I am not a runner.
However, after gaining more than a few pounds on my home trip, I decided
it was time to get off the couch and get moving. When I saw the Color Run was coming to
Shanghai, I dusted off my couch to 5K playlist and got ready to cross another
event off my bucket list.
Much to my chagrin, my training was cut short by a
month long
virus. In spite of our plague, Chris and I were determined to walk/run 5K
while getting pelted by colored cornstarch.
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| Two days before the race I headed to the Oriental Sports Center to pick up our racing packets. It was then that I started to panic because I was not prepared to run a 5K. At least the race wasn't timed. |
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| We were nice and clean before the race. |
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| Many runners decided to dress up for the occasion. |
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| Runners of all sizes and shapes were ready to go! |
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| I wanted to stay uncolored until the start of the race. That didn't happen, |
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| The race sold out in 15 minutes online. The start times were staggered to prevent a massive pileup of runners. |
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| At this point in the race I was ready to become a smurf! |
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| After smurfdom, I became a minion. |
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| Toward the end of the race, everything was a pink and purple cornstarchy mess. |
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| Yellow Cornstarch up the nose is not fun, but it does make for an interesting picture. |
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| Everyone was caked in cornstarch from head to toe. |
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| We did it!!! |
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| I even left a little bit of color on the metro on the way home. Oops!!! |
It took us a while, but I am proud to say Chris and I
completed our first 5K as a couple!
Up
next…the
Zombie
Crawl!!!
