Houston Police Department sergeant Tim Ceplina avoids the barbed wire overhead while making his way through a 120-foot long, knee deep mud puddle during the Warrior Dash Oct. 15 in Old Monroe.

There are many people who might not give much consideration to paying money for an opportunity to crawl through mud and jump over burning objects while running a five kilometer cross country course. But close to 10,000 people did just that Oct. 15 during a Warrior Dash at the Blackhawk Valley Hunting Preserve in Old Monroe near St. Louis.

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