Weekend Recap (7/7 – 7/8)

I had a pretty good weekend.  Saturday morning started bright and early.  I woke up around 7:30 for yoga at the farmer’s market at 9am.  I found out about it via Facebook, and I am SO glad I did.  The complimentary Lululemon store classes have moved outside for the rest of the summer.  We all joined together inside of the gazebo and did yoga in the shade.  There were fountains on in the pond behind us, which provided us a relaxing and serene background.  AMAZING all around.  This was probably my favorite yoga class to date!

After yoga, I knew I had to run 2 mi to complete my 15 mi weekly goal.  I put on my sneakers and headed to the gym… and I did it!   I did my 2 mi HIIT workout. Although I had to hop off the treadmill a few times because of the heat, I finished!  15 miles completed.

Once my workouts for the day were over, Bry and I went to the pool for an hour to get some sun.  It was WAY too hot out there to be any longer than an hour.  I think the temperature was 103 or something crazy.  Needless to say, we didn’t stay too long and came back inside and enjoyed the air conditioning and TV.

After dinner, Bry and I went to our friend Jim’s apartment for game night.  We played many rounds of Clue (a new favorite of mine), and soon questioned how this game is for children… pretty gruesome theme for a kid’s game + it takes a lot of strategy.  We played while eating lots and lots of fresh fruit + chocolate, chex mix, and popcorn.  I am pretty sure I ate 3/4 of the big bowl of fruit.

We didn’t leave Jim’s apartment until midnight, which got us home and showered around 1am.  Let’s just say waking up at 5am for the Color Run was not easy.  My friend Alyssa couldn’t go to the Color Run and asked if I wanted her 2 registrations.  OF COURSE!

Bry and I got down to the Art Museum around 6:30 and surprisingly got okay parking.  There were so many people there.  25K!  The announcer said that it was the largest Color Run yet!  We were definitely MUCH more “colored” after this race, in comparison to the Color Me Rad 5K a few weeks ago.

Comparing this run to the Color Me Rad 5K we did a few weeks ago is easy.

Color Me Rad:
+ free easy parking, smaller crowds made weaving in and out of people easy
– smaller crowd had lower energy, less volunteers in color stations, less volunteers, boring route

Color Run:
+ many more volunteers, color was distributed using mustard bottles, much more color, bigger crowd with better energy, better route
– larger crowds made weaving difficult, more color means more difficult removal, free parking but far from race location

Bry and I really enjoyed the Color Run, and both said we’d sign up next year!

Did you do the Color Run?  What was your experience like?
What’s your next race?