The Color Run

I would seriously suggest that everyone do the Color Run at some point. It was by far one of the best 5k's I have even done. We had such a great time and Naomi cannot wait to do another one. What happens is that once you get there and sign in they give you a white t-shirt, white head band, a number and a color packet. You have to hold onto your color packet until the end of the race. Throughout the race there are checkpoints where you just get completely covered in a color which is in a powder form. First was yellow, then blue, purple, orange, green and then pink. Naomi ran for the majority of the race, which personally I was extremely impressed and other runners were cheering her on throughout the entire race. You're having so much fun during the race that you don't even realize you're running a little over 3 miles. Half way through the race we lost Jonathan and I was convinced that he had cheated and cut through to the finish. We ended up seeing him at the finish line and he did say that he ran the entire race but he wasn't nearly as colorful as Naomi and I were...Hmmm =)

At the end of the race you go to a large stage and everyone stands together and gets out their color packet. Then they do a count down starting from 10 - 9 - 8 - 7...everyone rips open their color packets and throws the color in the air so when it comes back down you are completely covered from head to toe in multiple colors. It was such a great way to stat off our weekend and an amazing experience for Naomi and I to share. We have decided that this will be "our thing"...5k's/races. So we might sign up for the glow race, which is a night time race where you wear a bunch of glow sticks, but, we'll see.

Here are a couple pictures from the race =)