The most credentialed female XC runner ever in America nailed it when she said, "Every single years for 8 straight years I would go to world xc with various levels of success but it always served as the true foundation of the rest of my year.... Cross country is not woman and man against nature but rather with it. It's running on the grass, feeling the difficulty. To me cross country was always that mirror I would hold up to myself and find out exactly how strong my backbone was, exactly how robust my willingness was and how stout my heart was and I knew if I could place or medal or win at World Cross it gave me an indomitableness for the entire rest of the year....The natural elements of this course are are as authentic as they should be, the hills and undulations. Add in the extra elements of the mud and water and it is truly the best and the toughest cross country course I have seen."