Marquette’s Dirtiest Race of the Season

Get ready for an ultimate challenge and ultimate fun with the annual Marquette Mountain Mud event!

Participants in the Marquette Mountain Mud Run crawl on their bellies through a mud pit as they near the finish line. (photo by Ron Caspi)

Participants in the Marquette Mountain Mud race cross the Carp River. (photo by Ron Caspi)

Marquette, MI – The mud will wash away but the memories of fun from this local mud challenge will stay forever!  This has got to be one of the best summer outdoor events happening in Marquette and the best part may be that for once you don’t need to care about the weather because the worse it is the better the challenge! 

A Marquette Mountain Mud racer crosses the Carp River during his run through the obstacle course on June 21, 2014. (photo by Ron Caspi)

No need to be an extreme sport seeker to participate in this mud run event, just an extreme fun seeker.  Beyond the t-shirt, the obstacles, and the mud this race offers an all around good time.  Grunts, moans, laughs, and smiles were in abundance as participants of all ages ran, climbed, splashed, and crawled through snow, streams, slides, foam and mud from the top of the mountain to the bottom.

A Mud Run participant runs through the foam bath section of the race. (photo by Ron Caspi)

A Mud Run participant runs to the finish line of the race. (photo by Ron Caspi)

To start racers are treated to a scenic ride up the ski hill on the chairlift to the starting line.  Participants can choose from running a 2 mile or 4 mile race but either one takes them through the same obstacles.  They weave up and down the ski hill racing from one challenge to the next making a 500ft descent to the finish line.

Participants in the Marquette Mountain Mud race climb over an obstacle. (photo by Ron Caspi)

Racers prepare to run Marquette Mountain Mud event as Smurfs for the optional costume contest portion of the race. (photo by Ron Caspi)

Like dressing up? Costumes are encouraged with prizes for the best ones in each category.  There are also prizes for top finishers and the race culminates with food, drinks, and a dj party at the chalet after the race.  My only complaint is that it’s so much fun it should last the entire weekend with more events, music, & food! Missed this year’s event? Get ready for next year in Marquette’s Dirtiest Race of the Season you can find all the info you need here:

www.marquettemountainmud.com

Racers in the Marquette Mountain Mud Run make their way through mud on the course. (photo by Ron Caspi)

A zombie racer in the Marquette Mountain Mud Run rests after completing the course. (photo by Ron Caspi)

Participants in the Marquette Mountain Mud Run crawl on their bellies through a mud pit as the near the finish line. (photo by Ron Caspi)

Exiting the foam wash section of the Marquette Mountain Mud Run. (phtoto by Ron Caspi)

Zombie racers in the Marquette Mountain Mud race accept water from onlookers on the obstacle course on June 21, 2014. (photo by Ron Caspi)

Crawling through the mud! (photo by Ron Caspi)

Mud runners watch other participants cross the finish line during the Marquette Mountain Mud Run 2014. (photo by Ron Caspi)

by Erica McMillan

Out of curiosity and necessity I have become accustomed to wearing many hats in life. The latest hat in my collection is as owner/publisher/author/photographer/videographer for Marquette Magazine. Among other things I am a doula, certified breastfeeding counselor, NMU student, and mother of 5... whew, I'm getting tired just writing that...

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