3 days til race day; runners defy heat, continue to register at record pace; KSDK-TV prepares Mud Mountain report for broadcast tomorrow

Kasey Joyce (left), reporter for KSDK-TV, interviews EHS cross country runner Garrett Sweatt Wednesday. Photo/Tom Atwood



KSDK-TV reporter Kasey Joyce shoots video and interviews for live reports to air Monday morning between 5 and 7 a.m. on Newschannel 5. Her reports will explore funding cuts for education, and how events like Mud Mountain are more important than ever to raise money for extra-curricular activities. Photos/Tom Atwood

Despite this week's warm weather, entries for Saturday's Mud Mountain 5K continue their record pace. So far, 388 runners have signed up. Here's the breakdown to date:

Entries received yesterday: 31 (22 mail in, 9 online)
2010 online entries: 171
2010 mail-in entries: 217
2010 total to date: 388

Last year -------
2009 online entries: 186
2009 mail-in (and other) entries: 180
2009 total to date: 366
2009 final total: 684

2008 --------
2008 online to date: 97
2008 mail-in to date: 195
2008 total to date: 292
2008 final total: 567