Thursday, January 19, 2012

One Colorful Run


This looks like one fun (and messy) 5k. You basically start off with a clean white shirt and are sprayed with different colors per kilometer. The materials sprayed on runners by volunteers are said to be 100% safe and even edible (though taste is another issue). I wonder what happens as you sweat. Does it sting if it gets in your eyes? And do you have to go home with that mess or, like mud runs, do you get to shower it off before you hit the road? Would year wash the shirt with other clothes - or would you wash it at all?

I've obviously not done a lot of reading on this one, which this year is coming to 18 different cities and regions. Here, the one representing all of SoCal is in Irvine - midpoint between San Diego and LA. Has anyone done one of these?

3 comments:

Tricia said...

I'm usually not all that much into gimicky stuff but that actually looks like a lot of fun. There's an SF one this summer that I'm going to see if I can gather a group to do.

Lily on the Road said...

I suppose you'd really need to be in the right frame of mind for that run.

Black Knight said...

mmmm I don't think I liked to enter such kind of race even if it looks very fun.
At the moment nothing of similar here in Italy.