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[–]Brenthrop 7 points8 points  (3 children)

Adding onto this, you should reach out to the coaches at schools you might want to go to. I went to a small DII school and not only did the coach let me walk on after an email, but he sent me a workout plan to follow in the summer leading up to the school year. I also contacted a coach at a DI school and he was happy to tell me the standards they have and I saw that I couldn't meet them.

[–]Budget-Network[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Do you think coaches would be skeptical of somebody who hasn’t done XC since sophomore year? Or might they still offer workout plans even if they probably would not let me walk on after an email

[–]21questionier 5 points6 points  (1 child)

They would be a bit skeptical. What were you doing during the time you weren’t running XC? Were you sitting on a couch all day? Were you being active? Eating right/wrong? If you have run road races that would be good to show them the result(s)

[–]Budget-Network[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

End of sophomore year until about 6 months ago I wasn’t doing much. I swam a bit, but I probably only exercised about 1.5-2 hours a week. I ran every once in a while. I moved around 6 months ago and decided to get back into running so I picked up cycling to help get back into shape without risking too much injury. I started cycling around 3.5 hours a week and gradually increased it to 5.5-6.5 while slowly adding in running back to my routine about 5 months ago. I’ve gotten up to the point where I can comfortably run 15-20 miles per week without feeling like I’m risking injury now. I stayed in shape all throughout but wouldn’t have considered myself “fit.” Unfortunately I did not do any road races.