STRANGEST HS XC TRADITIONS

floridaxc2018 wrote:

What are some of your strangest traditions that you do before/during/after you HS xc season?

We do our favorite Fortnite dance on the line and we jubilee in a circle before the race.

First year of our tradition and we won our region for the first time.

Before regionals and state every year we had very specific supper and breakfast.

We as a team ate bierocks, canned peaches, and "Jerry Juice" which was a sprite/punch mix.

You didn't have to eat it all but you had to eat a little of everything. Part of the buy in i think.

From 1965-today I would say our boys and girls teams combined have only missed state qualifying 4-5 times. Multiple state championships and podiums.

-cupcake fight: at our last practice the freshman would be organized for a group photo and told they'll be served cupcakes by the upper classmen to honor them for finishing their first season. In reality upperclassmen pelt them with the cupcakes. At that point the coach brought out about 100 more cupcakes and it became a free-for-all.

-We had a rubber severed leg (Halloween decoration) that we put on a stick and carried to every meet as a mascot. Lot's of jokes: "he was a freshman who didn't listen to coach," "he didn't run fast enough," "this is what happens when you don't stretch," etc.

-coach giving you a silly nickname

-stopping at Zaxby's after a meet

-goofing off at the wal mart next to our hotel the night before state

-Seniors got to choose the workouts during the last week of practice

-strides, Lord's Prayer, and then spirit chant before every race

my coach used to call us bird brains...

We go balls during the race

Also during our last hill repeat day the seniors get to roll down the hill

*Balls out. Not really sure where that came from but that's what were told to do

We built tee-pees in the woods while we were supposed to be running. They were fairly elaborate in that several people could fit in them and were well built (sturdy, kept rain out, etc).

Went on for several years, and the location became a known party spot for high school kids. Eventually got caught by the coaches and everyone got nearly kicked off the team. Had to make running fun somehow, am I right?

teepee wrote:

We built tee-pees in the woods while we were supposed to be running. They were fairly elaborate in that several people could fit in them and were well built (sturdy, kept rain out, etc).

Went on for several years, and the location became a known party spot for high school kids. Eventually got caught by the coaches and everyone got nearly kicked off the team. Had to make running fun somehow, am I right?

That's why you guys scored 200 points at our conference meet and we scored 35. Someone has to be last ...

teepee wrote:

We built tee-pees in the woods while we were supposed to be running. They were fairly elaborate in that several people could fit in them and were well built (sturdy, kept rain out, etc).

So this is where you did your circle jerks?

another perspective wrote:

teepee wrote:

We built tee-pees in the woods while we were supposed to be running. They were fairly elaborate in that several people could fit in them and were well built (sturdy, kept rain out, etc).

Went on for several years, and the location became a known party spot for high school kids. Eventually got caught by the coaches and everyone got nearly kicked off the team. Had to make running fun somehow, am I right?

That's why you guys scored 200 points at our conference meet and we scored 35. Someone has to be last ...

Haha, you actually made me look up our results from the teepee years. We did kind of suck, but I think we would have sucked regardless. Congrats on your high school conference meet.

someonekrillme wrote:

We do our favorite Fortnite dance on the line and we jubilee in a circle before the race.

What is a "Fortnite dance"?

What does it mean to "jubilee in a circle"?

What language are you speaking?

"The Shank" and "Bridge to Terabitithia":

"Bridge to Terabitithia" was the name of a route that cut through a gated community. The gate code was passed down from upper to lower grades. The route also cut through easements and went off trail through the woods so dense we had to slow to a walk and bushwack our way. One day on the route someone found a broken pocket knife which we called "The Shank". Every time we ran that route we would hide the shank in a new location--under rocks, in tree stumps, etc. This went on for a couple years.

My school's initials were SC, so our cheer before each race was "S my C!"

Mandatory Milk mile for freshmen. Once a year when practice is cancelled due to weather we summon Nessie by peeing in the pond which we usually run around. Have a no homo cuddle train before every cold meet and sing country roads right before we warm up.

the night before state, in the hotel, all of the guys plus the alternate (8 total) pile into one double sized bed, and spoon. this usually lasts 20 minutes to an hour. there are also some synchronized dynamic hip movements. we stay fully clothed.

Legend has it that it builds team unity and also boosts T levels naturally pre-race.

Our team practiced at a county park that was heavily wooded. At our last practice, the whole HS boys' team would sneak off into the woods to a big rock in a creek called the "Shrine". Seniors would give one object to sacrifice to the Shrine that was meaningful to them or the team. Eventually the Shrine was discovered by a park ranger, and we had to collect all of the things seniors had left over the years.

After most easy run days we would go to the woods to hang out by this tree that grew in a curve because we always bent it and it was named "bendy"

In HS whenever we would get to travel for a meet that involved staying in a hotel the night before the race, we would try our best to eat at a Claim Jumper the night before race. On our way out, we would grab an apple from their fruit basket (not sure if they were for the taking or not, but we did), as well as all the toothpicks they had. When we got back to the hotel, we would have a ceremony and put all the toothpicks into the apple, then proceed to go play catch with it as a team either in the hallway or the parking lot.

The main goal was to make noise and lure the girls teams out from the other schools to see this super cool team playing catch with an apple with toothpicks in it. Blood was shed.

Before bed, we would fill fill up an entire bath tub of ice, usually draining multiple floors of ice machines, and bury the apple overnight and while we raced; for good luck of course.

This was the SpineApple

-AVXC09