We'd been planning to do the race together for a few months now. My best friend Katie approached me with the idea to form a team, and I came up with a team name: Colors of the Wind. (I'm a Disney minded creative genius!) We're Disney fans, so it only seemed appropriate to go with it. Shortly after naming and creating our team, I designed a team t-shirt concept. I came up with the slogan "Paint Me All the Colors of the Wind."
We really got into the Pocahontas themed spirit! Katie and Jenn wore awesome feather earrings and Katie, Jenn and Kathleen cut the sleeves of their shirts to look like fringe and they braided their hair! We made sure to take a team photo pre-race.
While waiting for the race to begin, a few members of our group joined the Zumba warm up routine. We posed for a few Pocahontas themed photos. (We're pretending to shoot arrows if you're confused.) We also took some photos with the "runicorn" mascot of The Color Run. I also took some photos of the crowds of people in white shirts everywhere!
We made our way over to the start line around 8:30. The race started at 9:00 so we spent a few minutes hanging out in the shade under some trees. Part of our team decided to do a human knot. Then we headed over to the start line shoot.
While waiting in the shoot, we passed the time taking "selfies" pre-race and still clean.
Before we knew it, our corral was at the front of the shoot and we counted down for the group in front of us! We watched the "runicorn" dancing around and a few minutes later, it was our turn... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... and we're off!!!
The race itself was so much fun! Katie, BJ and Eliot wanted to run it, while the rest of us girls decided to walk the 5K route. We got a lot more color than they did since we walked through the 4 color stations. I didn't get too much green, but the little boy at the end of the yellow section pelted the back of my neck as I passed him. I tried to even out my color when I passed through pink on the right side and purple on the left. As the race progressed, we gradually got more coated in it.
Sooner than expected, we were already at the finish area. (We later found out that the course was actually only 2.5 miles.) Eliot, Katie, BJ, Dani and my parents greeted Jenn, Katie, Elissa, Kathleen and me. We were also given some extra colored powder!
We took a lot of colorful post-race photos. We did our own powder toss in the field next to the post-race party area.
We took some colorful selfies.
BJ and I decided we were both turning into the Wicked Witches of the West. I dubbed him Zeleno when I saw how green his face was turning. (It really reminded me of Zelena from Once Upon A Time.)
We didn't spend much time at the post race party, but it was fun to watch all of the colored powder being tossed into the air!
Eventually, it was time to head home from our colorful morning fun! Katie and I had a good laugh when we saw Elissa and Eliot trying to keep their powder off of Katie's car.
The Color Run was a lot of fun and it is a great way to train for our runDisney events. I can't wait to do it again next year! I wish every run as as fun at this one! °o°
Note: Most of these photos are ones I took myself. But I would like to say a special thank you to Dani, Katie and Kathleen for the photos that I stole from your Facebook pages. Thank you ladies!!! ;-)
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