This last weekend I went on a little trip. This trip took me up to Incheon. Incheon is a city that is up next to Seoul. In fact Incheon is considered part of the Seoul National Capital area. Whenever someone flies into Korea they are in fact flying into Incheon instead of Seoul. From Incheon to get to the center of Seoul it can take up to an hour considering the amount of traffic. I was able to take a direct bus up to Incheon so that way I didn't have to deal with the Seoul traffic. The reason I went up to Incheon was for a little run.
It was a 5 K race and is known as "Color Me Rad." These runs happen all over the world and it happened to be in Korea this last weekend. The idea behind these runs is it is a fun run for the people who participate and then the money goes to a local charity wherever it is being held. The local charity was "The Special Olympics Korea."
Now the question of why it is called 'Color Me Rad?' That is because you start off the race with a white shirt and then by the end of the race there is all kinds of color all over you. This works by every so often you run through these areas where they throw color all over you. So at the beginning of the race I ran through an orange color, then some ways up it was purple, then blue, then pink, and then finally yellow. The colors are a powdery substance that is basically corn starch with some other things. It didn't taste that good. When running through the area it was really dusty so it was kind of hard to not taste the color.
I was up there with some people that I had met in orientation and we also ran into other people we knew. Since it is simply a fun run they were letting people start in waves. We were in the first group and started at nine in the morning. When we did get back to the finish it was a lot busier with more people. So I am not sure how many people ended up running but it seemed like a good amount of people. We plan on running a 10 K in November so I will need to start running more often.
These last couple of posts have been about some fun activities or festivals that I have been able to attend. I bet the next couple posts will show some more insight into Korean culture. This week is a normal school week with nothing big happening at school. At least I don't know about anything big yet, and actually I would find out at the last minute anyway.
It was a 5 K race and is known as "Color Me Rad." These runs happen all over the world and it happened to be in Korea this last weekend. The idea behind these runs is it is a fun run for the people who participate and then the money goes to a local charity wherever it is being held. The local charity was "The Special Olympics Korea."
Now the question of why it is called 'Color Me Rad?' That is because you start off the race with a white shirt and then by the end of the race there is all kinds of color all over you. This works by every so often you run through these areas where they throw color all over you. So at the beginning of the race I ran through an orange color, then some ways up it was purple, then blue, then pink, and then finally yellow. The colors are a powdery substance that is basically corn starch with some other things. It didn't taste that good. When running through the area it was really dusty so it was kind of hard to not taste the color.
I was up there with some people that I had met in orientation and we also ran into other people we knew. Since it is simply a fun run they were letting people start in waves. We were in the first group and started at nine in the morning. When we did get back to the finish it was a lot busier with more people. So I am not sure how many people ended up running but it seemed like a good amount of people. We plan on running a 10 K in November so I will need to start running more often.
These last couple of posts have been about some fun activities or festivals that I have been able to attend. I bet the next couple posts will show some more insight into Korean culture. This week is a normal school week with nothing big happening at school. At least I don't know about anything big yet, and actually I would find out at the last minute anyway.
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