(upbeat music)
♫ Hey
♫ Ooh
♫ Hey
(laughs)
♫ Ooh
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♫ You can do it
♫ You can get it
♫ You can do it
♫ You can get it
- Perfect.
Woah.
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♫ You can do it
♫ You can get it
- You can throw your spikes,
and they'll get it in the air.
That might be dangerous, though.
I'm not sure about that.
There you go. Yeah.
(laughing)
Oh, that's it!
- I don't even,
I wouldn't even know it's there.
- You can smile. Do it.
Do it. Do it (mumbles).
I love it.
Perfect.
(laughing)
That's very good. You're done for the day.
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- [Narrator] Mental strength is perhaps,
the greatest strength inside of a cross-country athlete.
It is a strength that lives within everyone.
However, it is up to every individual
to decide whether they can let
that mental strength shine brighter
than the Mississippi sun,
or merely leave it in the dark.
Everybody on the cross-country team,
they love to run,
so staying positive and just realizing
that you're out there to have a good time, and you know
that's for me, and for the majority of this team,
especially, is the most important part of distance run.
- [Narrator] Life as a distance runner requires
a year-round commitment to your body and mind.
And following back-to-back trips
to the NC double-A championships for the men,
and the rising women's program,
fourth-year assistant coach Ryan Vanhoy
felt it was important to provide the student athletes
with an opportunity to let their hair down
and enjoy all the wonders of mother nature.
- Hey, guys.
What's going on?
- What's up, man?
How you doing?
- You guys are perfect.
We were all just hanging out
in the living room, watching some Olympics.
- Last night we won a - a potluck contest.
- A potluck contest.
A got a shepherd's pie with pulled pork in it,
so kitchen's bit of a mess.
We need to clean that up.
- Slim is sleeping.
He's very tired.
(laughs)
- Now with new people in here,
we got bed.
Who do I share this with? Mark.
We got two freshmen in here.
Now, let's take it back out.
This is one of my favorite rooms.
Down here, we have the hot water heater.
(laughs)
We definitely need this.
You want a warm shower?
We definitely need a hot water heater.
Bed room one. We step down here.
You got your seltzer water.
You want to stay hydrated?
You got your coconut water.
Now you're rolling.
Think that's about it.
(wind chimes tinkling)
(rooster crows)
(imitating rooster)
(calm music)
(cash register dings)
- Oh! - We have a winner.
- And a three. And a four.
- Oh, come on.
(clinking)
(tapping)
- How do you choose to do the - Fists.
- Whenever you want. - It's too slow.
- Oh.
(laughing)
(tapping)
(laughing)
(clicking)
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- [Boy] Oh, water's cold.
(water splashes)
(upbeat dance music)
(water bubbling)
- Woo!
- So hopping in the river with, you know,
40, 40 plus kayaks,
a little hectic at first,
but you know, there were some people
that were trying to, you know,
trying to sprint ahead, and
I guess, you know, finished the course a little faster,
then there were people in the back
who weren't paddling at all.
And then there were a couple people
who were just hiding in the river,
waiting to flip everybody, so.
You know, it wasn't,
you weren't staying dry on the trip.
- Just here in the river.
With the crew,
at Pickwick Lake in Tennessee,
just enjoying the trip so far.
Today we've just had a short run,
and you know, enjoying
the kayak trip down the river was just
came through a lot of rain, just there,
a lot of fun.
(upbeat music)
(hooting)
(bubbles gurgle)
- Woo!
Oh my god, scared me.
(calm music)
- Having your friends side-by-side's turned
what most people would consider,
you know, a laborious chore, or just something
that's, you know, not exactly fun,
into like, you know, one of my favorite things to do.
(calm music)
- I've really enjoyed the Pickwick Lake trip.
This is the first time we did it,
and I'm a junior, and I just,
if we could have done it my freshman and sophomore year,
I wish we could have,
'cause it was so fun,
and I think it was just a great way
for everyone to get to know each other.
- [Girl] Regular crunches.
- [Sax] Aw, that's what I was gonna do.
- [Girl] Sorry, Sax.
- Teamwork makes the dream work.
(laughing)
- We're gonna do the runner.
(groaning)
We'll show the new people the runner.
Alright.
So, you're gonna start in a seated position,
like most of us are already in.
Your feet are gonna be in front of you, bent
at the knee.
You're gonna keep your head straight,
your eyes forward,
and you're just gonna run
with your upper body,
as if you're on a run.
(breathing heavy)
- That trip was a lot more than just,
you know, let's go, let's go find some good trails to run,
you know, we, we had a volley ball tournament
we had a cook-off,
so it was nice to just get everybody together and
rather then, you know, just practicing together,
it was like, you know, we were there for three days,
just hanging out, having a good time.
This year has been a lot of firsts for Ole Miss.
We had that first cross country trip,
we have a track final,
even though it just got finished yesterday,
and now we're having our first home cross-country meet
in I think three or four years.
So, we're really excited as a program
to, you know, get out there and host some schools.
- I'm so excited for our first cross-country meet here.
I'm a junior, so we've never had a home cross-country meet
while I've been here.
We do get so much support from everybody,
but it will be awesome to get to see people
come out there and watch cross country.
It will be really cool
to see teammates and people from Oxford,
and everyone just come out and show us support.
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♫ Hey
♫ Ooh
♫ Hey
♫ Ooh