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An athlete splashes through a large pool of mud just after the starting line on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Nathan Lindenbach emerges from a large pool of mud just after the starting line on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

An athlete slips down a muddy slope before plunging into a pool of mud below on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Richard Asbury traverses cautiously down a muddy slope and into a pool of mud below on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Jason Funk (left) slides downhill into a pool of mud on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Elena Jiminez Miranda makes her way through a thick mud obstacle on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Maria Asuncion Jimenez Ossorio trudges through a thick pool of mud on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Aaron Smith climbs out of a pool of mud on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

An athlete takes a dip in a pool of mud on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

(Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

An athlete loses grip of the monkey net above and takes the plunge into the pool of mud on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Ryan Brown (left) and James Russon climb up and over the 6 foot wall obstacle of the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Johnny Watson makes his way over the 6 foot wall obstacle on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Yuri Smith swings to the nearest hand hold of the monkey net obstacle over a pool of muddy water below on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Yuri Smith loses hold of the monkey net before taking the plunge into the cool muddy water below on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

McCauley Kraker flips a large tractor tire at the tire drag obstacle on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Athletes climb up the rope in an effort to reach the top to ring the bell on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Jamie Woods pulls herself up the rope climbing obstacle in an effort to reach the top to ring the bell on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

An athlete pulls himself up the rope climbing obstacle determined to reach the top to ring the bell on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

John Yatsko crawls under a long stretch of barbed wire, tires and thick mud before proceeding to the final obstacle and to the finish line in first place of the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Cody Moat crawls under a long stretch of barbed wire, tires and thick mud before proceeding to the final obstacle and to the finish line in second place of the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Cody Moat crawls from under the final barbed wire and proceeds to the final obstacle and to the finish line in second place of the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Glenn Racz rolls under a long stretch of barbed wire, tires and thick mud before proceeding to the final obstacle and to the finish line in third place of the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Glenn Racz rolls under a long stretch of barbed wire, tires and thick mud before proceeding to the final obstacle and to the finish line in third place of the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Jeremy Everts climbs over an inverted wall on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Chad Sundloff makes his way over the slip wall obstacle before making his way over the fire jump to the finish line of the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Athletes swing across the monkey net obstacle over a pool of mud on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Chance Davis gets covered in mud after the monkey net obstacle on the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

Brian Gowiski is presented with a medal at the finish line of the 12 mile course consisting of 29 obstacles at the Reebok Spartan Beast course Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)

MaCauley Kraker (left) is congratulated by Glenn Racz after finishing the 12 mile Reebok Spartan Beast course consisting of 29 obstacles Saturday, June 28 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo by: Christopher Reeves/The Park Record)