*****Runners #Bringing Sexy Back*****: Muddy Buddy 5k #BSB Original Duo

Hey all! It's Melody!!

I have a great running update for you!!!! My best friend (Who is the Bride, I am bringing sexy back for) came up to visit this weekend. She had always told me that she wanted to run a 5k, and we always just "talked about it"..... one day I was checking into the YMCA, and I saw a flyer for a Muddy Buddy 5k, where you are "tied" to your partner... I thought what better way to run your first 5k then to be tied to your original BSB (BSB= Bringing Sexy Back) workout partner... so now I guess you would say, BSB 2.0 baby! I signed us up!

Well today was the day! We got up early... got our Ohio State gear on (we matched of course) and headed to the Y. When we walked into the Y we saw a bunch of Seasoned runners (by the way the runner guy announced them as spirited runners) and began to get a little nervous... They handed us our bags with NO BIB! WHAT THE HECK NO BIB... I didn't get to add to my collection bummer (however I did add to my collection of something else, which I will tell later).

The weather outside was FREEZING, everything was frosted over! Including the optional mud pit at the end of the course! Right before the race.... we decided to get pumped up and listen to our anthem, Bringing Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake..this exact version below!

We started the race....(my butt was dragging) Misti was ready to run.... I thought my ears were going to fall off, and my snot was going to freeze (sorry to be real but that is how it was!).. We got in our grove, then we came up on the big hill! I yelled "Rocky Montage" lets go lets go! We made it! Then we were on our final stretch when a friend of mine drove by yelling go girl go! What motivation!!!!

We finished strong! What a great feeling to finish a race tied to your best friend! I would definitely would recommend this race to anyone! Being tied to your partner not only is a great team builder, it make you work together in tandem in way you would never think, you have to stay in stride together, and you have to push each other! For me it was a realization of our different strengths and weaknesses! I was a terrible starter and Misti was a stellar starter!!!! She was great! I was impressed! I however and a better finisher, I kick into gear about mile 2, when Misti was in high hear until mile 2! So combined we pushed each all the way through!!! It makes it to be a real challenge when you have to switch your normal running style to someone else.

Now to the Epic finish..... oh boy where shall I start.. There was an optional mud finish (which was partially frozen) I mean typically I am all about mud, fun, crazy, spontaneous, but when its 30 degrees NOT SO MUCH! Not to mention, what if you start in the mud pit and fall? YUCK! (MANY People did just that).... After the race we got to the food table we had amazing apples, and hijacked TONS OF mini-cliff bars for future run! (Not to mention they were NASTY, which we found out later)...

So we were done, getting ready to leave when the guy that was coordinating the race came up to me and said hey make sure you go to the finish line for the awards ceremony... I knew the guy but not well, I thought he was just "rounding people up". We were just going to skip this and head out for a big breakfast, I mean we earned it! (we never did go to breakfast #BSB RULE- Never eat when you are not hungry!) So they start giving out awards, they were categorized by combined age. We had a combined age of 49. So we were chomping on our AMAZING apples oblivious, exhausted and not paying a bit of attention, and they CALL OUR NAMES!!!! We look at each other and say WHAT???? Misti & Mel 3rd place!!!!! We cracked up as we were getting our medals! Well we didn't get a race bib, but we did get a medal, not a finishers medal, we got a 3RD PLACE MEDAL! Great MoJo for #BSB!

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Melly Mel