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25 PHOTOS: Dirty Fun for Extreme Athletes at Rock Solid Mud Run

Two intense military-style obstacle courses drew hundreds to Raceway Park on Saturday, Aug. 6.

Runners from across New Jersey and the tri-state area competed in the Rock Solid Mud Run at in Englishtown on Saturday, Aug. 6. The hundreds who participated in the sold-out event pushed their physical limits as they tested their skills, strength, and stamina in a 6 mile "short" course or a 12 mile long course. The military training-style race designed by US Marines combined running, swimming, climbing, and navigating difficult obstacles including crawling under electrified barbed wire.

See 25 photos from the event in the above photo gallery. 

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