Tough To Do. Tough To Watch.

Former players usually miss Saturday afternoons. Not many miss the late August morning when they are put through their annual preseason conditioning test.

Dartmouth tested players who haven't been on campus Wednesday morning, starting in a heavy fog at 6:30. Players had to run 16 110-meter sprints on Memorial Field in set amounts of time according to position.






In the top photo, the team assembles shortly before the running began. In the next photo, gray ghosts run through the fog. By the third photo, the fog had lifted. In the final photo, some players paid the price (and yes, one player's mug has been intentionally smudged to protect the innocent).

During the run, those players who had been on campus and previously tested lined up on the sidelines and encouraged their teammates shouting things like, "Let's go guys," "Good job boys," "Get some air guys," and, "Almost done boys."

Check Green Alert premium tonight for Coach Buddy Teevens' take on how the team fared in the conditioning run and for a full recap on the first day of practice.