Run or Dye

When I initially heard that Run or Dye was coming to Farmington I was very excited.  Not because I'm a runner, but because it is a fun run and if I was going to sign up to run in anything, it would be a fun run! 

I managed to convince (by signing him up) my husband to run with me and we decided we would take Colin in the jogging stroller. 

Let me just say I did practically zero preparation for this. I know it's only a 5k, but for me that is a long way to run! I ran the Monday before the race and did like a mile and was happy. Lol 

We didn't really know what to expect on race day, but everything went so very smooth. Check in was super quick and everything was very organized. I was pretty excited to get my runners bib and my bag of Run or Dye goodies including : a T-shirt, Tattoo and dye pack. Wish there would have been a tattoo for Colin too because he was sad that we had a "tatta too" and he did not. 

The race started right on time and we were in the first wave of runners to begin. Then the hard part... running. Surprisingly because of the fun nature and carefree attitude of the race, running didn't really seem that bad! There were about 4 dye zones scattered throughout the race that distracted you from the fact that you were indeed running.

I was tracking our run with my phone and was pretty excited when I first checked it to see we had already ran 2 miles! Winning!

We finished in 31 minutes and averaged 9'44 a mile all while pushing a kid in a stroller (Well my husband did the pushing, but ya know, whatevs!) . I was so proud and excited to have finished our first race! We were the first people pushing a stroller through the finish line!

If you ever have a chance to do a fun run, I highly recommend it! Even if you walk the whole time or run part of the time, who cares! The important part is that you are getting out there and doing it! I think my husband and I may be hooked and will most definitely run another 5K, in fact he is already talking about a 10K!  (Not so sure about a 10k,...)

When we came home I got an email from my editor at the newspaper saying their photog at the event got some pictures of us running... They are kinda comical, but my hubby looks pretty determined and its cute to see Colin peeking out over the stroller!  We also got approached by a reporter as soon as we crossed the finish line, but once she figured out that I also wrote for the paper she quickly moved on! ha ha! 

Starting line!

Just after we finished!!

I look terrible and pregnant, but I swear it is just my hoodie under my shirt! It was 34 degrees when we started running!  We were pretty close to crossing the finish line here! 

Look at how cute they look... I cropped me out, see arm to the right.. not looking cute!

Oh yeah and there is this gem! Ha ha! I can't stop laughing when I see this picture! I was super paranoid about getting dye in/on my glasses and not be able to see where I was running! So I would run though the dye zones blocking my glasses! Where other people would run through in open arms asking for dye! Ha ha!