Joan, Larry, Matt and Michelle Stevens pose after running a race in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. The entire family is entered in Mud Mountain XIV on July 25. (Photo courtesy Larry Stevens)Entries for this year's Mud Mountain 5K Classic continue ahead of last year's record-setting pace. Most of the runners signed up so far are from Illinois and Missouri, although one runner is coming from Denver, Colorado. And an entire family from Oklahoma, the Stevens family, will be competing here on July 25.
How does a family that lives more than 400 miles from Edwardsville choose Mud Mountain? "We are traveling from Oklahoma to Indiana for vacation with family," says Joan Stevens. "And we are spending the night in the St. Louis area, so we were looking for 5Ks in the area to run as we often run them in the Tulsa area. Our daughter, Michelle, is actually going to be running cross-country and track for Missouri Southern State University this fall and we thought it would be a great opportunity for her to experience another college cross-country course.
"I simply did a Google search for 5Ks in St. Louis to find your race and it looked like it would be fun and challenging."
Good luck to the Stevens family, and to Michelle as she continues her cross-country career at MSSU.
How many runners have signed up for Mud Mountain XIV?
Entries yesterday: 15 (11 online, 4 mail)
2009 online entries: 97
2009 mail-in entries 78
2009 total to date: 175
Last year -----
2008 online to date: 41
2008 mail-in to date: 108
2008 total to date: 149
2008 final total: 567 (485 5K entries, 82 fun-run entries)
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