Nearly 1,000 people participated in the elementary school's fund-raiser. The big draw was likely the huge mud pit that waited for runners at the end of the adventure race. 

This year's Tough Tiger offered participants a shorter run, but more obstacles. The race started on Kent Street near the front of the school and featured a tire-run obstacle. The runners followed a short course through side streets to the field behind Sowams School. 

Once runners reach Sowams they had to complete a tire flip, a tire drag, a tunnel to crawl through and a standing broad jump. There were also haybale hurldles, wooden wall obstacles to crawl over or under, noodle hurdles and a large haybale mountain. 

The race course followed the Hampden Meadows Greenbelt path to the woods behind Hampden Meadows School. There were rope mazes, slack lines, a 15-foot cargo net obstacle, a tarp tunnel and other challenges. 

Finally runners crawled through a 30-foot section of mud to reach the finish line. 

Hampden Meadows School fourth-grader Hayden Knight grabbed bragging rights after he finished with the top time of the day — the 10-year-old finished with a time of 12:39. 

The top adult finisher was Steve DeBoth, who finished with a time of 14:16. (Steve's son Iain is a fourth-grader at Hampden Meadows and finished just a few steps behind his dad.)

As had become a tradition, Hampden Meadows School Principal Tracey McGee participated in the Tough Tiger. She wore a tiger headband and skirt.