The Color Run is a unique paint race that celebrates healthiness, happiness,
individuality, and giving back to the community and we're proud to say we
completed the UK's first!
Originally
created in Utah in 2012, The Color Run was quickly hailed as the most popular
5K series in the United States and as soon as we heard the news it was coming
over to the UK we just had to book our place on what is known as the happiest
5k on the planet.
The first
rule of the race is to wear white so we made our way to Wembley, raring to go
with our race tops on and Color Run tattoos transferred!
The
atmosphere was fantastic, and even though there was a wait of approximately an
hour in the searing heat until we made it to the start-line, we were thrilled
to feel part of the first UK Color Run.
It was
with anticipation that we made it to the first 1K where we were showered with
purple corn-starch powder. It was very busy through the stations so we had to
make sure we found a volunteer to ensure we got as much colour on us as we
could! A tip here, try to keep your mouth closed, my teeth also got a coat of
purple, and the powder set Jane off coughing, but only for a few seconds!
At each
1k completed we went through pink, yellow and orange and saw some dedicated
party-goers just sticking around the colour stations making ‘snow angels’ in the powder, it definitely felt like a celebration of happiness!
For such
a hot day, we were pretty dehydrated throughout the run, and we do feel there
should have been a few more water stations, but as the race isn’t long, we made it to the finish line in one piece.
The
second rule of The Color Run, presented by Dulux, is to finish plastered in
colour, which we happily were. Championing the Dulux mission of ‘adding colour to people’s
lives’, we couldn’t think of a better brand association and title sponsor for
the event. The Color Run is the ultimate celebration of how uplifting colour
can be.
One
downside was that we also had to queue to get to the finish line too. We were
hoping to find water on hand as it was such a hot day but there was none to be
seen among the crowds. Instead we made our way to the coldest beverage we could
find, and keeping true to the colourful theme we each ended with an ice-cold
Slush Puppy while we watched the Color Festival, the post-run party!
We would
definitely recommend The Color Run to groups of friends that can party their
way round rather than taking on a serious run. Definitely make sure someone in
your group is the designated photographer; we were too busy trying to weave in
and out of people to take photos during the run!
The
official charity campaign is Cancer Research UK’s
‘Stand Up To Cancer’, so it’s a really worthwhile and
meaningful event to be part of. Its aim is to inspire one million participants
in 2013 to get active and motivate them to have fun with fitness, which is truly a great thing.
Future
Color Runs in the UK are scheduled for July 21st in Manchester,
August 24th in Belfast and September 14th in Brighton.
You can
find out more about the events here and follow the team on
Twitter – they are great at interacting
with their runners before the event!
Katie x
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