Yesterday, I ran the Colour Me Rad 5K in Toronto.
It was a ton of fun, even though the temperature and humidity were absolutely ridiculous!!
I went with my lovely sister-in-law Adrienne and a few of her friends, Ashely, Jess and Steph. I honestly was worried about keeping up with these ladies, even though I've been running since January and 'training'. They're all in really good shape and play soccer so they're used to running.
We got there, parked, took a before picture:
And walked to the starting/finishing area. They had pre-race Zumba as a warm up and lots of things thrown out into the crowd. We saw tons of ridiculous outfits (including one guy in white boxers...completely gross) and I stated that it was completely different from the other races I've done.
Then the run/walk started. They told everyone to run on the left and walk on the right. Apparently, that's useless information as a lot of people would just stop and walk wherever they wanted.
The heat was nuts, the water station was actually a stop (we ran right by) and the 'track' conditions went from concrete to asphalt to trail. It was slightly insane and my legs definitely felt the differences.
We finished (time wasn't really kept and my watch turned off instead of started) and decided to head home, but not before taking a post race 'coloured' picture and a quick stop at Subway for lunch.
Overall, it was fun. I looked as though I didn't get any colour on me, but I'd definitely do it again!
Oh and these snazzy glasses came with it, but I might need to fight my little guy to get them back.
Have you done any of these "fun runs?" Which ones?
I haven't had the chance to run in a race like this but I've heard such great things! I'm glad you had fun and love the glasses!
ReplyDeleteThe only downside was the heat, but there's not much organizers can do about that!
DeleteI haven't done a fun race yet, but it's coming! Our local glow-run is in March, and I am so excited for it! I can't believe you are so color-free! How did that happen?
ReplyDeleteI keep telling myself I'm colour free because I ran so fast through the zones. I just think I happened to run through when they weren't throwing a lot of colour or I was more down the middle than closer to the side. I didn't have a lot to clean off though!
DeleteI'm signed up with some friends for this run in August-- LUV that it benefits Special Olympics as my sis-in-law has been a special olympics athlete for many years! I'm considering having my girls run with us-- I think they'd have fun!
ReplyDeleteOurs was for Big Brothers Big Sister. I love that it helps out charities, especially because they are such big races. The announcer was saying there were 14,000 people over the entire weekend that ran.
DeleteLooks like you had a lot of fun! I've only run some mud races like the Warrior Dash and the Dirty 30. I love them!
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