Running is a very competitive sport. Country Cross and Track and Field are two sports that involve competitive running. Cross Country is an endurance running sport. It tests your physical endurance, and the limitations of your body, mind and heart. In Cross Country there are two different types of races. There is the 2.1 mile race which everyone runs but varsity. Varsity runs the 3.1 mile race better know as the 5K. Both of these races are very difficult and challenging. Overall Cross Country is a very physically and mentally demanding sport.
Track and Field is very similar to Cross Country, but at the same time very different as well. They are similar in the way that they both mentally and physically demanding sports. One way they contrast is the concept that they are built around. Track and Field is more built around speed " sprinting", but Cross Country is built around long distance "endurance running." Track and Field is split into two main running groups "distance runners" and "sprinters." There are running events associated with each group. The 800 meter, the mile and the 2 mile is associated with the distance runners because those are endurance based running events. Everything from the 100 meter to the 400 meter races are considered sprinting events, because these are speed based running events.
