Compare And Contrast Track And Cross Country

Running in constant circles on a black tarred track, or running in the middle of nowhere in scorching heat, pick your poison. Track and cross country are two sports that are known to be related in many ways, but also drastically different. I’ve personally experienced both, and from my stance, they’re not the same sport at all, even with accounting the obvious of both being a running sport. To people who haven’t experienced either sport, here’s a wake-up call for you. The sport of track is versatile, and courageously more independent than any other sport I’ve faced. You pick what area or event you feel you’d do best in, and roll with it all season. And if you’d like to change? No problem, there’s several other events to pick from. Sprints,
Cross Country seems to have a way to dawn on a person, and surprise an individual as the season goes on. In the beginning of the season, no one really knows what to expect or maybe who their training buddies will be. But all in all, cross country is one big team. Everything is done together, as a team, whether it’s cheering each other on in a race or if it’s joining each other for a team meal. Practicing in the scorching heat, stretching after every workout, it’s all accomplished as one big team. Every member of the team runs the same race, so in the end, everyone is going down together! Track is different in a
The season starts and nobody has an exact idea of what they’ll be competing in. But once they do decide, that’s when things take a turn. Instead of cross country, where everything is done as a team, in track you divide into mini-teams for the rest of the year. Once a person is told the events they’ll be competing in, they join the others that will be competing in those events and train all season. Even though you’re still part of one team, it turns into track squads. There’s a feeling of being individualized, yet still a feeling of being a part of something, it’s odd. Cross country you get to run in the middle of nowhere with all of your teammates, in track you run in circles, jump into sand, heave items into the air, and jump over a long bar. That leads me to another key contrast, the setting of the