The Return of the Color Run, Register on Apr 16

The Color Run is back, and this year’s Beijing event falls on June 20, with a session in the morning (starting at 9.30am) and a session in the afternoon (starting at 3pm).

Registration opens at 9am this morning, so make sure you head over to their website as quickly as possible as spaces for the event tend to disappear rapidly due to the combination of running while throwing colored powder for 5km proving extremely popular. From personal experience, the end of the run will have you looking like a double rainbow on legs and feeling like one too! I.e. it’s good, wholesome, not-so-clean fun.

If you miss this run but are still in the mood for a marathon, don't sweat it check out our list of all the marathons in China for 2015 here.

The run is also taking place in Shenzhen and Chongqing, the latter having having already sold out. This year’s Beijing session will take place at the Beijing Fengtai Garden Expo (another reason to move to Fengtai!) so you can either run, or stroll while enjoying the green surroundings.

The sign-up fee of RMB 208 includes a Color Run T-shirt, a headband, a medal upon completion of the race, a bag of color powder, a string bag, party sunglasses, and a body tattoo. You can also choose to upgrade to the super packet for RMB 268 which includes an additional bandanna, a limited edition water bottle, and wristbands.

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Photo: The Color Run

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Looks like the site crashed and they'll try again at 8pm, the following message is currently on their site:

#TheColorRun 北京# 致TCR北京站跑者:
由于报名系统故障,后台现已关闭,
工作人员正在努力进行系统修复,请大家耐心等待。
报名系统预计在今晚20:00重新开放。
此外,我们将采取分流报名,如在今晚仍未报名成功的跑者,
可在明天上午9:00再次报名。

Due to the registration system failure, the background is now closed

Staff are working to repair the system, please be patient.
Registration system is expected to re-open at 20:00 tonight.
In addition, we will take applications in waves, so that if you cannot successfully registere tonight
please try again tomorrow at 9:00 am

 

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The dust is food grade corn starch. The color stations are not supposed to throw it in your face, but some of the volunteers "forget" that rule.

When I did the Color Run I would put my hand over my nose or pull my shirt up to cover my face so I wasn't breathing in so much.

How do people not choke on inhaling colored dust during these events?

Or are they so immune to particulate matter from running in Beijing that it doesn't affect them?

 

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