Sure, why not? I've done worse for less...
Reminds me of a story about AMX Videos. While attending the MichiganU Naked Mile, Michael, their video man, decided that he'd get the best possible action shots by joining the run. So, he took off with the students, wearing nothing but tennis shoes and a backpack.
His footage was hilarious, to say the least. His out-of-shape huffing, puffing and wheezing is heard throughout and the camera's weaving all over the place while he tries to keep up with a group of gals.
The funniest thing about all this though, all of the other event photographers recognized him and made sure to include the mad cameraman from AMX in their releases that year. He still gets ribbed about it years later- trying for the shot and ending up being content...