Run, girls, run - this mud race is for women

The Dirty Girl Mud Run, an untimed 5K that raises money for breast cancer research, is set at Old Tucson Studios March 2.

How my pals and I got in touch with the muck

For weeks my friends and co-workers at Frog & Firkin had prepared for the Dirty Girl Mud Run. We made tutus and designed T-shirts.

Sugar and spice and everything mud

More than 800 showed up for the Dirty Girl Mud Run earlier this month at Old Tucson, including Briana Gee, foreground and her friends. Organizers donated 2.5 percent of the registration fee to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Sugar and spice and everything mud

Jennifer Loy, who took part in the Dirty Girl Mud Run at Old Tucson with a group called Rock City Chicks, deftly manages a water obstacle while slipping under a pole.

Sugar and spice and everything mud

Rachel Tineo leads her fellow tutu-clad Mud Rumblers, friends and workout buddies in a dance before tackling the slushy course at the Dirty Girl Run at Old Tucson.

Sugar and spice and everything mud

Susan Hill, left, and Kimberly Reynolds trampled through the mud at the Dirty Girl Run to raise cancer awareness.

Sugar and spice and everything mud

At the starting line Zumba instructors Rosemary Bietendorf, foreground, (ROSEMARY BIETENDORF) and Patricia Matthews (PATRICIA MATTHEWS) perform on a platform as they lead a group of women in dance before they take off running during the Dirty Girl Mud Run (DIRTY GIRL MUD RUN) at Old Tucson, …

Sugar and spice and everything mud

Most of the first and second waves of runners in the Dirty Girl Mud Run were climbing over walls and jumping into muddy pools by the time the fourth wave reached the tunnel where they had to crawl through a foot of muddy water. Completing the race with a few scratches and a 20-foot blow-up m…