That day I was covered in color and the water went out...

Remember that time I told you I was going to go run? No? You don’t? Maybe that’s because those words have never come out of my mouth. Except for maybe a short lived week in college when I learned what shin splints were, and I swore off running for the rest of my life.

Until last Saturday. When I rose before the sun. I left the house before the dog even got out of bed. And I drove to Chesapeake. To run. Without anyone chasing me either!

My sister and I, along with my old roomie and her sister, ran the Color Vibe 5k. This was my first experience ever running a 5k… Despite the week long delay in this blog post, I really did find it quite exciting. There were 7500 runners, and we were in the first heat? group? gaggle? gang? bushel?

I’m not real sure what a group of runners is called…. but you get the point.

These pictures were before the run even started. We meant to take before and after pics, but Caitlin decided to hit me with some color right when we found them!

So then we took the individual before photos:

And we continued to play with the color before the run even started… Quite frankly, this was the most exciting part of the entire day.

And then it was 9:30. Time to start jogging. Or running. Or dancing. Or speed walking. Or ~~dodging~~ standing in front of the leaf blowers that were spraying color everywhere.

And then we went the wrong way. Not just Leslie and I. Everyone. And we all had to turn around. After running about 1/2 a mile. So my first 5k was more like a 6k. But it was still fun.

And then it was over.

And of course we had to take some more pictures, sitting under the shade of a tree because it was freakin’ hottttt.

The individual AFTER pics:

And then, once we recovered, we played with the color a bit more.

(I love the picture of me below, despite the double chin, I look really happy. And colorful. And me.)

I didn’t get a medal or a certificate of achievement (I mean, I did finish and all…) But to my surprise, they treated us to a special euro-treat! Biscoff Spread. No, it’s not peanut butter. It’s more desserty than that. It hit the spot. And yes, I ate it with my colored finger.

I’d say it was a success!

You can see the line from my engagement ring… pretty positive I shouldn’t have worn it on this run.

And then I got back to Newport News and found a soggy front yard. Apparently the pipes leading to my house busted. Of all the days, in all the yards…. this pipe failure walked into my life. The day that I NEEDED a shower. The day that I was covered, head to toe in colored corn starch. The day that I looked like I was an alien… The day that I had to wait for the city person to come, followed by my ex boyfriend who had to fix the pipe.

I went almost two days without water in the house. Just my luck right? Thankfully I squeezed in a shower before the water was completely shut off.

Time for me to wrap this puppy up, put some makeup on, and head to Norfolk for a dinner and a movie date with the sweet Sarah. She is keeping me busy and awake because at 11:45 tonight a flight lands in Norfolk that is bringing me my fiance back from Japan!! Excited doesn’t even begin to describe it…

Happy Saturday friends!

http://www.blogger.com/profile/16553438097415744075 El Bridge

You and Leslie look so happy! =) That’s hilarious you ran the wrong way!
http://www.blogger.com/profile/10093678995653714452 lesley: the dream tree

Looks like so much fun and the colors are beautiful. I am doing the graffiti run in Oct but pretty sure I’ll be walking it.