I did the last week in May and it was muddy and some detours then too. I don't have sturdy enough fenders and went with my Muckynutz gut fender and a rig job of a piece of flimsy plastic cut from a paint roller liner taped under my rack (which worked great). From the knees up I was pretty good. For better or worse, my tires are pretty much slicks so I did not get large globs or a lot of throw.