This past Saturday morning, bright and early (8am) my adventurous Arizona crew lined up at the starting line of The Color Run which calls itself the 'Happiest 5k on the planet!' and it sure did not disappoint! It was a bit breezy that morning which is unusual for us here in the valley and it was a bit chilly in the shade!
The premise of the race is to start off clean and finish dirty, and new this year finish sparkly! There were five different color stations where colored chalk is thrown at you, Pink, Yellow, Blue, Orange and Sparkly! I should mention this was an untimed race as well aka we walked the whole way.
The Adventure crew before the race
look at that wind blowing those banners!
Do you see the unicorn?
Pink station
Yellow station
Fun along the way
blue station (blue was the most stubborn to clean off)
Tutu and me
Orange everywhere!
The shiny sparkly finish
The rainbow finish line!
The colorful after party is tons of fun, color tosses every few minutes with a crowd of color everywhere!
We all had a colorfully good time and even have the medals to prove it!
Free Chocolate milk fron the Nesquik bunny, sure why not!
The leaf blowers are an attempt to clean us off (sponsored by Shout)
Post race food stop
The after after
It took a lot of scrubbing and washing to get all that color off. It amazed me that chalk could seep through all layers of clothing. I honestly still have a blue spot on the back of my neck in my hairline that I can't get un-blue and I think the sparkles will be around forever, in my hair, in the house and in the car! This was a great race and I would definitely sign up again! Who'd a thunk it that January I'd be running walking races in the desert! Have I mentioned I love Arizona!?
