The Mad Mud Run made its debut at Kiwanis Park, Tempe on May 3rd. Over 350 participants donned costumes or grubby clothes to chase each other for 4.5 miles. Family, volunteers and our DJ cheered participants on while they wove throughout the park, dodging kids with water cannons, leaping over hay bales and over, under and through tires, bars, belly crawls, a 5-ft wall, and a balance beam. The highlight of the event was a 3-stage mud pit – mud slinging and backstrokes included – before laughing back to the finish line for a rinse. Check it out - over 1200 photos - here.

The Mad Mud Run raised over $1,800 for the Foundation for Burns and Trauma (founders and financial support for the Arizona Children's Burn Camp).   Mark your calendars for November 22nd – we'll be coming back again with space for over 1,000 people to run, skip, jump (or walk) through crazy fun obstacles and a soothing mud pit.

A special thanks to our volunteers, vendors, and awesome sponsors: AZ on the Rocks, Boot Camp Chicks, Clif Shot, Hammer Nutrition, Just Dooit trailers, Larabar, Mesa Airlines, Mona Vie, Norwalk Furniture and Design, Puma Press, REI, Road ID, Sweat Magazine, and Zanfel.

1. Allison Solarz (40:37)
2. Neha LaCorte (44:02)
3. Trupti Chapman (47:50)

1. Curtis Kieser (32:36)
2. Jeffrey "Solo Mudd Puppie" Flemmer (32:47)
3. Roger "Sloppy Seconds" Guerrero (33:41)

1. "S and M" Shannon McQuaid & Johnn Williamson (35:57)
2. "Dirty Duo" Tara Brewer & Matthew Cowell (37:05)
3. "Kara the Great" Will Primack & Kara Moe (40:34)

1. "It Wasn't Us" Erin Benjamin & Hilary Delis (39:27)
2. "We Run Fo' Fun" Marlyn Shults & Carlee Shults (40:38)
3. "Muddy Tucson Tri Girls" Elaine Seasly & Shari Howard (42:16)

1. "Run Devils" Darren Skarecky & Matt Jordan (34:18)
2. "Team Ramrod" John Sciacca & Andre Forenschek (38:51)
3. "Slow White and the 2 dopes" Jason Williams & Brian Huskey (39:43)

1. "Running Amuck" G. Sevcov, S. Fury, B. O'Neil, V. Nelson (38:14)
2. "Rehab Plus" M. Bruning, K. Pritchette, R. Barrows, C. Head, P. Sigl (38:56)
3. "Native Beast" D. Farfante, K. Barton, R. Kjerstad, A. Luther, B. Handley (41:42)

1. "Mama Tukee" L. Clinton, L. Grennan, J. Ferguson, M. Axelrod, L. Swanson (41:10)
2. "The F.I.T.T. Girls" J. Ulloa, C. Holland, P. Cascio, K. Lyons, M. Trujillo (47:37)
3. "Hula Betty's" S. LeSueur, L. LeSueur, L. LeSueur, B. LeSueur, A. LeSueur (48:00)

1. "priMUDonnas" C. Green, T. Leupp, T. Anderson, J. Anderson, M. Rihs (38:33)
2. "Dirty Old Men" B. Clark, J. Winter, D. Parrish, C. Rivera, M. Benson (49:45)
3. "Mesa PD" S. Breseman, D. Williams, B. Lavin, J. Panagakis, S. Osborne (54:15)

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