Practice starts 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Haines School for the high school boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams.

Coach Tara Bicknell said runners must have a physical and office paperwork complete to practice with the team. Eighth-graders also may practice with the team.

Bicknell said she sometimes hears from students that they’re “not runners.” “If you’re (young), you’re not anything yet,” she said. “There are people who start running at age 40. You can still…