Next week the players will put on their equipment and begin practicing. Until then, weightlifting still remains the order of the day. Originally I wanted to photograph the first day of practice; however, my full-time job has me traveling to San Diego next week from Monday and returning Thursday evening. While I will be able to attend practice on Friday, it won’t be the first one which I wanted to do.
After going through the stations in the weight room coach Gatz called all the players to the middle of the weight room at a time unusually earlier than the normal end time. The players’ instincts told them a big run was in the cards and their instincts were proven correct. The players ran up and down the stairs in the aisle ways of Kenan Stadium. It would have been exhausting on the best of days; but on a hot North Carolina summer day it was worse. But all the players pulled through the endurance exercise and no one stopped before finishing.
