history: My new obsession is cross country running. I love running out in nature and dirt trails.
knowledge: The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass, and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road.
response: Interesting. The courses can pass through several areas like woodlands, hills, or even gravel roads. Are you training for an event?
history: My new obsession is cross country running. I love running out in nature and dirt trails.
Interesting. The courses can pass through several areas like woodlands, hills, or even gravel roads. Are you training for an event?
Yes, I am! I'm training to compete, which most competitions take place in fall and winter, but worried about running when it rains or snows. That will be even more of a challenge.
knowledge: Both men and women of all ages compete in cross country, which usually takes place during autumn and winter, and can include weather conditions of rain, sleet, snow or hail, and a wide range of temperatures.
response: Oh, that's interesting. Yes, the competitions can be in many different kinds of weather. How long are the courses?
history: My new obsession is cross country running. I love running out in nature and dirt trails.
Interesting. The courses can pass through several areas like woodlands, hills, or even gravel roads. Are you training for an event?
Yes, I am! I'm training to compete, which most competitions take place in fall and winter, but worried about running when it rains or snows. That will be even more of a challenge.
Oh, that's interesting. Yes, the competitions can be in many different kinds of weather. How long are the courses?
A course can be from 2 1/2 to 7 1/2 miles long. My farthest has been 3 miles so far. Formal competitions go back to a 19th century English game called ''hare and hound'' or ''the paper chase''
knowledge: Sometimes the runners are referred to as ''harriers'' (dogs).
response: Is that why the runners are sometimes called ''harriers''?
history: My new obsession is cross country running. I love running out in nature and dirt trails.
Interesting. The courses can pass through several areas like woodlands, hills, or even gravel roads. Are you training for an event?
Yes, I am! I'm training to compete, which most competitions take place in fall and winter, but worried about running when it rains or snows. That will be even more of a challenge.
Oh, that's interesting. Yes, the competitions can be in many different kinds of weather. How long are the courses?
A course can be from 2 1/2 to 7 1/2 miles long. My farthest has been 3 miles so far. Formal competitions go back to a 19th century English game called ''hare and hound'' or ''the paper chase''
Is that why the runners are sometimes called ''harriers''?
That's an interesting fact, I didn't know that. It used to be an Olympic sport. During a 1924 race in a Paris heat wave, 8 runners were taken away on a stretcher. I hope that's not me.
knowledge: The English championship became the first national competition in 1876 and the International Cross Country Championships was held for the first time in 1903.
response: Oh, wow. I do know that the first national event was in 1876 in England.