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| - This was my second time to be doused in color while wearing white. However, one in my group of four decided that it would be cute to run in official Color Run tutus to my dismay. So not only was it raining "cats and dogs" outside and 50-something degrees, my friends and I looked either ridiculous or super cute depending on the on looker with Color Run socks and tutus. I didn't care though. We were out there to have fun, and that's all that mattered. Despite the freakishly crazy weather, very similar to the rain I experienced while running in Portland, Oregon, we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
I felt like there was much more color involved than in the Color Me Rad run. I honestly thought the event would be canceled due to the extra heavy rain, but kudos to The Color Run peeps for hanging in there, and enthusiastically throwing dyed cornstarch in our faces as we ran 3 miles.
I'd like to use the word "run" lightly, because the run, despite the different run start times, still ended up being a "cluster_ _ _ _" for lack of better words. I agree that this is a "fun" run so what are us "serious runners" doing weaving through groups of walkers? It was really cold! We just wanted to run and get it over with! The trail was so cramped up by the end that we were forced to run on the hilly wet grass to get around people. It was pretty slippery between running on the wet grass, the sidewalk, the mud, and through sidewalk puddles. There was an element of "slight danger" involved as another reviewer said.
Will I do this again? Heck yeah! I have allergies too, so the rain kind of helped keep the color cloud at bay and instead of inhaling everything, the color stayed glued to my skin instead. We certainly felt and looked ridiculous at the end but inspite of the weather and mess, it was fun! I definitely recommend this run to people, the original Color Run!
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