I think if they stuck with all powder stations it would have been better, once the liquid colors were sprayed at us, it made everything a little nasty. The powder stations were so much fun, the volunteers would throw huge handfuls of the color at you as you ran by, it was like a color dust storm, but the liquid stations were my biggest gripe of the race. There were several color stations along the route, most of which were powdered color (colored cornstarch from my understanding) and two stations which were liquid. I didn’t have my Garmin on, so I really can’t say if it ran short or not, maybe we were just having so much fun that time passed quickly. The Race: The course was essentially a 5k out and back, although it felt much shorter to me and my teammates. Somehow, we ended up missing wave 1, wave 2 and possibly wave 3, likely due to the fact that we needed to do a lot of really awesome pre-race stretching. Start Line: We were scheduled to be in the very first wave of runners, obviously because we are elite…oh wait, that’s not why at all… We chose the earliest wave just so we could get a move on. We arrived at the event grounds about a half an hour prior to our wave time to enjoy the festivities and music. ![]() The race was being held out at UBC so I was a little worried about the parking situation, but it turned out to be super easy. Morning of: We all got dressed in our finest, whitest, whites and were on our way. ![]() They nailed it with the swag! Clean As A Whistle! It’s a regular t-shirt, but the fabric is so soft, and there’s nothing I love more than a lived-in-super-soft tee. I went on the Thursday and I literally walked right up to the table, grabbed my bib, chose my RAD sunglasses, my tattoo and received my shirt, which I will say is one of my favorite race shirts to date. Packet pick up was available the Thursday and Friday prior to the race and was nice and simple. Packet Pick Up: There was no EXPO for this race, which I’m fine with, because as you all know, I love going to EXPO’s about as much as I love going for my pap. I was super excited for this race for 3 reasons: 1) I’ve NEVER done a 5k, I guess I felt it was appropriate to just jump straight into half marathons, typical thought process for me, 2) the race just looked so fun and dirty, how could I resist, and 3) I knew I’d be able to con my best friend, who has never done any sort of running event, into doing this…and I was right, and joining us were two of my sassy friends, Pam and Aya. Price: $45.00 Proceeds going to Keep-A-Breast Canada, and 15% of my registration was donated to Going Coastal.
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