Color Vibe 5K

After driving over 2 hours to get 26 minutes away we finally made it to the race.  It was sweltering hot and we were anxious to get started!  Saw some great friends as we walked in and they looked awesome!  They were also showing off their peanut butter they got for finishing the race!  Incentive for this peanut butter loving family!  Anna and Sully looked awesome!  Mason was in stroller and ready to get colored, I think.  We headed towards the race....and walked and walked and while we saw people running we never did find the start.  So, we jumped in and took off.  It was hot.  Most people were walking.  2/3 of the color stations were out of color and told us to roll in it.  Ummmmm no. There were ZERO water stations and our water that we brought was empty and we were hot.   There were no bathrooms along the way. Lots of people were taking breaks in the bushes for shade.  We kept going and as we approached the finish line, there was no music, no excitement and no color fun!  When we found the water at the end an the water was warm.  Not even chilly.  And, they were out of peanut butter, but people were walking around with cases of it.  We were not first, matter of fact, we were close to the end.... but I bet there were still 100 people after us.  For the amount of money that this race cost us, we were quite disapointed to say the least.  It was our first race with the entire family! We wanted to show our children how much fun exercise can be.  It was not fun.  At all.  We had more fun dancing and singing in the car on the way over....
Color me RAD is MUCH better and I am sad that my children's first race was this one.  Am I glad we did it??  IT is hard to say, we did it!  We finished a 5K.  We walked more than I have ever walked in a paid race but....I am thrilled my children did a race with us!  I will just do more research next year! Because Color Vibe disappointed. But we looked cute and that is kinda a win! Def a WIN!