What a fun way to spend a Sunday morning. While all of the go-getters were up the river running in the Army 10 Miler today, my friend and I rode our bikes to Washington D.C.'s National Harbor to participate in The Color Run. The popularity of mud runs have spawned new ideas to make runs more interesting, especially for those of us who are seeking amusement in the absence of competitive drive. The most original so far is The Color Run, where you start out in the required white t-shirt and then proceed to get pelted with different color paint powder at every kilometer station.
Tips on surviving the color run:
1. Bring a bandana to put over your mouth during the color stations
2. Bring tissues or something to hide in your pocket during the run so that it escapes the color blasts. That way if anything gets in your eye, you have something clean to use.
3. Buy a loofah or something that you can use in the shower to exfoliate because the blue paint is stubborn!
4. Wear running shoes that you are planning on replacing in the near future. Mine have not been invited back into my house because they are covered in paint dust!
5. Find somewhere to stash the personal paint dust bag you got with your packet pickup and get ready to toss it at the finisher party!! (see photo at the top of this post)
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| Everyone in their clean white shirts at the start |
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| Yellow station |
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| Orange station (missed getting a photo of red before this one) |
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| The final station where I got a pile of blue in my ear! |
