Going through a massive high school XC/track withdrawal. This is more of just a rant that you people can respond to with insults and criticisms, but here I go.
So my freshmen year of college track is complete and I'm going through HEAVY high school track withdrawal. The atmosphere from college to high school is completely different. The competition is no longer localized; your local small-city newspaper no longer gives a flying f*ck about the college track team; all the kids on the team are witty, edgy, college kids with some smart-ass remark about every god damn thing; no one on campus gives a sh*t about what the team does; the other competition is usually miles away and makes rivalries tough to form; national meets don't make national news unlike state championship news made state news; the team is completely segregated; and finally everyone is an bona fide adult and has to keep any emotional expression down to a minimum. Welcome to the monotonous, stale, boring world of adulthood and I'm probably only scratching the surface of what is yet to come.
There seemed to be more "culture" in high school track. More stats to look at, more person-to-person rivalries to anticipate, interteam conflicts, elimination-type qualification meets in the post season and just in general a better time. Not only that but the entire thing didn't feel like this dull calvalcade of competition that was isolated away from the rest of society. In high school there were brief ties from the track team to the school, from the school to the city and the city to the state.
The thing that does keep me driving is the personal instrinsic satisifcation I receive from competing myself. On a social level the entire thing has become very black and white with no color to it.
Anyone feel this way? Anyone feel as if there is no "life" in college competition?
I'm prepared for the ensuing slaughter of suck-it-up comments. Do your worst.