Lizzie Anderson poses for this week's ad campaign promoting Mud Mountain as a cool alternative for runners to the hot pavement of summer. Will it work?Mud Mountain is not for the faint of heart. We all know that. But the weather forecast for this week--above normal temperatures in the mid-and upper nineties--may discourage some last-minute runners from signing up for Mud Mountain XV on July 24. Some runners may stop training in the heat. Hard to know for sure. But this kind of heat is one reason the decision was made several years ago to move Mud Mountain from its traditional Wednesday evening spot to Saturday morning--and why we made the start of the race even earlier last year, moving it up from 8:30 to 8:00 a.m, when it is cooler. Still, it seems possible that this week of heat prior to the race might hold down turnout. Just hope for a break by race day!
How many runners have signed up for Mud Mountain XV?
Entries received yesterday: 24 (16 online, 8 mail-in)
2010 online entries: 129
2010 mail-in entries: 158
2010 total to date: 287
Last Year to Date ------
2009 online entries: 137
2009 mail-in entries: 119
2009 total to date: 256
2009 final total: 684
2008 --------
2008 online to date: 63
2008 mail-in to date: 152
2008 total to date: 215
2008 final total: 567 (485 5K entries, 82 fun-run entries)
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