For me, I would love to be a long distance runner.  To me, they seam to have really good attitudes, compared to people who are great in other sports, like weight-lifters, or foot-ball players.  What would you like to be good at?
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Ballet!!!\n\nOk, its not a sport, but it takes as much if not more effort to gracefully expend all that energy.
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Running, because you can do it all of your life, to one degree or another.
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It's a great question and a great debate!\n\nFitness?  Endurance?  Triathletes, adventure sportsmen, and Tour de France cyclists.\n\nPower?  American football and rugby.\n\nAgility?  Coordination?  Football (soccer) and basketball.  Tennis and Golf too!\n\nGrace (and power!)?  Gymnastics.\n\nAs you look above, you see why it's so difficult to name one athlete as the "best".\n\nBut, my favorite pure athletes are the adventure sportsmen.  Endurance is obviously needed.  So is strength.  But take in mind the events they cope with in a usual race:\n\nRunning / Hiking / Bouldering\nOrienteering\nMountain Biking\nMountain Climbing / Rapelling\nRowing / Kayaking\n\nThey need to combine mental strength with ability in multiple disciplines.\n\nThis argument will rage on, but I can't help but be awed by adventure sportsmen.
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Hi, That's what i ask myself all the time. here is what a few of  us do. A small group of us write RUNNING: then ask the question here in other sports. We answer eachothers stuff pretty regularly too, it's great. We also ask this question in the YAHOO ANSWERS category , hoping they will notice and add the category. Start doing this with us and you will get answers. it is just easier to find our running questions this way....
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It depends on different factors. 1)physical condition:  you obviously need to be in good shape for an event like that.  2)Body Design: if you look at a distance runner and then look at a sprinter you may see differences in musclular structure.  Different bodies are suited better for different events.  However, if you coach is having you run it, they must believe you can.
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I asked the same question myself...and even sent an email to Yahoo about it. I am a runner and would love a place here on Yahoo Answers.
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I love PE because i am a great runner and i love playing against people. I love football and athletics and i love it Cos you get to do something active and not get a boring lecture from a teacher all the time.
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Are you me?\n\nI run alone too. I see my local running club people all the time out on the community trail and we are friendly, but I don;t run with them as it seems every group run turns into a race somehow. I don;t care for the overly competitive attitude.\n\nI belong to another running club that is an hour and a half away. they are trail runners and I love them, so sad they are so far away. They walk, run, gab, we have great times.\n\ni also walk a bit now and then. And that seems unpopular with the local group. . I just don;t see the point in trying to hold a dying pace. Just walk a minute and start up again with some quality./
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Got to ask why you need a sport to do? \n\nIf its pure fitness then Running, Swimming or Cycling are good - all can be done in a group or on your own so you can do them to your own timetable\n\nIf its a fitness and social thing then any team game really but pick a level where it isnt too competitive to start with
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OMG!! THANK YOU!! I was just thinking that same thing!!\nand i have a sad track story. wanna hear it? ok well my 4x400 would have made it to STATE!!! but some stupid flag judge disqualified us... for NOTHING!! man, i hella wanna run at state!! \nand i agree that running is hard. you need to be mentally and physically in shape. its no fair that other LAME sports get more attention. and yea im calling CURLING and DARTS a lame sport. wait, darts isnt even a sport alright. drop it. what physical thing do yo have to do then flick your arm and hope the little arrow lands in a circle?
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What are you're goals? What is the purpose of your training? If you are bodybuilding or trying to get bigger, then the running is hurting your body's ability to bulk up. By running long distances, your body is burning up the energy that would otherwise go towards bulking up your muscles. If you are just strength training and trying to get ripped, then you're on the right track.
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After a good run I feel great. I love being outside and seeing the scenery and feeling the elements. One of my idols is also Steve Prefontaine who is, hands down, the best American distance runner in history... And I get motivation from him and everything he accomplished.
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what you want to do is train. you want to be fast so you should do sprint work along with skills, because you have to out run them them. work on juggling practice with a hacky sack and work on being aggresive because you don't want to be push around when you are playing people bigger than you.
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Play everything, because high school and Jr. High are fun like that.  I ended up playing running back and free saftey but on JV and C team I played D-line, tightend, reciever, QB get a feel for it all that way if you want/have to play a different position at the college level it's not that brand new to you. I was a lil guy in Jr high and high school 5'7 155 after I got to college I grew but do it all man. Don't limit yourself to just one sport do swimming, tennis, hoops all that skill pays off in the long run, And youre 12 what else do you have to do.
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how in heavens name do you expect to be ready for tryouts if you were out of shape?....you shouldve been working out and training leading up to the tryouts if you want a sporting chance of making the team...my feeling is anyone who shows up out of shape for tryouts doesn't deserve to be on the team...and since you did it doesn't seem you are seriously committed to work hard for the team...i suggest you skip this year and prepare yourself in earnest for next year
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Long distance running.
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Your still growing..  DE a good position, but here is more to being a good footbal player that size and muscle.. Speed, quickness, football smarts and being aggressive have to be there too..  \n\nwithout the desire, dedication and discipline you will never be a great DE..