Color Me Rad

Peter's sister works for Color Me Rad.  Color Me Rad is a 5K race where people throw color bombs at you while you run.  When she told us it was coming to Korea, we were so excited.  One thing Pete and I love to do is find crazy races.  We knew, since this one was going to involve the kids, there wouldn't be a lot of "racing," but we were hoping for the crazy.  It delivered.

Pete and I headed down to Gangnam the night before and picked up the race packets.  We couldn't resist the matching knee high socks and bandannas.  I'm a sucker for fun.

On our way home we found a great new restaurant.  It's now our favorite here in Korea.

We love the yummy stir fried rice, chicken, and cheese dish.  They add these yummy rice sticks filled with mozzarella cheese.  Delicious!

Here we are the morning of the race.

We decided to drive to the race instead of taking the subway.  It was held in and around the Olympic Stadium.  To drive there, we always cut through the base to make the drive shorter.  The gate guard was a little surprised by our outfits.  He asked us what we were doing.  We explained, but I don't think he really understood.  He gave us a polite smile and sent us on our way.  :)

Here we are at Olympic Stadium getting ready to "run."  I put run in quotation marks because we've done a couple of Korean races since we've lived here, and there isn't a whole lot of running involved.  There are a few locals who go out for a personal best, but for the most part, people simply come out for the party.  This was basically a fun walk.  

Here we are all clean and ready to start.

The race actually took us onto the 1988 Olympic Track.  Pretty cool!

Here's Ryan pretending he's racing in the Olympics.

Here we are approaching the first color station -- orange.  You can see Emma and Ryan off to the left.

And here we are after.

It's not a good idea to smile while going through the color stations!

Next was pink...

 The kids decided they didn't get colored enough at the last station, so this time they decided to roll through it.  Notice Ryan in the middle of the picture below.

 And here's Ali rolling around below.

Of course, the blue station was our favorite!

As I've mentioned before, being a foreigner in Korea makes you unique.  Everyone loves taking pictures with us.  Color Me Rad was no exception!

After two more color stations, we finally reached the end.  

Even though there wasn't a whole lot of running on this 5K, it's one we will remember for a long time.  

We tried dusting ourselves off as best we could, but this is what we looked like when we finished.

It was quite a few days before the color washed completely out of our hair.  

Of course, on our way home, we had to stop by and visit the gate guard from the morning.  We showed him what we looked like and he was even more confused then.  I'm pretty sure he thinks we're crazy!

Color Me Rad was, for lack of a better word, totally RAD.