The lead pack runners are so focused you wonder if they can even hear the cheers at all. Well, especially the females. When woman run past Wellesley, everybody knows it. Signs along the barricades support runners from faraway places such as Texas and Louisiana. Runners are constantly reminded that Wellesley loves its runners.
Some runners actually find out.
Though most just slap hands with the throng of supporters, have their pictures taken with the ladies, or drop to give the girls a few push-ups to growing cheers, of course. While Monday was a party along the road that sits adjacent to the Mungers and Pomeroy dormitories, Sunday was the calm before the storm. Easter Sunday actually left much of the campus eerily quiet, save for a handful of students enjoying the spring weather and relaxing out by Lake Waban, on the west side of campus. Even 24 hours before the big race, the women of Wellesley were looking forward to the race. It s like there are millions of runners and you just yell and scream.