 at 4:04 am to Clark14
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peg
Bet you are into this more than ever.
Posted on 11/12/20 at 6:20 am to bigDgator
My son ran XC and, while I admired his efforts and was pleased that he did it, the meets were boring AF.
Posted on 11/12/20 at 6:55 am to TailbackU
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My son ran XC and, while I admired his efforts and was pleased that he did it, the meets were boring AF
I ran XC and I'll tell you the meets are boring
Posted on 11/12/20 at 6:56 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Posted on 11/12/20 at 8:02 am to bigDgator
The OP is correct... it's not a real sport. For some fans like those UK, a1abama, Tenn, USCe and others I'll just skip... cross country is their trip to Walmart to make groceries.
Posted on 11/12/20 at 8:49 am to MoarKilometers
I ran cross country at LSU in 1973. Not a sport? But people claim poker and chess is???
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