Maybe they were the ones who sat for hours in the backyard making mud pies as girls. Maybe even as those little girls grew up, the visceral appeal of playing in dirt and water just never quit calling.

The first time Patricia Wooldridge considered entering a mud run, she was at a get-together near her Dallas home, it was early 2010, and as a friend described the crazy 5-K event coming to town that ...

Fourth grader Mackenzie Schmidt, center with arm up, is covered in mud from head to toe as she goes through the mud pit. The Blade/Lori King Buy This Image Fourth grader Mackenzie Schmidt is hosed off ...

Ricardo Noel, a slightly built 10-year-old, was about to tackle his first mud run Saturday, but he already had a strategy to maximize the muck, to escalate the ooze. "I'm going to go slow," he said, ...

Preparation is the key to getting through a mud run injury-free. Bring along these three must-haves. 1. A buddy. "You're going to need help with those obstacles," says Anthony Vennare, cofounder of ...

People will buy anything — take a crawl through mud for example. The name “Civilian Military Combine” doesn’t exactly ring with the sounds of fun and laughter, but for the hundreds of people who paid ...

On the opening day of trout season, Dave Hinkle was up early. The Manor Township resident camped out at the Muddy Run Recreation Park overnight and spent an overcast and dreary Saturday morning with ...

— Camp Edge is set to host three fun-filled events for all ages that you won’t want to miss on Saturday, Oct. 8. Registration will open at 7 a.m., with races beginning at 9 a.m. If getting dirty and ...