Sa 6.1.13
- it had been a while since I last did a race...not since that terrible UNICEF 10k in March!
- so while in search of something fun, a friend, Elena, mentioned the Color Run
- these color runs seem to be all the rage in the US and I was interested to see what all the hype was about
- so we signed up...original race date: May 18th at Palermo Parks - postponed for a lousy 20% chance of rain (to be fair...it drizzled a bit in the morning...and our actual race date ended up being gorgeous!)
- rescheduled for today and relocated to the Parque de los Niños...much further north, but beautiful place to run along the river
- this is what a Color Run looks like in BA:
- pink color station before chaos ensues:
- clean race shirts and runners before chaos ensues:
- what you're supposed to do with the little bag of powder from your race packet:
- runners ready for a Color Run:
- views from the start:
- beautiful fall-ish day...can you see the mist of blue among the trees?
- blue color station in action:
- dj turnin' it up at the yellow station:
- a little finish photo:
- runners post-color run:
- so I think Elena and I both agreed on some of the pros and cons of this kind of race:
- pros: fun, funny, relaxed, different, happy
- cons: not a race, powder in your eyes makes it difficult to see, powder remains in eyes, nose, and ears, as well as skin and shoes for the rest of the day and into the next (part of the fun though, I guess)
- not sure I really get the color run...not sure if I'd do it again, but we definitely had fun and I'm glad I got to experience it
- *special thanks to our photographer (Jake) for hiking it up north with us for this crazy lil' 5k!
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