We told you yesterday that the Melcher-Dallas Cross Country Squad is going through a program reset this fall with very few experienced runners. Coach Amy Stuart also had to change her training routine to the very beginning, because so many of her runners are first year cross country participants.

Stuart: “We started with walk-jogging, moved into running and then running further distances, and then moved into hills and distances, getting a good tempo, so we’re ready to go for our first meet at Albia on Thursday.”

Stuart adds that each runner had their own training schedule during the summer. Stuart says each runner is getting a baseline to see what their times are after the Albia meet.