I'm a junior in High School, and although the guys on my team are really great, I don't really ever hang out with them outside of practice.
How close were/are you with your teammates?
I'm a junior in High School, and although the guys on my team are really great, I don't really ever hang out with them outside of practice.
How close were/are you with your teammates?
I hate my teammates and don't ever talk to them during or outside of practice unless they try to force me to talk with them. In that case I will just give yes and no answers even if it is not a yes or nother question.
I shower with my teammates.
I've had sex with my teammates
In HS (private school), not very close, except for one guy, we lived in the same rural area and I gave him a ride to/from school. We ran together on the weekends, did road races together, his family took me to NYC during Christmas.
In college, relatively close, although I am a loner. We practiced 2x per day as a team, then traveled to meets together in a van or bus - cross country, indoor and outdoor. By the time outdoor track started, I was over being part of the team. 14 people crammed in a 15 passenger van, with 4 to a room got old after a while. By the last meet of the season, I didn't really want much to do with anyone. By the time summer break was over, it was good to see everyone again. I was best man at one of my teammate's wedding.
I just graduated and I had a good group of friends on my HS XC team. Pretty much all of my closest friends ran.
Much, much too close. It becomes somewhat overwhelming.
My first year in HS I got really close with my teammates, and we had a great group dynamic. Things were pretty different the second year, and there was no cohesion. We again got fairly close my third and then had a great group dynamic again my fourth year. In college it was kind of the same way, though it seemed like things were more cliquey. There were a few different groups on the team where I loved a few guys and their friends, was okay with another group, and then pretty much hated a few other people.
Overall I think most teams get fairly close, but there is always one or two odd guys out or something like that. It sucks when you can't all be great friends, but that's just part of life.
I was close with my HS team mates, but not so much in college due to inconsistency. You are in the young-adult stage in life where people are really trying to figure it all out.
We had guys flunk out, girls drop out to get married, people join frats and become "party boys", others had to get jobs. Plus you had new recruits come in and change the dynamic every year. On a small xc team one or two people can make a big difference in the tone of the place.
If you are lucky you'll have teammates that are all about school and running, but I bet you find out it's quite different than that.
HS team were friends but didn't hang out much.
Collage (Div III) buddies for life.
I'm still close to a couple of my high school teammates. We were all very close when we were in high school.
Now, all of my good friends were on my college XC team. We get together a few times a year from all over the northeast.
Every one of my groomsmen was from either my high school or college XC team.
Lol.
I dropped my high school teammates halfway through senior year because i realized the things they were doing were wrong. They also became huge dicks.
Currently in college, im very close with the other recruits my age on the team. I'm iffy about some of the older guys because they keep thinking im a no talent just because i got injured last year.
Cant win em all.
HS: I didn't like most of them the ones I didn't like didn't like me either. We never saw each other outside of practice and other team functions
1st season of college: We practiced and ate together. We hung out together sometimes too.
2nd season of college (different school: Practiced and ate together. Although the guys (and most of the girls) were great, we didn't really hang out outside of practice much.