Overview
Each year, at the turn of winter to spring, Hindus celebrate Holi, a festival exalting colour that leaves participants saturated in bright hues. Holi serves as the inspiration behind the Color Run, a unique 5k race that has taken the U.S. by storm and is now headed to Australia.
Runners are invited to join the "3.1 miles of color madness" that comprise the untimed Color Run purely for the sake of a good time. The only race requirements are that all participants wear a white t-shirt and be willing to be greeted with a blast of coloured pigment upon completing every leg of the race.
The pigment, made of 100% natural food-grade cornstarch, is colour-specific for each portion of the race. After the first kilometre, runners are splattered with yellow; after the second, they are doused in blue. And so it continues until the end of the 5 kilometres, when each runner is covered head-to-toe in a brilliant mish-mash of every hue imaginable.
So far only three Australian dates have been announced, but organisers have promised events for most Australian states in late 2012 and early 2013
The Color Run Australia dates:
Melbourne - November 25, 2012 (Register)
Sydney - February 10, 2013
Perth - February 17, 2013
Adelaide - TBC
Brisbane - TBC
Canberra - TBC
Geelong - TBC
Gold Coast - TBC
Newcastle - TBC
Stay up to speed with further announcements via The Color Run Australia Facebook page.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZWsfHC-0d6A