Frozen Gnome 10k & 50k

By Chad Sullivan Published Jan 16, 2023

Some runners finished with bloodied knees or snot frozen into milky beads in their beard.

Some finished with ruddy cheeks, numb or needling from exposure. And some finished with their dry lips split open and their scalp steaming like they’d run with their head on fire.

But they finished, and most did so smiling.

Hats off to all those who braved the frigid temps this past Saturday at Ornery Mule’s Frozen Gnome 10k & 50k. You earned those rad-looking medals!

Photos: Tim Roberts @forbydigital

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