I just love running.  Cross country running has been my hobby for years.  Do you run yourself?
I do! Fun fact, sometimes the runners are called Harriers?
Really? i never knew that.  Why is that do you know?
I don't know why. But I agree cross country is a great team sport!
It is.  Its great for team or individual.  I just love getting out for a run and forgetting about all the stresses and worries...for a little while anyway!
Yes, and I love that both women and men of all ages can compete!
Exactly it really is an inclusive sport for all abilities and ages.  In my running team when we are training, we have guys in their 60's and 70's as well as teenagers.
It teaches great discipline, too.
Now i have just googled your fact and heres are answer - In the 1830s, English schoolboys developed a game called Hares&Hounds: "Hounds" would chase "hares," who would leave paper trails through woods and hills for the hounds to follow. in 1867, a group took up the game and adopted the name Harriers
The English championship became the first national competition in 1876 and the International Cross Country Championships was held for the first time in 1903. Since 1973 the foremost elite competition has been the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
Race course.
Cross country courses are laid out on an open or woodland area. The IAAF recommends that courses be grass-covered, and have rolling terrain with frequent but smooth turns. Courses consist of one or more loops, with a long straight at the start and another leading to the finish line
this is fun...)
- Rockets (why are you gone?)
A short list of recurring themes:
- Loss (never really got to hold on to you)
- Love (...and even you can find love...)
- Joy (i am making it happen)
- Loneliness (i am not really stuck here, i just dont realize it)
- Menace (i got to do it my own way)
- Confusion (they don't know)