Friends and tons of color

Life has an interesting way of giving you exactly what you need.  I have always had lots of friends, but never a group of friends who spent a lot of time doing things together.  Also, in the past, I've had more guy friends than female friends.  That has seemed to have changed.  Life has decided to put my two best friends and me closer together, which means a lot more activities together.  We are so used to seeing each other every four months, but now we get to see each other almost weekly.  It's been healing to have them around more in life... and I think its safe to say that statement is true for all of us. 

It's crazy to think we've know each other for 20 years!

 This year our group has been growing with more strong, passionate, goal-oriented females, which has added to the great dynamic and support system we have.  In the past, participating in the color runs, and any other fun 5k, was just something Lydia and I would do.  This year was the first time we had a group of people joining us.  I have to say this was the BEST color run so far.

As you can see, we had a successful color run.  We immediately went to In n Out afterwards and had protein style burgers.  There was blue everywhere.  And our showers looked like smurf crime scenes. Hopefully, we can out do ourselves at the June 21st Color Run! 

 

 



Color Run

Sunday, April 22nd was the Color Run.  This was my first time participating in it and I LOVED IT!  I am looking forward to running it again!  I enjoyed running this event because by the time I was finished it didn't feel like I just ran 3 miles.  I wanted to go back and run through the course a few more times!

Waiting for the race to begin.  Look at that sea of white!

What we looked like before the race began.  Always, always get a before picture!

The first section was yellow.  It was really amazing to see a cloud of each color as you ran the course.

The only downfall was that a line would form at the color point, but if you wanted to really get color you had to get in close

My friend after the purple/blue section.  This was our favorite section.  The people really got into covering us with color.

This was a fun random picture I took of the next section.  It is some random person getting hit with color.

And our "after" shot!  We look good in color!

My little sister and I after she complete the course with her friends.

Every 15 minutes, a little distance from the finish line, people would throw the color into the air to create a color cloud.

I was trying to get a photo of my sister and I accidentally got into this woman's photo.  She insisted that we take a real photo together!

This will have to become a color version later, but this is my daily drawing inspired by the Color Run.

Volunteering and Accomplishments

About a year ago I signed up to be a volunteer for The Art of Elysium.  It is a lovely organization.  I don't get to volunteer as often as I would like because a lot of the volunteer hours are during the week.  But every so often there are weekend events.   Saturday I had the privilege of making art with some great kids.  I thought it was funny and completely appropriate that the table I worked at was an absolute mess on top and underneath. 

I like volunteering my time.  It feels good to do something that brings joy to others.  I especially enjoy it when the people I help get so happy that they begin to bounce.

This morning added to my great weekend.  I ran my first 8K.  I had seen part of the course the Friday night when I went to pick up my racing packet.  I noticed how hilly it was and became discouraged.  I thought I would only be able to run 3 miles and end up walking the other 2, but I ended up walking only about a quarter of a mile.  In addition, I ran it under an hour.  I felt so sick and amazing when I crossed the finish line.  Now, I'm even more excited about the color run 5k in April.  

 So, here is to fun volunteering experiences and conquering the hills!  Now, it's time to conquer other goals.