I'm not much of a long distance runner. Never have been. In fact I still don't really run long distance, even though it is growing on me. (I find its a lot easier to tolerate when listening to a podcast rather than music.) For this reason I never really run street races or have really had the ambition to run a half marathon; however, about two months ago my friend asked me if I would run in a color run with her in Cedar Rapids the last weekend of September. It was only a 5k and you get covered in lots of color. Why not do it?
September 28th came upon us and I woke up early to make it up there by 7:30am excited to soon be covered in color. There were four of us total, me, Abby, Kimberly and Kimberly's dad. The (very informal) race went off at about 8:30 and Kimberly and I made very good time since we ran the whole way. There was no official timing mechanism, but based off the camera (Tony was our official photographer) time, it took us about 26 to 27 minutes. Either way, it was for sure sub 9 minute mile pace. Unfortunately, the color was only colored corn starch so it was permanent. Regardless, it was a fun time with some great friends!
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| All ready to begin! |
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| Finished and covered in color |
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| Rounding the final corner with Abby |
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| All four of us at the end of the race |
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