By Bobby DeMuro

Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to begin to train for the USMC Mud Run Challenge; with a great friend of mine, Jason Yarborough. For those of you who don’t know, Jason is (among other things) on the Board for NoFizz Charlotte – our sister non-profit organization. He’s a great guy, and somebody I look to for focus and perspective when I feel stressed or overwhelmed.

It's official - we're registered. There's no turning back now!

But enough with the love-fest. Recently, Jason and I decided to take on the Mud Run Challenge, and start training seriously for the race (which goes down on September 25th). It didn’t seem real to us, though, until a few days ago, when mother-daughter duo Amy Crane (the owner of Bella Ropa Boutique in nearby Birkdale Village) and Dee Decker pledged to join us, without really knowing what they were getting into with the event!

You need four people for a full team – and as soon as Amy and Dee jumped in to register with us, it was on! So, yesterday morning as dawn broke, Jason and I met at Freedom Park for the first workout. (Yes – it’s true – Amy and Dee slept through it. But it’s ok; the boys are going to be carrying this team!).
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Jason pulls up bright and early at 6:43 am - and we're ready to get started with Day One!

The Workout
Jason and I started with a good-paced 25 minute jog around south Charlotte. We left the park and went down East Boulevard into the heart of Dilworth, made a few loops, and jumped back into the park to finish at the amphitheater area.

At that point, we started running hill sprints up the amphitheater’s grass awning where, at the top of the hill, we’d drop and start doing sets of push-ups. After that, it was back down to the bottom of the hill for more sprints, and then more push-ups. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Ten rounds later, we jogged over to the playground, where we complete four sets of (super-set) kettle bell swings and max-rep pull-ups on the monkey bars. Feel the burn!!

The Future
So what’s in store with Team MuddyConFusion? We’ll update you on as many workouts as we can – for example, we’re headed out again Friday morning and Sunday afternoon to train. In the meantime, you can follow all of us on Twitter: Jason, Bobby, Amy and Dee. We are going to Tweet our Mud Run experience throughout the summer, and of course, before and after on the day of the event – with pictures included!

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