Over the last year of running in college, I have begun to notice some key differences between high school and college running. The whole experience of college running has gave me a different perspective on running because of the different experiences that take place. College running is more competitive and is focused on winning compared to high school running where whoever wants to run can run and it is more based on fun then winning.
Some programs in high school though are based on the winning way don't get me wrong, but my high school wasn't. We have had some real good kids come through our school running who were great. They would go out and win some races or place really high which was good thing, but the thing about it was they always had fun with it. If someone doesn't have fun with running do you really think they would stick with it for a long period of time?
Looking around my conference and fellow runners, everybody takes racing serious not having any fun with it. My team tries to have fun through the meet, but once you step up to the line its time to race. The competitive juices flow when they need to during a race, but no need to take it serious up to the race. Running is suppose to be something you love to do in life, not something to take too serious. Winning is always great, but try to have some fun while doing it.
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