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CROSS-COUNTRY

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST LOVED OR MOST HATED PARTS OF SPORTS AT SCHOOL FOR NEARLY ALL OF US, SO BRAD DIXON DELVES INTO THE JOY THAT IS CROSS-COUNTRY.

most of my life, I’ve had a love–hate relationship with running cross-country. I can vividly remember my first national event running for Burnside High School. It was the first time I felt physically sick during an event (running up the muddy hill for the second lap) and I finished the race feeling dizzy, ill, and completely short of oxygen. My school coach said

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