I got knee surgery back in May, so for the following months I had to stay off it. In the beginning of August, it felt strong enough that I could do some slow, light jogging. The friend who went with me to New York, Jessica, and I signed up to do the color run. If you have been living under a rock and don't know what the color run is, watch this video:
Basically, you show up in white t-shirts and end up a colorful, awesome mess. Each kilometer, they throw a different color at you. At the end, everyone has color packets that they throw up during a massive dance party.
The Grand Rapids run had sold out, but there was luckily a second run the next day we could sign up for. Here we are beforehand, still clean.
The Grand Rapids run had sold out, but there was luckily a second run the next day we could sign up for. Here we are beforehand, still clean.
Aaaand after, completely filthy.
We ran in tutus, shown below. Next to us was a group of runners running in hot dog costumes, so during the entire race we kept hearing people yell, "HOT DOG! HOT DOG!"
As I wrote before, afterwards there's a huge party filled with breakdancing unicorns and conga lines.
It was an incredibly fun experience that I would 100% recommend if you can afford the steep race price (around 50$). Never have I found running so fun! In fact, it inspired me to join a running club in Shanghai and start training more seriously. Even if you're a complete beginner, you can enjoy yourself running at the color run. Here's some of the professional race photos: