Peer2Peer’s 10th Annual Color Run: Vibrant Colors Unite Students and Minds
Written by ninth grader Vienna Restelli for The Rampage
Ninth-graders Divy Mishra and Vienna Restelli
Last weekend, Peer2Peer held their 10th annual Color Run—a lighthearted run (or walk!) where students got covered in color powder. Although it’s also important to know that it served for a great cause—all proceeds raised went to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, meaning that the vibrant colors were a symbol that united both students and a shared cause.
The run lasted from 2-4, and when everyone arrived, we met at the stadium to check in, meet up with friends and eat snacks as the people who threw color got prepared.
The run was going around both the high school and middle school twice, which may not seem like a ton, but it was pretty tiring! I was surprised that whenever it began, people started running straight away. Although, after that, most people walked for the majority of it. So did I with my friends, but we ran through the colors which was super fun.
The colors were set up at random places throughout the run, and by the end, I basically looked like a whole rainbow! There was pink, purple, blue, red, yellow, and green — I probably got the most blue on me. There was a ton in my hair, and when I found the bags filled with the color at the end, I put even more in it. You don’t get covered with color every day anyway! Gotta make the most of it!
My favorite part of the whole run was at the end, though. Everybody got different colors of color powder in their hands, got into a big circle, and threw all the powder up on the count of 3. I wasn’t able to see all the colors get thrown up because I was closing my eyes, of course, but I’m sure it looked really pretty.
Therefore, the color run was amazing because it was fun, for a great cause, and I made memories and took a ton of pictures. I’m happy I went this year as a freshman, because that means I can just do it again for the rest of my years in high school. Hope to see you all there next year!
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