DIRTY DASH 2017

The Dirty Dash, a muddy foot race put on each year in Riverside State Park, drew thousands with mud bogs, climbing obstacles and a chance to experience it all with friends and family Saturday, July 8, 2017. It's a non-competitive activity where participants often run the course multiple times, getting muddier and muddier each round.

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Sat., July 8, 2017

Haley Meacham, of Spokane, ends the Dirty Dash race with a face full of mud Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Tiffany Forness gamely walks through a mud bog while daughter Aubree, right, age 5, takes the high road at the Dirty Dash Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Michael and Rebecca Smith leap onto a slide near the end of the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Members of the Latinas Club of Spokane enter the final mud pit together at the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Riverside State Park. The group meets monthly and their charitable work is focused on victims of domestic violence. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Members of the Latinas Club of Spokane work together to get across a cargo net where they were inundated with water from below at the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Crowds of runners wade into a mud bog on the course of the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Runners try to find their footing in a large mud bog on the course of the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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A group calling themselves the Hula Hotties pose for a picture before the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Runners struggle up an inflatable slide, just one of the features at the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Participants negotiate a cargo ladder while being inundated by water jets from below near the end of the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Participants are sprayed from below as they struggle across a cargo net near the end of the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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From left, Joe Mercer, Lindsey Mercer, Tiffany Barnes, Kim Goll, John McIlvaine and Ray Barnes show off their temporary tattoos at the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race attracts groups of friends and families to get muddy in the mud bogs and obstacles.

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A group from Crossfit of Post Falls pose for a picture in the middle of the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Sisters Jasmine McCauley, left, and Jade Grinstead relax after the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Hunter McCarrell, 9, emerges from a plastic culvert while his grandmother, Patty McCarrell takes a cellphone photo at the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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From left, Terri Baker, Hunter McCarrell, 9, Lance Baker, 7, Patty McCarrell and Dave Thompson negotiate a deep mud bog together at the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Josh Roop comes out of a plastic culvert soaked to the skin with mud during the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Thigh-deep mud trips up a participant in the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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The first mud puddle trips up some runners at the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Mud flies as a wave of runners start their race the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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Entertaining the audience while they await their start time, several runners have a banana-eating contest at the Dirty Dash race Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and through obstacles.

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A group from the Tri Cities dressed up for their turn through the Dirty Dash race course Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Riverside State Park. The popular foot race takes contestants through mud bogs and over obstacles.

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