Neon Run 2013

Hi!

Trying to keep with the habit of blogging once a week 

and I notice I did not blog last week :P

Thought for a bit to blog and then decided

to browse around my drive to look for topics to blog about

Finally found a folder that draw my attention

Realize I should have blogged about it but totally forgotten :P

So yea, another overdue post

from one of my days in Perth

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If you know me well, 

 I am very much known as a common couch potato

I dislike getting all sweat and sore 

it's just not my thaanng.

But I remembered looking at pictures of people

that went to the Color Run 

as thought,

"Hey, this run thing actually looks fun"

Gather my guts and asked along my homies and Bryan

if they were interested with the upcoming

Neon Run 

I remember joining the run wasn't cheap,

we each had to fork out around AUD$40? just to participate in that 5km run

Yes, I kept questioning myself if I was crazy to spend that much money just to run

which is something I didnt like at the first place

But after the run,

I TOTALLY CHANGED MY MIND ON EVERYTHING

So after purchasing the tickets online,

we parked in City and took the train over to the location

it was located at Showgrounds where they used to hold the Perth Royal Festival

And obviously,

errbody should know that the theme was 

NEON!

We were a little underdress to be honest because

they were people applying glow in the dark makeup,
dressed in neon tutu skirts

while on the way in the train

But check out our cool Hipster shades!

I think we pulled it off nicely 

*pats shoulder

So basically upon arrival, 

we had to collect our teeshirts, a wristband which lights up!

and our numbers 

Team #orangkampung

The atmosphere was crazy, 

everyone was all in bright neon colors 

and they blasted loud music

which kinda seem like a rave to me 

Also, forgot to mention

when we purchased our tickets,

we get to choose to be either a

 Runner,Jogger or a Walker

Guess what we chose?

We damn kiasu la, dont wanna go for runner cuz we were afraid we couldnt catch up

So we end up being the

Walker

Participants will start the run in groups,

so while waiting we took lots of photos

while getting ourselves 'glowed' up

Made full use of the glowsticks,

by making them into chokers, bangles,

heck we even poked them in our hair ! 

Ys and Vivien, 

two ladies whom I live with on the same floor for a year

And Dafu, who lives in the room downstairs! :D

This is the crowd if you can see it right,

it was actually massive

all prepared to conquer this run!

At the starting point, 

where they blast loud music and we had our moment to start the run

Thank god the run was at night,

so we don't have to worry about the heat!

 Readyyyy?

Lets goo!

See those giant half moons in different color?

Those are the music zones that we had to go through

to complete the 5km run

Oh yea, we met some interesting participants along our way,

Now this is what I call 

'semangat'

 Back to the zones,

each zone represents different genre of music

So there was like a rock zone,

so once you enter you will hear rock songs played

while you carry on with your

run/jog/walk

 This us at the Disco Zone? 

If not mistaken, cuz I remember we had like a disco ball effect 

when we reach haha

Bumped into someone who decided to come in a bear suit wtf

ahahaha

Along the way, we pass through pitstops 

where there were refreshments in little cups too

So 5km went by like a breeze!

 And we finally made it to the Finish Line!!!

*throws confetti

We made ittt!!

The run was not all 

they had an after party for the runners,

There was literally a stage,

with performance,

invited DJs and dancers

so participants could enjoy the night after a good run

Our excited faces because we finish the 5km run

It was like a mini concert,

and everyone was like dancing and singing along

in sportswear some more hahaha

 

Even took photos with strangers,

which I believe these are not the only pictures lol

Overall, it was a good night

spend it by doing something I would probably avoid

in a fun and interesting way!

Okay, 

so I can now mark off

going for a marathon in my bucketlist

(though I didnt actually include it in my bucketlist, but yea :P)

Till my next update!

xx