The toughness of a cross country runner

A teacher of my acquaintance made an interesting observation as we watched the Southern Inter-Counties schools cross country races at the superb Basildon Sporting Village today. He said that cross country running is an unglamourous sport for a youngster, especially as it is normally done on one’s lonesome, without a team around one. You have a bad race, and then you just have to pick yourself up and try again. It’s very character building.

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