In this race, volunteers don't hand you water - they douse you in dye
By adamg - 5/24/12 - 8:06 am
Participants in the Boston Color Me Rad 5K race will start with white T-shirts and clean faces. By the end, competitors will be covered in powdered dye:
If you're allergic to the metric system, corn starch, or unbridled joy, you'd probably be more comfortable in hospice care than at the starting blocks of this color-filled 5k.
It's July 15 at the South Shore Plaza. Yeah, in Braintree, which one presumes just doesn't have the same pull as "Boston."
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Sprouting up everywhere
Color run 5K's seem to be the new fad. Albeit a fun sounding one.
This isn't any different than that *other* Boston color run 5K happening in July. You know, that one being held in Amesbury on July 28th:
http://thecolorrun.com/
Both races are part of a series being held in a succession of cities. I wonder why the sudden appearance of this.