I hated cross country
It wasn't part of our fitness training - oh no. Instead, it was what we were told to do when the weather meant we couldn't do what were there for. When I played rugby in winter (it was Wales, so not only did we play rugby not soccer, winter lasted about 11 months), if the ground was too hard through frost or hot weather(usually it was frost), we had to go for a run.
When I played cricket in summer, if it was raining (and it usually was) we had to go for a run.
When I got older I started rowing instead, which you could do all year round, but if the river was too high (which often included fallen trees and other dangers) we had to go for a run.
If the river was too low in dry weather, the rocks got exposed and we had to go for a run.

I still hate fucking running because it's deeply ingrained in me that I could be doing something else instead that I might actually enjoy.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 19 Apr 2012, 14:39, Reply)