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Color Me Rad – A gateway race for fitness and fun

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So this past week, I had the opportunity to be in Knoxville, Tennessee to help set up and organize things for the Color Me Rad 5k. For anybody not familiar with Color Me Rad, it’s an awesome no pressure, maximum fun run where the racers get pelted with colored dust. And at the end, everyone gets their own “color bomb” to throw in a big color toss.

It’s a great chance to get a group of friends and family and show off your best “character.”
You start out clean, and then after 3.1 mile, you look like you were caught in a Skittles factory explosion.
To show you, I took a photo of a really neat set of newlyweds. As in, just got married the night before.
Looks like a pretty “rad” start to the honeymoon.
When I give presentations on weight loss and fitness, alot of people I talk to don’t want to run because they think it’s too competitive and they are slow. Well, I want to tell you that’s not a valid excuse. There are races like this all around the country — family friendly-strollers-welcome, come as you are or want to be, and if you try to get a personal record on the course – we might just throw extra color to slow you down.
This event is all about everything I teach with the philosophy of finishing. Finish what you start, get those 3.1 miles behind you, and have the best time possible while you are doing it.  Then you’ll have rainbow boogers and earwax for a few days as a bonus.
If you want more info about Color Me Rad races or to find one near you, visit colormerad.com
I invite you to join me in St. George, Utah for another fun time in early November. Tickets are available now.

The Long Run: Indoctrinating the Kids

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One of the biggest reasons I was fat was a lifetime of inactivity. As a kid I never played a sport. Didn’t ride my bike. The only thing I exercised was my fingers by playing video games.

I’m making sure I don’t fall into the same trap with my kiddos. So I’m indoctrinating them into the cult of physical fitness now. I’m not pushing anything about body shapes or weight, just that we need to be healthy and strong.

I could just put them on a machine at the gym, but I want it to be fun and a family way of life. So this weekend my 5 and 3 year old ran their first race with me. It was a mile long and at the end we got covered in colored chalk like in Color Me Rad. They had a blast and got their very first finishers medal.

Hopefully I am not only teaching them to enjoy an active lifestyle, but also the value of completing things vs competition. We came in dead last, but it didn’t matter. Because we finished.