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Color Me Rad: Will it kill my shoes?

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  • Takes2long
    Takes2long Posts: 367 Member
    LMBO!!! I'm doing the Warrior Run April 27th. I have an old pair that are getting demoted to yard sneakers, so I'm using those. As for the free beer...depends on how much mud I eat during the race :laugh: AND....I'm doing the Color Me Rad run May 4th. Luckily, I have black sneakers. One muddy race, one colorful race. Both LOTS of fun!! Enjoy your race!!!
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    Some people wear plastic over their shoes.

    Personally, I'd love to find a good pair of white running shoes and KEEP the paint from each event on them as kind of a trophy...

    it's not paint they throw at you it's dyed corn starch and it gets on EVERYTHING.
  • JoanB5
    JoanB5 Posts: 610 Member
    Wore my old pair. It depends on how big the event is...at ours, they just sprayed us with mustard/ketchup bottles, so it wasn't like massive amounts, and directly at the chest area. Most of it washed out except the white tshirt I wore to get colored. It will probably fade eventually. It's a fun run, so you really don't need your best running shoes.
  • GetSoda
    GetSoda Posts: 1,267 Member
    I imagine your shoes will work just as well as they did before.
  • morningmud
    morningmud Posts: 477 Member
    I've been thinking of doing a color race this month. Reading all the comments is really pushing me to want to go for it. I'd want to go the vinegar route to keep the color.
  • NEOA910
    NEOA910 Posts: 11 Member
    I did the color run last year and my shoes came out okay. I did however have on a very new, very expensive (I have a large chest) sports bra, and that is forever colored.
  • NEOA910
    NEOA910 Posts: 11 Member
    Also, if you use headphones, specifically the white iPod ones, those will forever be colored too. My husband's pair are now pink! LOL
  • dragon1ady
    dragon1ady Posts: 335 Member
    Wow, this thread took off after all. Great!

    Thank you everyone for suggestions and tips! I want to keep any color that goes on my shirt and shorts, as a trophy from what will be my first real 5K, and I'll wear old shoes that I don't care too much about anyway. And no headphones. I had already planned ot use my phone to time myself, and it will go in a ziploc bag.

    Now I need to find out if those Harsh beer people have a group near where I live. :D
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    Wow, this thread took off after all. Great!

    Thank you everyone for suggestions and tips! I want to keep any color that goes on my shirt and shorts, as a trophy from what will be my first real 5K, and I'll wear old shoes that I don't care too much about anyway. And no headphones. I had already planned ot use my phone to time myself, and it will go in a ziploc bag.

    Now I need to find out if those Harsh beer people have a group near where I live. :D

    they will give you sunglasses to wear. you're gonna have so much fun. oh and i just changed my profile pic so you can see what you look like AFTER a color me rad run. the volunteers LOVE LOVE LOVE to throw color bombs!
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