Mud runners

On September 17, the kids of Sundance Elementary school weren't studying but, instead, were running through the fairground arena, covered in mud.

The obstacle course consisted of balancing on wooden beams, running across growing tree stumps, leaping over hurdles of barrels, crawling under spider webs of yarn, climbing over pallet-made teepees and finally racing through dozens of tires. All covered in mud thanks to the Sundance Fire Department.

The course was assembled by third through sixth grade students and teachers who volunteered so, naturally, the students got to take a test run before th...