It's Like Wetting Your Pants, Only Fun

Yes folks, I'm talking about creek crossings. In the womens 5k, we cross Turtle Creek twice to get to the finish line. The men make the leap three times. In any case, your shorts get wet.

The weather has been ridiculously warm. It was in the high 80's on Saturday and the dip into Turtle Creek felt good after two miles of plugging along. As I so subtly hinted in the title, it also felt a bit like wetting your pants. In public. While spectators cheered and took pictures. The back of the pack of a certain mens team is notorious for making flips and spinning on their way into the first creek crossing, but most runners take the two-feet-at-a-time plunge approach (as demonstrated below by some of my esteemed team mates).

Wearing their blue and gold Beloit Spandex (Above L-R): Dana Crawford '10, Anna Edwards '10, and Allie Hood '08

(Above:) Anna and Dana scrambling up the other side bank.

(Above L-R) Helen Pope '10 and Katie Singleton '10 demonstrate the latest and most popular post-race trend: hobo bathing. While it was funny to watch other teams take pictures in the water, it was even more fun to take our final picture of the day:

Here's the ladies squad after the race with our hardware-- it's hard to beat winning your home meet. And while it was fun to hang out with recent alumni and the athletics barbeque sounded like a great chance to score some free food, I'll confess that I spent the rest of my Saturday with a few segments of Planet Earth, napping off the race. Nothing like some education in the natural sciences and a good showing to give you that collegiate sense of accomplishment.

For now, I guess I'd better get my head back to the week ahead. T-4 Days until Fall Break...