The Color Run

Last Sunday Kateri & I participated in "the happiest 5k on the planet," also known as The Color Run. A week before she sent me an email with the race information asking if I wanted to run with her; I had never heard of The Color Run before but when she sent me the website information & I saw this video, I just had to do it - it looked so fun:

 

 

The race was held at The National Harbor in DC & there were 5,000 people that came out to run/walk; there were all age groups & tons of kids. Here are a few pics of us pre-race:

Waiting for our heat to be called.

Buddies =)

A few days before the race we were told by a couple people that had ran in it before to make sure we wore sunglasses & had something to cover our nose & mouth when we ran through the color stations; apparently it can be difficult to breathe - so glad we listed to them because it was a huge help.

Since the race isn't actually timed, we decided to keep track with Kateri's iPhone just to see how we did at the end; we weren't actually racing because Kateri also wanted to take pics throughout, but we wanted to see what our time was at the end. There were alot of walkers & families with multiple kids in strollers so we spent most of the time dodging & weaving the large groups, but it was still alot of fun. Throughout the course there were signs like this:

 

There were also signs that said, "Woo Hoo, Here Comes the Blue!" & "Orange You Excited?!" Kateri also took some "action shots" where she would run ahead & snap pics of me running towards her (she's so goofy) but of course I did the same for her:

"Run Dani Run!"

-Kateri

We ended the race by the water & were greeted by a large group of vendors & a live band. The pic below was right before we crossed the finish line...our time was 28:04.

We were each given our own individual packet of color powder & were then counted down by the live band for us to group together & throw the color either at each other or up in the air:

It's now time to assess the color damage...below is us pre-race:

 

 

Post-race damage. =P

If you'd like to see if The Color Run comes to your area, check out their website here. We highly recommend it & all proceeds go to Children's Hospital.