Just Stumbling Through Adventures: The COLOR RUN!!

This past weekend I have been in the twin cities visiting friends and family while waiting to do none other than the Color Run! Since my doctor had previously advised me to not run during this event and only walk, I was quite dishearten (literally) to do it anymore. However, I told myself that stuff happens in life and that even though I could not run it like I hoped, I would still do it because I had signed up.

Turns out, since my previous doctor visit, she gave me the thumbs up for being able to run it!! Isn't that fantastic? My problems had cleared up enough to let me go on with my plans for running it. Albeit I will not be able to run it as I planned, but I can still give it my best!! I am so excited!!

Tomorrow I will have the best run of my life! And the happiest one too!

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The Color Run was AMAZING!! It so great to be able to run with others and feel the comrade all around. With so many people, I thought that it would have felt cold and almost unwelcoming, but it was the complete opposite. There were many high fives, laughter, and "great job guys; keep it up!" And all from my fellow runners that I have never met before. Since this race is family friendly and not timed, the pressure to do my best was lowered and the need to have an awesome time was expanded. I was meeting a friend of mine there who I had been training with, and we started out at the 8 a.m. start line.

Here we are beautifully white and clean, but the best part about this 5k is knowing that we weren't going to stay like that for long! :D

This is after finishing the Color Run. Yes, I had passed the finish line. It wasn't the end of the 5K Color Run though. We still had the Color Run festival to participate in. Which was 15 minutes after we had finished our experiences with running through color.

Underneath is the festival. Don't worry the color is all natural. This picture shows only a small amount of how wickedly awesome this was.