By Mathias Eichler
This was Beast of Big Creek 2026!
Watch the recap video of the return of skyrunning to the USA and North America's only stop on the Skyrunner World Series.
Maia Pandey for NBC News:
More than 100 people said they contracted bacterial infections after competing in a Tough Mudder challenge on Saturday and Sunday in Sonoma, California.
You dig gross mud pools, let them sit for a few days, and then let hundreds of runners crawl through them. Seems like an obvious recipe for exactly this.
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