With all these stories about football players going out for cross country I just want to share my abiding love for the best of the high school sports.

XC is for the weirdos, the cool kids, the fast kids, the slow kids, the new kids. Nobody gets cut. Everyone runs the same course

Kids come in as freshman and many times, their parents force them to do a sport. The others require equipment, a lot more money, and years of experience. Not high school XC.

On the first day of practice, if there isn't one kid in cargo shorts and Vans, you aren't doing it right.

High School XC gives kids exactly what they need in a time of awkward transition. Sometimes that's PRs and state titles. Most of the time it's sneaking off on a workout to get ice cream with the other weirdos.

You make friends at the back of the pack is all I'm saying.

I mean.... we once had a kid punch another kid in the face for spoiling the end of Eragon at a meet. They both still ran a 5K that day and became friends.

Anyway, this story is the best and high school cross country is the best. I am so glad some places can do it safely this year. https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2020/09/300-pound-lineman-takes-up-cross-country-amid-michigan-high-school-football-delay.html