At the beginning of this year's race we were told it would be a little shorter, closer to about 2.5 miles. However, it was actually a little less than 2 miles! Though shorter than we expected, the race was fun. Course was different and more challenging this year with the addition of a short hill, big mud puddles/bogs, and greasy trails from all the rain we had received that week. Awards were homemade jars of muddy dirt with our age division placement crafted and glued on top out of twigs. (So I placed 2nd in my age group and the jar of mud had a big 2 glued on top.) Nice t-shirt and plenty of food supplied by Hy-Vee and Panera Bread. We had a lot of fun.