PHOTOS: The World Famous Mud Run at Camp Pendleton

Competitors got muddy from head to toe. From its modest beginnings in the 1990s, the Mud Run has grown exponentially. This year’s was held over two weekends for different groups.
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Lance Cpl. Kenneth Mathews, left, motivates a runner in Marine Corps style.
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A team of runners in prison costumes make their way through a puddle at the end of the 6.2-mile obstacle course.
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Marine Pfc. Luke Myrick , right, and Pvt. Michael Jenkins wrestle in the mud. No one needed emergency evacuation, but Navy corpsmen were busy treating sprains, barked shins, banged knees and dehydration.
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A team of competitors in tutus run through a puddle at the end of the course. For each finisher, there was a Mud Run T-shirt in Marine Corps colors.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Johnna-Mae Smith is thrown by her colleagues into one of the mud ponds.
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A little mud couldn’t stop this runner.
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A runner exults as she crosses the finish line.
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