Pre-season practice

Today was the last day of the pre season for my team and we did hill repeats for a workout. After we were done my coach said "get ready for hell on Monday" and I was just thinking "this season is totally gonna kick my ass". I'm doing XC to stay in shape for track and improve my endurance as a middle distance runner, and I'm just not really used to all of this running and hills. Is anybody else here doing XC to stay in shape for track? Or just thinking that this season's gonna kick their ass?