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Mud Mountain 2004 begins... Stephen Pifer wins Mud Mountain 2004, in a time of 16:46 After the mud pool... Bryan Ryan finishes strong... Survivors! Fun-runners... Andrew Josselyn, 19:24, and top female finisher Laura Zeigle, 19:30. They're off! One-mile fun run begins... Only the strong survive Mud Mountain...Meghan Zahn. They're off! The race begins... Winners have mud fun... Head-to-head... Battling for position... Caitland Carmichael at the finish... Edwardsville's Lauren Heidbrink... The final stretch... Thumbs up!! Fun for all ages... The final struggle... Fun run... The thundering herd... Up the first hill, near the one-mile marker... Leading the pack... Ellen Atwood, 12, runs with the big boys... Climbing the hill... The mud pool... Two miles to go... Ellen Atwood, 12, Abbie Friese, 13 near the one-mile marker... Dustin Davis, 16, finishes 3rd overall, 17:19. Kirk Nesbit and Mike Boring battle for 8th (18:00). Runners finishing... Mike Toolen wins his age group... In the chute... Getting muddy...