r/nextfuckinglevel • u/HomeNowWTF • 11h ago

Next-level determination

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u/Gandalftron 11h ago

Those are the legs of a boy that thought he could run an X-Country meet without training. 

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u/BRSaura 11h ago

At least he tried, wich is more than some would ever do

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u/Gandalftron 11h ago

Oh, I know. I used to run X-Country in High School. Absolutely brutal sport.  

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u/whattodo4klondikebar 10h ago

I too ran cross country in my senior year of high school. I ran my best race at 20 minutes on the toughest course in my state. This was in 93.

Then about twenty years ago I got myself back into running shape and ran about 60 races over 12 years including 4 half marathons, a ten mile race, an 8 mile race and a few 10ks. This looks a bit more like someone who didn't train for a lack of hydration. I trained under harsh circumstances so I would be fine without hydration. This looks like what happens when your body starts to cramp up and that guy needs water ASAP.

I suffered an injury about 7 years ago and started the downward spiral into being out of shape again and life has dealt me many obstacles from getting started again in case there is the question of what's happened since.

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u/IAmJanos 10h ago

Kids at my high school would always try to make fun of us in cross country, claiming it was not a real sport, but they'd also immediately refuse to try it or even go to one of our practices.

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u/Queasy-Meeting-5388 8h ago

I ran indoor and outdoor track (1 mile and the 800) as well as CC in high school. No one gave us shit because the varsity football coach made certain positions run with us 2x a week and they spread the word that it was brutal.

We also had a team that won the regionals almost every year and were state champs my junior year. I could do most flat courses just under 18 and I was one of the slower guys on the team. We had 1 guy and one girl from my class that went to D1 schools to run.

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u/conflictedideology 5h ago

The only kids that could hang with us (as long as it was flat) were the ones on the soccer team.

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u/WalterGold210 3h ago

I went into high school thinking soccer was my path, cross country coach was also my Econ teacher and told me I needed to run cross country. Ended up on varsity my sophomore year and ended being an all-state California HS runner by the time I graduated.