A few months ago Sarah had the great idea to have some camp friends do the Color In Motion run together. I was so excited to get to do a race like this, especially with camp friends. Our group ended up being Jamie Z, Amanda, Molly, Alli, Sarah and I.
We met up just after seven this morning and carpooled to the State Fairgrounds where the race was being held. We had our official Color In Motion shirts and some of us got sweatbands, neon socks and fanny packs too. And if they had the tu-tus for sale you better believe we all would have been about those.
There was music blaring right where everyone walked up which gave us plenty of energy that early in the morning. We're more the dancing kind of people (as opposed to running people) anyway so we danced for the next 45 minutes until the race actually started.
We got to see Breezy and Brice, two counselors from last summer, and made friends with some really fun and loud ladies waiting in the start corral by us. We're all about fun, people and colorful things so this event was perfect for our Tecumseh Team.
Slowly the street behind the start line got filled up as the minutes ticked down to the start. We continued to dance in place even breaking out in the electric slide and helping to get the crowd to do the wave.
We really only ran about a quarter mile of the race which I ended up being totally okay with. Walking made the experience last twice the time. There was a color station about every quarter mile. You could see the cloud of dust in the distance from pretty far back. Volunteers sprayed the colored powder as you ran through. On our second station we had the brilliant idea to roll on the ground in the station to pick up powder that was on the ground. We got so much more powder on us and everyone around us found it pretty entertaining.
After rolling in the blue we were covered in the stuff.
Some of it shakes off while you run and when we rolled in the yellow just about 10 minutes later our color was changed again. A friendly volunteer and security guard took our picture mid-race.
We sang a couple Taylor Swift songs and camp cheers as we walked the course. After a loud rendition of Lake Ladies a girl yelled, "Camp T!" to us. I yelled back asking if she was going this summer and she said "No" to our disappointment. But then she yelled, "Are you Miss Wright?" It was Jackie, a girl who used to go to my Junior High and older camper!
After we crossed the finish line people were throwing the powder everywhere. You automatically got a color pack for participating in the race. If you turned in your trash to the merchandise table they would give you a new color pack for free.
I'm so glad that Sarah suggested this race and that we could all do it together. It really was so much fun. If you ever have the opportunity to do an event like this don't pass it up. I hear the Color Run is coming to Indy later this summer...
We were starving after the race so we went to the 3 Wisemen for lunch... looking like this. The food, company and look from strangers were all awesome.
Now I just have to get all of the color off of me!
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