XC races are 1,000,000x harder than people think. It's not just running. It's a battle between yourself and your mind, your teammates, and the other runners. I don't know a harder sport
Chicken Of the Cave preach it man. I'm going to SteepleChase in Nashville, Tn this Saturday to break our school record for a 5K in cross country. I'm a junior and I've never ran there before. I've heard it's pretty hilly. Our school record is 18:03 and my time is 18:46. Everytime I end a race I feel like I still have energy left even though im hurting. I know I'm physically capable of it, I just have to get past the mental part and that's the hardest part of all. It would really help if I had some motivation or some tips before Saturday. I'm really really nervous but also excited. I will have adrenaline going through me more then usually and I'm wearing my track shoes because I heard they're way lighter than normal shoes and help out some on time. Like I said, I just have to get past the mental part and push through the pain.
When I was in high school I would have laughed and said football is way tougher , here I am almost 30 years later , having found running 4 years ago and agreeing with you 100%
I feel really proud when I actually finish. Like I always feel like throwing up and quitting but I still push myself to finish. I even start sprinting like I didn’t just run a whole field.
Greyson Graham righttt my mom said I could’ve run faster at the end and I’m like “you want me to die?” because I always have to take big deep breaths afterwards
i love cross country and joining the team was probably one of the best decisions of my life cause it definitely changed my perspective of what i can do.
I’m a new person to cross Country and I’ve only been running for a couple of weeks I do it for my school and I’ve already gotten to a mile and a half even though I really want to give up i’m not gonna
I think this would be the best sport for depressed people because when I would run (I’m not depressed) I felt free and had no cares and since it’s a solo sport you don’t have to talk or be with people and even the “good jobs” motivate you to keep going
I did xc for the first time last year it was so hard and I thank myself and everyone else who helped me get through it you have to put your mind to it you can’t let your head give up because then your body gives up DONT GIVE UP!! You have a passion to run you do you
I'm extremely weak, one of those XC runners everyone sees at the back of every race and no one really cares about on the team. Started my season with a crappy time of 32 min 40 sec 3 mile. I trained like hell because I never wanted to be last again, it was the most humiliating thing ever. I learned to accept my position and take strength from it, so I kept running and running. My first race I ran 27 mins 38 seconds. I kept working at it. My next couple of races were all around 26, with one 3 mile run at 25:16. Last week I ran a 25:40 for my 5k, and today, my last race of the XC season, I ran a 24:29--I was running with my team mates, and I was actually good enough to start passing people during the race and push like hell. I had 0 strength, I couldn't run up a hill at the start, now I can actually jog up. 24:29 is still considered a terrible time. But hey, am I last? No. Do I try my best? Yeah. In XC there's no such thing as talented and gifted runners, only those who give it their all and those who don't. Many people go really slow and instantly give up claiming, "this isn't for me". Take it from a person who dropped nearly 10 minutes in one season (ok ik being trash means more room for improvement, I get lots of criticism for saying this lmao), you can do it if you WANT to. Before next season I want to be going 20 flat or below. It's what you do on off-season that really counts, as many people slack then.
Keep pushing brother 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 I was 10th last in my first home invite. embarrassing. I worked and trained hard in a month I kept a consistency of 20th or 23rd place. I’m working towards top 10. My XC season just started and I feel amazing to be where I am due to my summer grind compared to last year eating my feeling away. We can do it and good luck!!!
@@angelyaluhhhh9130 Yes sir! I placed top 15 in states this year! Got 16:58 5k. We've come a long way :D Too bad I'm not fast enough for competitive college running this year though lol. I plan on continuing running for fun though. Can't believe it's been 2 years already
@@redforest3740let’s fucking go good job dude for pushing urself. Keep ur mentality up, I’m tryna be like u, I’m a soccer player but my poor stamina is what’s stopping me from improving. I want to be motivation and strong like u, and I want to improve myself through hard work and training
@@smolmasoman50 Hell yeah man! Keep it up, gotta start somewhere and slowly build it up. I completely forgot about this comment haha, I can't believe I was running a 24:29 minute 5k 4 years ago...I'm 2 years into college now but quit after freshman year. I managed to hit a 16:03 minute 5k, unfortunately stopped before going sub 16 but I'm happy where I got haha. I've started weight training now instead and hope to bulk up! Good luck with your journey and I hope you achieve what you want! :)
I don’t know what I wouldn’t have done if my dad didn’t force me to start. When I first learned about xc, my dad made me try it. I kept telling him no but I tried it anyways because he made me. Next thing I know, a few weeks later I absolutely love running and win almost all of my meets. My team? My team is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. My team is like my family, they mean EVERYTHING to me. They’ve pushed me, they’ve been there for me, and I’ve been there for them. I know their strengths and weaknesses and they know mine. Overall point, I love xc and track so much and I would never stop doing it.
Its really interesting when people say there are harder sports, or how cross country is easy, but if its easy, then you aren't going hard enough. If you play football, and your alabama, your the best, then its easy, but even if you win every cross country race, and your the best in the country, the world, even then you can beat records, in basketball, when they set records they played different teams and had different challenges, but when you run and your the best, then you can race the people of the past, all of the legends, all of the records, you can beat them. And even if that is still easy, then you can race the future runners, the ones who will strive to break those records, no matter what, you can push harder and do better, push yourself to the human limit. There will never be "the goal" because you can always go faster. Thats what makes it the hardest, you will never be the best, you will never "win" so you can't say anything is harder when in every other sport, you can get the max score like in bowling, or the super bowl in football, the world cup in baseball, there will always be a "win". But not for running, thats what makes it the hardest, thats what makes people hate it, thats what makes runners love it.
I have played soccer for about 6 years now and I kind of have been wanting to do Xc. I didn’t know anything about it , and now I guess I’m going to train to make the team as a sophomore. ^^ 21 weeks left to work.
My goal is very simple:run in college. I haven’t always worked the hardest but this year I’m turning it on. This year I’m gonna train harder than ever before. This season the season got ended early due to corona. My PR was 19:49 for the 5k. Next year I’m going to smash that PR. I believe in myself and this will help me motivate myself to do just that
Cross country is a very dificult sport thata both mentally and phisicly demanding however... I used to wrestle when I was younger (elementary) but I didnt remember enything so I wanted to get back into it and I'm telling you cc babys you compared to wrestling so much so that I had a couple of mental breakdowns. I ended up quiting because I never got into it as much as the other guys. I REALLY regret my didsion I should of just pushed through the pain. I really miss wrestling but im to embaressed to set foot in that room ever again. Wrestling is way harder that cc and I have ran for 6 years (since 5th grade) and ive only wrestled 2 (once was in middle school way easyer cant compare to high school wrestling at all) (sorry I suck at spelling lol)
During my race I usually stop trying when it got hard but then I realized the sport is more mental then physical so I just think about going after that one person in front of me. It help a lot, it clear my mind and self doubt
XC races are 1,000,000x harder than people think. It's not just running. It's a battle between yourself and your mind, your teammates, and the other runners. I don't know a harder sport
Chicken Of the Cave preach it man. I'm going to SteepleChase in Nashville, Tn this Saturday to break our school record for a 5K in cross country. I'm a junior and I've never ran there before. I've heard it's pretty hilly. Our school record is 18:03 and my time is 18:46. Everytime I end a race I feel like I still have energy left even though im hurting. I know I'm physically capable of it, I just have to get past the mental part and that's the hardest part of all. It would really help if I had some motivation or some tips before Saturday. I'm really really nervous but also excited. I will have adrenaline going through me more then usually and I'm wearing my track shoes because I heard they're way lighter than normal shoes and help out some on time. Like I said, I just have to get past the mental part and push through the pain.
When I was in high school I would have laughed and said football is way tougher , here I am almost 30 years later , having found running 4 years ago and agreeing with you 100%
BG yah same bro, I’m a freshman and the football players always like to poke fun at us when they suck ass
Chicken Of the Cave uhh ultra man ultra marathons are some
i dont think I have ever agreed with something so much
I feel really proud when I actually finish. Like I always feel like throwing up and quitting but I still push myself to finish. I even start sprinting like I didn’t just run a whole field.
vianca not trying to take shots at you but sprinting is one of the dumbest things you can do in a race like that
Oh you mean at the end ok nvm
Coolkidnow100 GAMING AND MORE! Yeah
And then ppl that didn’t even run always like “wHy DiDn’T YoU kiCk FaStEr” and ur just looking at em like u go run and see if u can kick faster😂
Greyson Graham righttt my mom said I could’ve run faster at the end and I’m like “you want me to die?” because I always have to take big deep breaths afterwards
i love cross country and joining the team was probably one of the best decisions of my life cause it definitely changed my perspective of what i can do.
Moon stone god damn man I feel this so much
I’m a new person to cross Country and I’ve only been running for a couple of weeks I do it for my school and I’ve already gotten to a mile and a half even though I really want to give up i’m not gonna
I hate xc ☠️
For everyone wondering it’s normal to throw up after running
Vapor that means you had a good run
Surprisingly enough I can run my heart out and not throw up guess I’m lucky
Dxrkzz same never ever ever threw up after a disgustingly hard race or nun
Gogo 7575 yeah idk it’s weird like I’ll be about to pass out and I just don’t throw up guess I have a strong stomach
I think this would be the best sport for depressed people because when I would run (I’m not depressed) I felt free and had no cares and since it’s a solo sport you don’t have to talk or be with people and even the “good jobs” motivate you to keep going
I run because there will be a day that I can not run anymore, but that day is not today.
Cross country is 80% mental 20% physical
well... it's 60 percent mental 40 percent physical
@@bombsawaygaming9135 your body does what your mind is capable of so it is 80%
EVERYTHING IS 100% MENTAL YEEEEEAOOOOOOOOOO LETS GO BOIS 💪💪💪
I did xc for the first time last year it was so hard and I thank myself and everyone else who helped me get through it you have to put your mind to it you can’t let your head give up because then your body gives up DONT GIVE UP!! You have a passion to run you do you
I'm extremely weak, one of those XC runners everyone sees at the back of every race and no one really cares about on the team. Started my season with a crappy time of 32 min 40 sec 3 mile. I trained like hell because I never wanted to be last again, it was the most humiliating thing ever. I learned to accept my position and take strength from it, so I kept running and running. My first race I ran 27 mins 38 seconds. I kept working at it. My next couple of races were all around 26, with one 3 mile run at 25:16. Last week I ran a 25:40 for my 5k, and today, my last race of the XC season, I ran a 24:29--I was running with my team mates, and I was actually good enough to start passing people during the race and push like hell. I had 0 strength, I couldn't run up a hill at the start, now I can actually jog up. 24:29 is still considered a terrible time. But hey, am I last? No. Do I try my best? Yeah. In XC there's no such thing as talented and gifted runners, only those who give it their all and those who don't. Many people go really slow and instantly give up claiming, "this isn't for me". Take it from a person who dropped nearly 10 minutes in one season (ok ik being trash means more room for improvement, I get lots of criticism for saying this lmao), you can do it if you WANT to. Before next season I want to be going 20 flat or below. It's what you do on off-season that really counts, as many people slack then.
amazing well done 💞
Keep pushing brother 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 I was 10th last in my first home invite. embarrassing. I worked and trained hard in a month I kept a consistency of 20th or 23rd place. I’m working towards top 10. My XC season just started and I feel amazing to be where I am due to my summer grind compared to last year eating my feeling away. We can do it and good luck!!!
@@angelyaluhhhh9130 Yes sir! I placed top 15 in states this year! Got 16:58 5k. We've come a long way :D Too bad I'm not fast enough for competitive college running this year though lol. I plan on continuing running for fun though. Can't believe it's been 2 years already
@@redforest3740let’s fucking go good job dude for pushing urself. Keep ur mentality up, I’m tryna be like u, I’m a soccer player but my poor stamina is what’s stopping me from improving. I want to be motivation and strong like u, and I want to improve myself through hard work and training
@@smolmasoman50 Hell yeah man! Keep it up, gotta start somewhere and slowly build it up. I completely forgot about this comment haha, I can't believe I was running a 24:29 minute 5k 4 years ago...I'm 2 years into college now but quit after freshman year. I managed to hit a 16:03 minute 5k, unfortunately stopped before going sub 16 but I'm happy where I got haha. I've started weight training now instead and hope to bulk up!
Good luck with your journey and I hope you achieve what you want! :)
I don’t know what I wouldn’t have done if my dad didn’t force me to start. When I first learned about xc, my dad made me try it. I kept telling him no but I tried it anyways because he made me. Next thing I know, a few weeks later I absolutely love running and win almost all of my meets. My team? My team is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. My team is like my family, they mean EVERYTHING to me. They’ve pushed me, they’ve been there for me, and I’ve been there for them. I know their strengths and weaknesses and they know mine. Overall point, I love xc and track so much and I would never stop doing it.
This is my favourite of your videos Alec, nice job.
Have put this on my Ipod for my next fell race
Glad you liked it! Good luck racing!!!
"what happens when you lose your gonna run back to your cave and torture yourself until your the one they talk about" what movie is that from
It's a fan made clip from the book Once a Runner
No movie, it's from the greatest book ever written about running. "Once a Runner". Chapter 29, "Twenty four in the rain". Pg 181.
No movie, from the greatest book ever written about running, "Once A Runner" Chapter 29 Twenty Four in the Rain"
i miss this sport so much i wish i could go back to those days i really wish i could.
I love your motivational videos!!👌✌️
I’m in cross contrary for my highschool team and one thing I can say is that races and like 5 times harder then practices it’s scary out their😭
I have goosebumps
Can't wait till cx season
I really enjoy your videos - keep them coming!
Its really interesting when people say there are harder sports, or how cross country is easy, but if its easy, then you aren't going hard enough. If you play football, and your alabama, your the best, then its easy, but even if you win every cross country race, and your the best in the country, the world, even then you can beat records, in basketball, when they set records they played different teams and had different challenges, but when you run and your the best, then you can race the people of the past, all of the legends, all of the records, you can beat them. And even if that is still easy, then you can race the future runners, the ones who will strive to break those records, no matter what, you can push harder and do better, push yourself to the human limit. There will never be "the goal" because you can always go faster. Thats what makes it the hardest, you will never be the best, you will never "win" so you can't say anything is harder when in every other sport, you can get the max score like in bowling, or the super bowl in football, the world cup in baseball, there will always be a "win". But not for running, thats what makes it the hardest, thats what makes people hate it, thats what makes runners love it.
I have played soccer for about 6 years now and I kind of have been wanting to do Xc. I didn’t know anything about it , and now I guess I’m going to train to make the team as a sophomore. ^^ 21 weeks left to work.
ayee lavern gibson is my home course😂
They using Eric Lidel greatest olympian ever who was talking about faith in Christ.
i greatly appreciate the terre haute section hahaha
My goal is very simple:run in college. I haven’t always worked the hardest but this year I’m turning it on. This year I’m gonna train harder than ever before. This season the season got ended early due to corona. My PR was 19:49 for the 5k. Next year I’m going to smash that PR. I believe in myself and this will help me motivate myself to do just that
Why the hell do people make fun of this brutal sport?
You have to have a strong mentality and believe in yourself
Cross country is a very dificult sport thata both mentally and phisicly demanding however... I used to wrestle when I was younger (elementary) but I didnt remember enything so I wanted to get back into it and I'm telling you cc babys you compared to wrestling so much so that I had a couple of mental breakdowns. I ended up quiting because I never got into it as much as the other guys. I REALLY regret my didsion I should of just pushed through the pain. I really miss wrestling but im to embaressed to set foot in that room ever again. Wrestling is way harder that cc and I have ran for 6 years (since 5th grade) and ive only wrestled 2 (once was in middle school way easyer cant compare to high school wrestling at all) (sorry I suck at spelling lol)
Love the video
What movies are these clips from
I think I would to see them.
Great inspiration
Doe's anyone know what these movies and documentaries are? I know Chariots of fire.
What movies are in this video?
Chariots of fire
i love this video ☺
Plz plz plz post more
What is the movie at 5:10 ?
What's the movie called in the first clip?
Chariots of Fire
Nice title
Guys I f’ed up my grades and I can’t run my JR year 😢
My pr was 18:40 and 5:36 what do I do…
what is the movie at 6:24ish? with the umbrella?
@Owen Karas Thanks
Jesus loves you 🥰!!! No matter what 🤩!!!
Run Forest run!
What is that raining scene from??
what song is this from 0:00 to 2:36??
"I Remember Now" Really Slow Motion
What clip is 5:53 from?
3.1 a crack baby
Movie??
"Chariots of fire" is one
Seeing other people be successful isn't helping me fucking grow motivation
This has a misleading title
i did xc for like 3 years and i hated it
lmao ok
XC is so easy lol
Gubuyguy easy?! WHAT?! It so hard mentally and physically.
Are u even sub 20 🤣🤣
^^^not understanding the irony
During my race I usually stop trying when it got hard but then I realized the sport is more mental then physical so I just think about going after that one person in front of me. It help a lot, it clear my mind and self doubt
I blasted this video the day I got a 20 flat 🫶