Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The Color Run!

This past weekend, my mom, my sister, and her boyfriend Braxton went up to Charlotte to do the Color Run! We went with a big group of my mom's running friends, and it was so fun! If you have never heard of the Color Run, the idea is you wear all white, and go run a 5K. At every kilometer, people along the route throw colored dust at you, and at the end of the run you are super colorful!

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 Us before the run!

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 Sam and Braxton

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 Me and Sammy!

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 On the way, Sam staring down some crazy drivers in the traffic

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 Right before the start. And FYI, if you are a serious runner, this is the most laid back 'race' ever. You get a loose start time, and every 5 minutes or so, they let a small group of people go at once. It was hard to get pictures during the race, cause I wasn't about to get out my phone or nice camera during one of the color stations. 

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 The four of us after the run!

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 Colorful!

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Sam and Braxton

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Seesters!

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Little bit of a height difference there...

At the finish line, every 20-30 minutes, runners take the color packet given to them and throw them up together in a huge color explosion. The only problem is, it totally obscures your vision for several seconds, and all the colors mix together and you end up looking kinda dingy. 

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See what I mean? If I were going to do it again, I would make sure every person in my group got a different color packet for the end, get TONS of color during the stations, and watch the color throws at the end from afar, and throw your color packets on each other for maximum impact. Also, if you do this run, be prepared to keep your mouth closed during color throws, and expect colored coughs, sneezes, and maybe earwax for the rest of the day. Just sayin'....

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