Wednesday Evening? 5k Racing Action!

Gray skies and a bit of mid-race precip did nothing to dampen the energy and fun of what has become a weekly summer fixture: the 5k cross country series. Show up. Pay $5 (members are FREE). Get your race "beeb" from the Bulgarian Registration Commandant.and toe the line.

Registration with an Eastern Bloc flair

Registration with an Eastern Bloc flair

The thundering herd

The thundering herd

Sculling coach Noel Wanner, contesting the men in shirts division.

Sculling coach Noel Wanner, contesting the men in shirts division.

Last night's route was the demanding yellow course which many ranked as one of the longest 5k's that they have run. Judging from the post-race smiles it mattered naught.

Sculling coaches Schlenker, Gronewold and Africa post-race.

Sculling coaches Schlenker, Gronewold and Africa post-race.

Rowers, coaches, Center staff, GRP skiers, and community members mingled and raced. One wee local couldn’t get to the start line on time:

She had just laid some eggs in a nest and was hunkered down in the grasses. Thanks to Susan Dunklee we have a perfect pre-race portrait of the tardy to the party creature.