Monday, April 20, 2015

A Little Color Goes A Long Way!


Saturday morning I ran the Dye Hard Warrior 5k on post. It was put on by MWR and it was a huge success, the best part it was free for all of the families and soldiers. We were given color packets before it even started and people went crazy, I was covered in color before it even started haha.

They had three different waves, the first was for runners that were timing themselves, the second was for intermediate runners and the third was for walkers and people with small children/strollers. I opted for the first wave and ended up running with the post commander for a little over a mile talking about marathons. It was pretty awesome lol.

There were 4 color stations during the run and the volunteers were awesome, however I do need to remember to keep my mouth closed haha.


Even though I wasn't going for a record I ended up gaining a PR by 30 seconds. I was stoked! We were supposed to have thunderstorms that morning but the weather held out and was beautifully humid lol. As you can see I was covered in color from head to toe and it took some scrubbing to get it all off.

Sunday was spent relaxing and finishing up some school work for this week. I don't want to be attached to my computer while I'm in Vegas on vacation.

Emma and I took advantage of the gorgeous weather and went for a very long walk. It was awesome!


I hope you all had an awesome weekend!


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31 comments:

  1. P!nkyApril 20, 2015 at 9:29 AM

    I love MWR events, how cool you got to run such a fun race. Great job PRing lady!

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  2. mail4roseyApril 20, 2015 at 9:54 AM

    I think color runs are awesome. And hurrah for not being tied to the computer, especially while in Vegas. ;)

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  3. Samantha April 20, 2015 at 9:57 AM

    Sounds fun! Ohh enjoy Vegas!

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    1. JenApril 20, 2015 at 9:32 PM

      Thanks! I'm excited to visit my Dad for a few days. :)

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  4. Jen McApril 20, 2015 at 10:54 AM

    What a great weekend!!!! I've heard the color races are a blast.

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    1. JenApril 20, 2015 at 9:31 PM

      They are so much fun! I highly recommend them. :)

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  5. Lisa CApril 20, 2015 at 10:59 AM

    Color runs are so fun. And chatting up the post commander is rarely a bad thing, haha.

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  6. Janelle CookApril 20, 2015 at 11:01 AM

    That's awesome that the race was free!!! So cool! That's the only reason I don't do many of those fun runs... they cost WAY too much. I'll be on the lookout for runs put on by MWR on base here!! :)

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  7. Rachel April 20, 2015 at 12:35 PM

    I learned to keep my mouth closed the hard way as well! What kind of harness do you use for Emma? I'm trying to find one for my dachshund, but his rather large dachshund chest is making finding the right one difficult.

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    1. JenApril 20, 2015 at 9:31 PM

      I use a mesh harness from Petsmart for Emma! It is really nice because its stretches a bit to fit her chest and has worked amazingly. :)

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  8. SusannahApril 20, 2015 at 12:46 PM

    The color run is the one run I actually would want to do! :-)

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  9. JennApril 20, 2015 at 1:14 PM

    Your pup is adorable! Glad you had fun at the color run! Wish I could have made it out for it.

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  10. Bailey KayApril 20, 2015 at 1:26 PM

    When I volunteered to throw paint at the Color Blast, I ended up inhaling so much of it!!

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  11. AmandaApril 20, 2015 at 2:47 PM

    How exciting that is was free! looks like a fun race.

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  12. AliaApril 20, 2015 at 3:01 PM

    My hubby and oldest son just did the blacklight 5k and said it was one of the funnest runs ever, but pretty much any run with flying color is awesome :)

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  13. UnknownApril 20, 2015 at 3:16 PM

    I've never done a color run but it looks like a lot of fun! Good job on the PR. Sounds like you had a great weekend.

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  14. Stephanie @ Life, UnexpectedlyApril 20, 2015 at 4:01 PM

    How awesome, Jen!! This looks so exciting!!

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  15. Nichole @ casadecrews.comApril 20, 2015 at 5:01 PM

    Yay on the PR! I was supposed to do a Color Me Rad this weekend in Tampa, but that ended up being the same day as a walk for Cystic Fibrosis for my niece. These color runs are always so fun!

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  16. KaitApril 20, 2015 at 8:35 PM

    I think if I ever do a timed run (God help me), it will be one of these. They look like so much fun! :)

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  17. Kenya April 20, 2015 at 11:36 PM

    I've done the color run with Nikki and we had such a blast! I also didn't remember to keep my mouth closed. LOL

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  18. KatieApril 21, 2015 at 2:56 AM

    So So Fun!!! I want to do a color run so bad!...Id be in the third group tho :)

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  19. AngieApril 21, 2015 at 10:53 AM

    I have never done a color run, but I think my daughter would love it.

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  20. JGApril 21, 2015 at 4:02 PM

    So fun! A color run is about the only run I'd consider doing

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  21. NikkiApril 21, 2015 at 7:34 PM

    All your running makes me itch to run again however I am such a fair weather runner and the weather has not been fair yet.

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  22. JenApril 21, 2015 at 9:57 PM

    How fun!

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  23. ShannonApril 22, 2015 at 12:14 PM

    I'm not a runner at all, but I've been tempted by color runs. They look so fun!

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  24. FranApril 22, 2015 at 5:55 PM

    Color runs are so fun... until you get the power up your nose haha

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  25. Rachel RossApril 25, 2015 at 7:40 PM

    Fun!! I really want to do a color run!

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