my days are filled with cross country try outs and basketball practice.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. Sometimes the runners are referred to as \"harriers\" (dogs). The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass, and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road. It is both an individual and a team sport; runners are judged on individual times and teams by a points-scoring method. Both men and women of all ages compete in cross country, which usually takes place during autumn and winter, and can include weather conditions of rain, sleet, snow or hail, and a wide range of temperatures. Cross country running is one of the disciplines under the umbrella sport of athletics, and is a natural terrain version of long-distance track and road running. Although open-air running competitions are pre-historic, the rules and traditions of cross country racing emerged in Britain. The English championship became the first national competition in 1876 and the International Cross Country Championships was held for the first time in 1903. Since 1973 the foremost elite competition has been the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I think cross-country running is really fun."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It really is! It involves a lot of running and is a great sport."}, {"role": "user", "content": "And it is much more interesting than running in a track, at least for me."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah, running in the dirt and grass is more satisfying to me."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Did you run cross country in high school?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No, I just know that it is individuals running a race on open-air courses."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Me neither, but I believe there are teams running in cross country, right?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah, teams can consist of many harriers or runners as they are sometimes referred to."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting, and how is the winning team determined?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They winners are determined on a point-scoring method."}]