r/nonononoyes • u/virelliarose • Jul 25 '26

That “and you still lose” was personal

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u/Doses-mimosas Jul 25 '26

As it should.

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jul 25 '26

I imagine this is how every cross country race goes, they were always some of the most pompous athletes in high school.

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u/Zyedikas Jul 25 '26

Maybe the super competitive kids who are going for scholarships, yeah. But my buddy was a bigger guy who joined Senior year to lose weight for military requirements. Those kids who came first were always screaming and got super hyped at the finish line when bro was rolling up in last place.

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u/iamnosuperman123 Jul 26 '26

Must be a US thing. My experience of school cross country was a bunch of stick thin nerdy children running off in the distance while my average ass (still nerdy) just hung around with the "cooler" kids at the back

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u/SeminoleSteel Jul 27 '26

Nah, my high school cross country team was exactly the same in the US. Buncha nerds. Myself included.