More Mud Run

Oregon Velo, a sports photography company, covered the Mudslinger 10K run. They set up photographers along the trail and took pictures of everyone as they ran by. This is really cool because now I have pictures of me as I get muddy, not just before and after. The pictures also show just how crazy the conditions were.



I'm not sure which is my favorite, but I'm hoping to support the photographer by buying a mouse pad or something with one of these pictures on it. Any input would be appreciated.

Before I ran the race, I created this Google map. I didn't find the one the Mudslinger people provided all that helpful for gauging the terrain. Once I had mapped it out on Google, I was able to fully appreciate and mentally prepare for how drastic the slopes of the run were going to be. You'll notice almost all of the elevation gains and losses occur over relatively short distances. It was tough going up and fun coming down. Compare the forced smiles in the first two pictures to the clearly real smiles in the second two pictures.