Color Me Rad 5k

Color Me Rad 5k 

Color Me Rad is a 5k "color" race where you get doused with different colored paint while you run a 5k around a city near you! According to the website it is a "tsunami of color that'll make colored tears of joy run down your cheeks and will renew your will to live."

Intriguing.

Now, I am as unathletic as they come. In general my days consist of going to work and then coming home and sitting in front of the computer or in bed reading until it's time for bed. It's got to stop. To run a 5k is something I want to do before I die, as a test of will more than anything else. This color run thing sounds like a lot of fun tied in with a lot of running. I hate running, but I like fun so I figure if I'm ever going to run a 5k in my life, it'd probably be this one. And there's one in my hometown in less than 3 months. 

With that in mind, I'm going to begin to "train." The thought of that for real makes me laugh because it's completely out of character for me, but that's what this blog is all about! Perhaps I'll find out running helps me  relieve stress, or maybe I'll have more energy or maybe I'll hate every second of it. Who knows?
I'm going to document my "training" (lmao!) and whatever resources I use here, as it will be a trial and error type thing using the internet to get ideas.

A 5k = 3.1 miles. Holy shit.

Update 12-21-12:

After searching the internet for 5k training programs and weight loss programs (cuz if I'm gonna do this, I might as well do it right,) I decided that I'm going to go with the Couch-to-5k app for 5k training and a Weight Watchers app for the weight loss. The Weight Watchers app is called WWPoints and I think it's free (put it on my phone a long time ago, actually, so I can't exactly remember.) The Couch-to-5k app cost me a few bucks but I'm ok with it because I like the design of the app and I think it'll be easy to use. Went for my first run yesterday using the app in the freezing temperatures. December is a dumb time to start training for a 5k but the race is in March so I've got to do it. Dammit. I can do this. I can do this. 

Images from the Color Me Rad website. Can't wait to add my own!!