"2010 Beast of the East" McGuire Mud Run
Runners wades through ‘the Pits’, a 3-foot deep trench of muddy waters during the "2010 Beast of the East" McGuire Mud Run Sept. 11. More than 3,000 participants took to the fields of for the challenge of running a 10K through dirt hills, water holes, mud pits, man-made obstacles and stream crossings over terrain that varied from asphalt to grass, sand tank trails and mud. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dennis Sloan)