A couple of months ago, Christine heard about a 5K coming to San Francisco called The Color Run. The premise is simple, every 1K throughout the route you run through an area where volunteers dose you with colored powder. They also hand out packets and you can through it all over yourself and other people. We thought it sounded like fun … and boy were we right!
We headed out to the run with a couple of Maile’s classmates. We looked like a commercial for Bob jogging strollers as we each had one. I was a little concerned that Maile wouldn’t be a huge fan of the colored powder, but that was quickly put to rest when she and her friends started throwing it all over. The first time we went through the color cloud, Maile turned to me and said “That was awesome!”
Maile and Mommy getting happy and pumped pre-race!
Daddy and Maile the green elf 🙂
Unfortunately, Maile did take a tumble out of the stroller around the 3K mark. She wasn’t strapped in well and after we went through one of the colored clouds, she turned around to show me and fell out of the stroller when I jammed it on another runner’s foot. She was okay, some small cuts on her nose and forehead and a few minutes of tears. The excitement did wear her out though and she ended up falling asleep for the last 2K – yes, Maile finished the race, fast asleep in her stroller!
Family Picture at the finish line of the Color Run 2012 - with Maile Girl finishing the race in style...
