Wednesday 24 July 2013

RUNNING THE COLOUR

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As you are well aware - through my incessant mithering on here, Twitter, and in the Real World - I did Manchester's first Color Run on Sunday. It's a 5K run with a paint station every kilometre, complete with volunteers throwing powdered paint at you! I felt like I was absolutely covered in colour (including my teeth, because I was laughing as I went through the orange station and got a face full of colour) but when I got back I found I wasn't quite as bright as I thought! Wah. It was so good running through the clouds of paint though and it definitely gave you a kick of energy, urging you on when you thought the tank was empty; you can see the yellow station behind me in the picture above and the blue one below with clouds of colour billowing up. My aim was to run it in half an hour but adrenaline kicked in and I did it in 25 minutes - so that is probably why I wasn't caked in colour! You can see the (seriously unattractive) photos from my sprint finish HERE.

I'd love to do it again next year but my next aim is a 10K in October. If you enjoy these pictures (and those finish pictures alone must be worth a donation) don't forget you can donate to Macmillan Cancer Support, who I did the run for, using my JustGiving page - though if you don't have any pennies right now don't worry, this is an ongoing project for the charity!. A big thanks to those who have kindly donated already:

Maria, Tara, Aurora, Josie, Gill, Jordan & Adam, Karis, Sara and her custom denimClare, Tom & Lianne, Jan-Marie, plus all of my parents' friends including car dealer Nick Tomlin and the generous gang at Weaver Vale Housing Trust!

I haven't finished adding up the real-world donations yet but it should come to £300+.. eeek! If you're a company or a brand who would like a link in exchange for adding to my total for Macmillan drop me an email.
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12 comments:

  1. ahhh this looks like such fun!! Congratulations!!! xx

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  2. ha ha , love this idea with color powder!!

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  3. Yay well done, that's an amazing time as well! Bet you'll smash a 10k. xxx

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  4. Wow thats absolutely amazing run xx

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  5. wow well done you! sounds so amazing and is definitley something I want to get involved with next year! AMAZING!

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  6. Fantastic! Congrats and kudos to you for taking part!

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  7. This is amazing! :)
    I've always wanted to experience one of the Indian festivals of colour, and now you can do it whilst raising money for charity!
    Congratulations, and I really want to do this next year!

    floraldanielle.blogspot.co.uk
    x

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  8. Congratulations!!!Your blog is lovely!!!! Would you like to follow each other on bloglovin' ? xxx
    Gleaming Spire * Bloglovin'

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  9. Amazing, so proud of you! I hope I'm in a position to donate more next time, such an incredible cause.

    Tara xo

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  10. Awesome! Sooo doing this next year! xx

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  11. Ah I wanted to do the colour run but found out about it too late! Looks sooo fun
    Lucia's Loves
    x

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  12. CONGRATULATIONS!! I know I've said it but but yay you must be so proud, well done again lovely! xxx

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