Satire on Cross Country

 Do you want to run in a straight line for 20+ minutes? 

Do you like it when you are ankle deep in mud and trying to go up a 60 degree incline while you  have a stomach cramp?

Well if that sounds like your cup of tea, then cross country is the sport for you. At cross country you can enjoy a wide variety of different activities including running mileage, running a workout, running a race, running a warmup, and running a cooldown. Such variety. 

You get to run just for the sake of running. You aren't running after a ball or a net; you are just running forward until you hit a certain distance. An activity that is punishment for other sports; HOW GREAT!?!?  

You will run workouts that feel like they never end. From full laps around the course to full out sprinting for 200 meters, there are many easy ways to discover pain in cross country workouts. 

During races you will enjoy all of the delights of parents screaming at you to go faster while you just want the entire race to end. But you can’t quit your race because there's hundreds of other racers that are not quitting so you feel obligated to endure this pain until you finish the race. Through the mud and roots of the forest trails, you will pass by multiple riveting sites like some guy barfing next the tree, a shoe on the ground probably from some guy ahead of you and some other guy bleeding on the ground. All of a sudden you take a tight turn and fall onto the ground yourself and watch as the other racers pass you. 

Don’t you think about quitting; This has been your life for the past three years. You can’t just leave your entire friend group behind. Despite all the pain this sport has caused you, this has now become your second family outside of your home.