9 days til race day; entries to date total 200; Davis "honored" to be chosen as honorary race starter for Mud Mountain XIV

Dustin Davis, who holds the record for the Mud Mountain course (15:36 at an IHSA meet), will be the honorary race starter for Mud Mountain XIV. Davis joins past honorary starters Craig Virgin and Stephen Pifer. Davis, who finished 2nd last year in Mud Mountain XIII, is injured (stress fracture) and will be unable to compete in this year's race. Davis says starting Mud Mountain XIV is a "huge honor."

How many runners have signed up for Mud Mountain XIV?

2009 online entries: 108
2009 mail-in entries 92
2009 total to date: 200

Last year -----
2008 online to date: 47
2008 mail-in to date: 121
2008 total to date: 168
2008 final total: 567 (485 5K entries, 82 fun-run entries)