So, we see a sign hanging in Torchy's Tacos back in December. Color Run. Sounds fun. Family Friendly. We sign up as Team 78750. Friends in the neighborhood join our team. Event day comes.
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| Before |
We all wear white t-shirts as suggested. The idea is at every kilometer of the 5K, they toss powder paint on you and you are a colorful mess at the end.
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| Waiting. Start time was 9:00, but uHaul stuck in mud made delayed start time to 9:30. Wind was cold and blowing hard. | | Kids not happy. |
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| The start. See the green paint flying and the yellow paint further away. |
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| Color Run turns into Mud Run (uphill). |
What no one predicted was THE MUD on the course! Apparently, it rained pretty darn hard at the race site in East Austin the day before the race. Hello! It turned into a mud run. The kids were troopers for sure, but both Alex & Conleigh had their shoes stick in the mud when they were walking.
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| Shoes. Trash. |
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| I was needlessly worried about this girl. She had the time of her life and did the whole 5K with her friend Jessie by her side. Those kindergartners were impressive. |
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| After |
We had taken the stroller for Princess Campbell but the race course was too wet to use it. Campbell was a trooper. She didn't complain at all. Conleigh didn't enjoy the scene at all. Poor girl got lost in the mix of 10,000 people and ended up on the big hill alone. When I found her, she was holding her sneakers and looked like she had been on the streets for a week.
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| Walking in socks. |
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| Waiting for Dad to get the car. |
As the days go by, the memory of the event will be better. I doubt we'll be doing a 5K in the near future.
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