Are Sunday morning long runs required in college xc?

For some Christians, going to church is important but so is resting and serving God on that day in a more dedicated way. "Rember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy" is one of the ten commandments in the old Testament. Exodus 20:10 - But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. Also, Isaiah 58:13-14: If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. Some believe Sundays are not for "doing thy pleasure" and that if they serve God and rest from other activities on that day that they will be blessed as these scriptures state.

Sunday long runs are mandatory. If you go to church, your coach will literally drag you out, nail running shoes to your feet, and force you to do a run so hard you won't get out of bed for 3 days.

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If "you heard" that all colleges require Sunday morning long runs then you are both listening to the wrong people and lack critical thinking skills.

This message board has given you many answers, but the fact that you couldn't figure this out on your own is an issue your eventual college coach will have a problem with.

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shipscholar wrote:

All practices are mandatory, but if you plan with the coach, you don't have to show up to all practices. Religious events would be one legitimate reason for missing practice. Mandated through the NCAA. Odds are you can find a different time to go to church, but if you can't, then miss practice.

When I was in college there were about 4 women who would go to church instead of practice. But they would meet together with the coach @ 6 in the morning to get started on their run.

please find me the NCAA rule that says you can miss practice for religious events

That's all Old Testament scripture. Jesus Christ came and fulfilled all that. Dies on the Cross for the sins of the world. Now we have the New Testament which replaces all of that. You are not required to keep the sabbath holy anymore. There are a lot of other commandments in the Old Testament besides the 10 Commandments. Are you doing all of those too? You know, ritual sacrifices etc.

high school xc coach wrote:

there are 24 hours in a Sunday. this is still correct, yeah?

+1

Yeah, at my school our Sunday morning long run was always early enough that you could go to church after if you wanted.