Why people should join Cross Country
Yanet Torres
P1
High School is a part of your life that you’ll always remember; I truly believe that if you join the ZHS Cross Country team it will bring many positive and happy memories. More than 450,000 high school student-athletes participate in cross-country every fall in the US. If you ask any of them about their thoughts on the sport, you’re guaranteed to have them tell you that they absolutely love it. Cross Country isn’t just like any other sport, it helps you have a healthy body, its’ a family atmosphere sport, teaches you fundamentals on how to be a winner and helps you gain confidence. In one’s life we’re only given four years of high school and I feel that running cross-country should be a part of those years.
One of the many benefits you get from cross-country is having a healthy body. We are all aware that cross-country is a sport where you run a 5k race in open-air on natural terrain from grass to mud, and anything in between. Mr. Johnson, the coach, does a great job at planning our workouts from the first day of practice to the very last, which will help you be the best that you can be. And that leads me to talking about how it benefits you physically. We have a vast variety of workouts that include, speed, endurance, strength and everybody’s favorite; recovery day. Cross-country is a very intense sport because it pushes you to your limits but I believe that it’s worth it at the end. After your season is over, you realize that you have lost weight and gained muscle, your legs aren’t as weak as they were at the beginning of the season and you feel stronger. Running also helps you decrease the risk of diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure and osteoarthritis. Majorities of people that participate in the sport, even run in the off-season so it is still beneficial. I believe that it’s because they enjoy the after feeling running brings and also all the benefits. Many people don’t like pushing themselves physically, but I personally used to be a
P1
High School is a part of your life that you’ll always remember; I truly believe that if you join the ZHS Cross Country team it will bring many positive and happy memories. More than 450,000 high school student-athletes participate in cross-country every fall in the US. If you ask any of them about their thoughts on the sport, you’re guaranteed to have them tell you that they absolutely love it. Cross Country isn’t just like any other sport, it helps you have a healthy body, its’ a family atmosphere sport, teaches you fundamentals on how to be a winner and helps you gain confidence. In one’s life we’re only given four years of high school and I feel that running cross-country should be a part of those years.
One of the many benefits you get from cross-country is having a healthy body. We are all aware that cross-country is a sport where you run a 5k race in open-air on natural terrain from grass to mud, and anything in between. Mr. Johnson, the coach, does a great job at planning our workouts from the first day of practice to the very last, which will help you be the best that you can be. And that leads me to talking about how it benefits you physically. We have a vast variety of workouts that include, speed, endurance, strength and everybody’s favorite; recovery day. Cross-country is a very intense sport because it pushes you to your limits but I believe that it’s worth it at the end. After your season is over, you realize that you have lost weight and gained muscle, your legs aren’t as weak as they were at the beginning of the season and you feel stronger. Running also helps you decrease the risk of diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure and osteoarthritis. Majorities of people that participate in the sport, even run in the off-season so it is still beneficial. I believe that it’s because they enjoy the after feeling running brings and also all the benefits. Many people don’t like pushing themselves physically, but I personally used to be a