Is Cross Country considered the "hufflepuff" of sports? Should I just give up on this?

[Crazy Ninja]

On Twitter, people were saying how Cross country is the Hufflepuff of sports. I didn't know what that meant so I checked it up. It is a comparison to Harry Potter. It means that it just takes "anyone." The traits are modest, loyal, etc.. but cast off to the side and while the other sports takes in the great players, cross country just takes "the others."

I'm in cross country and I had a really big meet yesterday to where about 213 schools came and I improved my time by another minute and what I saw on Twitter really hurt my feelings and I almost feel as if I am just "another person" that needed to be on a sport so out of pity, my coach just let me be in it.

This is my second year in Cross Country. The first year, I didn't train and I was really bad with times of 20 minutes for a 4k. Last year, I trained too much before the season that I got a stress fracture and couldn't run for the season. This year, I'm good enough for our school to be on Varsity level but for some reason the coach let a slower new girl than me be on Varsity and 2 girls including me are on JV. We are getting time of 17 minutes. The time isn't that great but it's better than the new girl on Varsity that is getting 20 minutes. I'm not going to complain to the coach because maybe he sees that she's best friends with another girl on varsity and doesn't want to separate them. I'm going to be in Varsity next year and I'm thinking that what if I really am just an "add-on" to cross country? I don't think the coach would care if I'm in it or not. I feel like I shouldn't be apart of this.

Any advice, information or help?

[Shriekingbedroom462]

Don't give up!

Cross country isn't easy. Many people can not run more than a mile without having an extremely hard time. It takes endurance and skill. Trust me. Yeah, they may take anyone, but that's because not many people want to do it due to the fact that running is hard. I find running impressive. Hell, I couldn't do it. I'm more of a tennis person. Cross country is a very respectable sport in my eyes.

[Ronaldinho]

dont give up