Monday Morning Gossip - The Color Run

Good morning everyone.
Let's just say my weekend was long, colorful, and sleepless. :) But it was good.

Besides the usual last-minute final stress (two more weeks, two more weeks), I managed to crawl out of bed at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning so I could volunteer at a marathon in the middle of nowhere. The city girls, my roommate M. and I, were thrown into the wilderness. We had to read a pamphlet explaining what to do when meeting/seeing/spotting mountain lions. You should have seen our faces and heard our discussions. We survived three hours of volunteering, handing out water and Gatorade, not getting attacked by wild beasts, and cheering the running crowds on. Oh yes, they were running 20k's and 12k's. Impressive. I couldn't do that. 

But I could do the following 5k again. :)

The Color Run!!

 I'm impressed my phone made it without getting any color on it.

My friend's work was crazy enough to do that same exact run, too.
OneScreen Team in full force and all clean right before the run started. :)

On our way closer to the end we decided to slow down because funny group pictures had to be taken. :) Never mind my face!

My friends and I had a blast...we were seven people, plus the OneScreen crew...at some point we lost each other but made sure to somehow find each other again. It was a colorful blast. One I'll be gladly doing it again next year (for a quick recap: last year's photos).

I'm still having pink on my skin since yes, that's the color that stays on the longest. Scrubbing, soap and whatnot sometimes help, but I love my skin too much and don't want to over scrub my body...so I really don't mind having some pink stains a little longer than usual. I'm sunburned, but energized. The Color Run isn't just a run, it's a fun-factor and brings people together. Glad I did it again, and glad my friends could join too.

That's my gossip for today.
I'm linking up with Leeann and her weekly Monday Morning Gossip. You should, too. ;)

 

The Color Run

This weekend I'm going to be colored all over again!!
I'm definitely excited. I did it last year and had a blast, so naturally, we decided to go again.

It is Color Run time!
And yes, I'll be power-walking...and not running. I wanna get some color in my hair too. ;)

Who has done this before and who hasn't?
I can't believe I'm doing this for a second time.

Last year's update can be read HERE.
I'm sure you recognize a few blogger ladies in the photos: Leeann, Kat, Tiffany, and Meg.

Cannot wait. This time with different people, but it will be a blast regardless.
Miss you girls!!

xoxo

Happy colorful Monday!

Hope your week starts like mine...with a huge smile and some color left in my hair or on my nails or arms. Yes, I take showers thankyouverymuch but all the scrubbing and hoping that color gets off my body won't help...I'm cursed and still walk around with a pink-ish stained neck and all. I like it though.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen...I was one of a thousand other crazy fun color lovers early Sunday morning in Irvine. The Color Run was definitely worth it, and definitely tons of fun. I would do it again in a second! So if you can, have time, and live near a city that will host this year's Color Run...don't think twice about it and sign up. You don't even have to run. We walked most of the part, enjoyed watching people go crazy, took pictures, and ran through the color splash stations...and of course, ended up looking like a rainbow!

It's a lot of fun.
It's a lot of color.
And it's really hard to find people if you don't have your cellphone with you.
So didn't want it to become purple, or pink, or blue.
It's absolutely worth it!

Got the bib, color powder, and headband early on Thursday...was already excited...and then...

 ...Sunday came along!

Getting ready...all clean and clear.
You may know Leeann from Join the Gossip, and Meg from Henning Love, as well as Marjan from LocalLiving in Orange County.

And then we just got colored....

Excuse the bad quality pictures...we stored away our good phone/digital cameras and went old school.
One-time-use disposable camera...where you have to scroll first before you take a picture and click so the flash would load. Flashbacks of times back in 2000 and 2002 were definitely rolling in.

Oh yes!!!
And if they do it again next year, you can bet all you want...if I'm around and can go I certainly will!
You should too!

Have a great day.