I often find it funny that a lot of XC races are run over flat, clipped
grass courses. Even worse is the multi-loop courses such as Worlds. I think
to qualify as an XC course you have to jump, scramble, or wade through
something. I can think of only 3 XC races in my life that were "true" XC
races. Once in high school with 3 inches of snow on the ground (any course
with at least 1 inch of snow on the ground qualifies as a "true" XC course),
another time in high school during a downpour with little foot deep pools to
run across (again, any race in which it downpours or there is a lot of
"sloshing" going on qualifies), and once in college at I believe it was
Virginia Tech...the "jump over this little downed tree" obstacle...it's so
cute..;)
Alan
>From: "malmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "malmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@darkwing.uoregon.edu
>Subject: RE: Re: t-and-f: Short/Long course cross country
>Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 06:49:27 -0800
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>There is more to cross country than a long race on bumpy ground!
>John
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>UHH . . . NO THERE ISN'T!!! THAT'S WHAT CROSS COUNTRY IS BY
>DEFINITION, LONG RACES OVER CHALLENGING TERRAIN!! I USUALLY
>DON'T MAKE STATEMENTS LIKE THIS BUT . . . YOU ARE FLAT WRONG!
> PERIOD!
>
>Dan
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>World Cross Country is rarely run over challanging terrain.
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>malmo
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