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Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:50 pm to Scruffy
Cross country is a fantastic sport. I get the op that it does have people that wouldn't make other team sports, but ...that is one of the great things about it. TPTB wanted to save money and cut xc from the duval cty public school budget....only to save less than 70k across some 17 schools ( didn't happen though) the fact that no one gets " cut" as long as they show up is great. I ran in hs and college. In hs we had 8 min / mile guys along with the 5min/ mile guys. They didn't necessarily travel on overnight trips but I have the utmost respect for those that busted their asz like walk ons with little to no fan fare. As for xc being athletes. I know guys that could do nothing but run ( and run fast) and those that could do any sport they wanted but liked hitting the trails
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:57 pm to Pettifogger
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At my school cross country kids were pretty low key, disciplined, AP types.
You know, successful people.
Played football 10 yrs, Started at St. Gerad in 2nd Grade, 1957, Ran 1/2 mile, Mile and 2 Mile CC for Lafayette High.
Graduated Military Flt School, two College Degrees, one at a Master's Level, Dean's List on all.
Retired over 100K retirement income, everyone should be a dork
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:58 pm to The Mick
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Amirite?
No, just ignorant. Cross country kids are some of the most disciplined, focused, driven kids you will find. The do and accomplish things your top basketball, football, or baseball players can't do. I'd like to see l.f. Try to run 3.25 miles in 15 and a half minutes. I think you would appreciate the sport more. It's actually huge Outside of Louisiana. You should get out more.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 8:53 pm to upgrayedd
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How many O lineman do you know that could run cross country?
<--- This one here could not.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 9:11 pm to Mulat
shite you may have been at Lafayette high with my mom
Posted on 6/9/16 at 9:22 pm to UHTiger
Cool, it was a great school, lots of good people 
Posted on 6/9/16 at 9:23 pm to dos crystal
This thread is still going? LOL
I know CC is extremely difficult. What I intended to point out was that a lot of families whose kid didn't make the football or baseball team want the kid to play something for school which is awesome. It seems cross country is a default option or suggestion a lot of times. most schools also let everyone be part of the CC team they don't cut kids, no reason to.
I know CC is extremely difficult. What I intended to point out was that a lot of families whose kid didn't make the football or baseball team want the kid to play something for school which is awesome. It seems cross country is a default option or suggestion a lot of times. most schools also let everyone be part of the CC team they don't cut kids, no reason to.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 9:26 pm to The Mick
Our whole basketball team ran cross country. We would use our PE hour for basketball and the cross country practice for conditioning until we could officially practice basketball after school.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 9:45 pm to southernelite
If anyone in this thread ran for Coach Dupe you know what discipline and hard work is as well as enjoying the fruits of your labor as well. The man has 21 straight La. state Championships in a row and I'm imagining the OP wouldn't last day one of the July boot camp.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 10:02 pm to Martini
Dupe is a great coach, we never could beat his teams.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 10:10 pm to Ingeniero
To answer the OP question. Maybe so. I'm probably living proof. I was a decent cross country runner. Sub 15 minute 5K at highland park. But I was a better swimmer. Decent enough to be an All American at LSU. But nobody considers swimming a real sport either. So I guess that's all cool.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 10:27 pm to The Mick
I do... A friend of mine in hs ran xc... He is now a retired green beret
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:01 pm to RingLeader
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I was a decent cross country runner. Sub 15 minute 5K at highland park. But I was a better swimmer. Decent enough to be an All American at LSU. But nobody considers swimming a real sport either. So I guess that's all cool.
They don't run 5k at highland, it's 3 miles. Only 5 guys have ever run under 15 there. None of them swam. You're a liar.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:05 pm to saint amant steve
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You could, but most people aren't questioning the athleticism of football, basketball, or baseball participants. At least, no one of sound mind.
Saw Charles Barkley trying to hit a baseball the other day. Looked like a total dork. Pitches were slow, so it wasn't heaters coming at him. He can play basketball, but I bet not much else.
Some NFL football players looked like complete dorks in other athletic events when I watched one of those contests years ago pitting them against each other. The Mannings were good at everything. The DBs and wide receivers - not so much.
Most athletes are good at their sport and not much else. Some are good at anything they try.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:06 pm to Mulat
I know of one great lady ??
She lived a couple of blocks from the school. Was there when it integrated.
Oh and to stay somewhat on topic id say if you classify tennis as a sport you'd also have to include cc
She lived a couple of blocks from the school. Was there when it integrated.
Oh and to stay somewhat on topic id say if you classify tennis as a sport you'd also have to include cc
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:13 pm to tigercross
Did you run for LSU? Just going by your user name
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:14 pm to deNYEd
post the epic vid
the 1 mile 40
the 1 mile 40
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:20 pm to The Mick
The realest sport is running.
Y'know how our ancestors won the world right?
It wasn't tool use, it wasn't fire. They were nice, but any chimp can fish for termites and any mammal has a good chance at figuring out rocks.
It's because we can do something very few creatures on earth can do. Persist.
We're built for it. The big cats run faster, but for short distances and their win percentage is awful.
Our ancestors with clubs, then sharpened sticks, then stone tipped spears. They'd go out. They would run our slow pace but could endure it and they'd swipe at the prey if it came in reach. Maybe they managed to break something and end the chase. More often than not it ran on, bruised maybe bleeding. And where the shark, or the bear, or the jaguar would have given up, they continued on. Always slower, but steady, humans followed. Our ancestors crunching of leaf and twig far behind drowned out by the prey's heart pumping too hard for it to go until it finally collapsed in exhaustion. And when our ancestor's caught up, if it wasn't already dead it would be soon.
And that's nature, success is more than just how fast you are. You can be the fastest cat alive but you're only successful 1/10. It's what you're able to endure and that's our game-winning attribute.
Y'know how our ancestors won the world right?
It wasn't tool use, it wasn't fire. They were nice, but any chimp can fish for termites and any mammal has a good chance at figuring out rocks.
It's because we can do something very few creatures on earth can do. Persist.
We're built for it. The big cats run faster, but for short distances and their win percentage is awful.
Our ancestors with clubs, then sharpened sticks, then stone tipped spears. They'd go out. They would run our slow pace but could endure it and they'd swipe at the prey if it came in reach. Maybe they managed to break something and end the chase. More often than not it ran on, bruised maybe bleeding. And where the shark, or the bear, or the jaguar would have given up, they continued on. Always slower, but steady, humans followed. Our ancestors crunching of leaf and twig far behind drowned out by the prey's heart pumping too hard for it to go until it finally collapsed in exhaustion. And when our ancestor's caught up, if it wasn't already dead it would be soon.
And that's nature, success is more than just how fast you are. You can be the fastest cat alive but you're only successful 1/10. It's what you're able to endure and that's our game-winning attribute.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 12:01 am to The Mick
Ehh I can't run for miles or catch a football so I say good for them. Can't hate.
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