The Color Run 5K

Every Saturday around 9am we have to leave the apartment to give our lovely cleaning gal a chance to try to repair all of the damage we've caused during the week.  We usually check out a different area of the city, let the kids run around a park, or hit up a grocery store to replenish supplies.  Today we needed to stock up on a few items that we'd run out of, and I also wanted to see if some clothes at a children's store that I'm fond of had gone on sale.  There is an enormous mall close to us (Costanera Center) with 6 levels, which allowed both of these goals to be met in one stop.

  

As we were approaching the outdoor escalator to the mall, I noticed a lot of people with paint covering their entire being and wearing shirts that said: The Color Run.

Once inside, we saw them everywhere! The mall even had a spacious promotional section dedicated to the event.

The Color Run, I've discovered, is an un-timed 5K event that is hosted in cities all over the world--including many in the U.S.  It's the original "paint race", and according to its website, it is the "Happiest 5K on the Planet!" Basically, you walk/run a course that covers you head-to-toe in paint at each kilometer--and all of the people we saw definitely seemed to be enjoying their paint-covered status!   Many of them had costumes of some sort--tutus, kooky sunglasses, crazy rainbow wigs, etc.  It seems like a fun and fantastic opportunity in which people of all ages and abilities could participate. 

 If anyone is interested in learning more about it, you can click on the English language link here:  http://thecolorrun.com/

(Stacy Jones--click on this link!!!)