¿Y si le ponemos color a la vida? [ESP/ ENG]

Hello everyone who read me today, here I bring you another tale of how we ended up full of color doing a race. Well, actually, we went to The Color Run, but how did we end up there? Here I tell you, we bought the tickets and that's it hahaha.... Well, one day I was checking out activities to do here in Santiago and I came across the race advertisement on my Instagram, which I loved and passed it to the group of friends and coworker, which I don't know why my friend and coworker understood that I was telling her: “buy the tickets now”. Mariana bought the tickets in a matter of seconds, turned from her seat to address us (she works a few meters away from me) and said to all of us in the group: “I already bought the tickets”.

Our adventure began arriving to the place; there were a lot of people, all in white with the event's t-shirt; everything looked great, so we dedicated ourselves to enjoy the event before starting the race. This time Simba didn't come with us; we were a little bit afraid that with so much color explosion Simba would change his hair color and possibly we would have to bathe him, which would be a disaster, so we preferred to avoid that wear and tear, besides we didn't know if so many people and noise would stress him a little bit. We started the race, and we already loved throwing the colored powders at each other. We were like kids running and throwing colored powder at people; we were playing with each other while we were running, a very different and fun race. When you got to certain points, the race entertainers would shoot colored balls at you, where I could only see the dust of what it left behind; it was like a colorful battle.

At the end of the race, they arrived at the field where the stage with entertainers was located, where the color adventure continued. There were dances and awards. Luckily for us, my partner was with her son, so my husband carried him on his shoulders while they danced and jumped. At that moment the entertainers noticed the parents and children enjoying the event, and began to award prizes to the most motivated ones. Ale and my partner's son were giving their all, and they were the winners of 6 months of zapping, the first time we won something in our lives. It was a lot of fun, we were excited and we didn't even know it was zapping, but happy to have won (zapping is a TV service like Directv).

It was time to go and we were super colorful. Getting in the car was a bit stressful because we didn't want to get it dirty, but there was no other way. Once again proving that everything improvised is what works best. Sometimes it is necessary not to think so much and do what you are so curious about; if you analyze too much, you might not do it.

Hola a todos los que me leen hoy, aquí les traigo otro cuento de cómo terminamos llenos de color haciendo una carrera. Bueno, la verdad, fuimos al The Color Run, ¿pero cómo fuimos a parar ahí? Aquí les cuento, compramos las entradas y listo jajaja... Bueno, un día estaba revisando actividades para hacer aquí en Santiago y me salió la publicidad de la carrera en mi Instagram, lo cual me encantó y lo pasé al grupo de amigos y compañera de trabajo, que no sé por qué mi amiga y compañera, entendió que le estaba diciendo: "compra las entradas ya".

Nuestra aventura empezó llegando al lugar; había mucha gente, todos de blanco con la camiseta del evento; todo pintaba de maravilla, así que nos dedicamos a disfrutar del evento antes de iniciar la carrera. En esta ocasión no nos acompañó Simba; nos dio un poquito de miedo que con tanta explosión de color Simba cambiara su color de pelo y posiblemente nos tocara bañarlo, lo cual sería un desastre, así que preferimos evitarnos ese desgaste, además que no sabíamos si tanta gente y bulla lo estresaría un poco. Empezamos la carrera, y ya amábamos lanzándonos los polvos de colores. Estábamos como niños corriendo y lanzando polvos de colores a las personas; jugábamos entre sí mientras corríamos, una carrera muy diferente y divertida. Cuando llegabas a ciertos puntos, los animadores de la carrera te disparaban bolas de colores, donde solo veía el polvo de lo que esto dejaba; era como una batalla colorida.

Al finalizar la carrera, llegaban al campo donde estaba la tarima con animadores, donde seguía la aventura del color. Hicieron bailes y premiaciones. Para nuestra suerte mi compañera andaba con su hijo, así que mi esposo lo subió en sus hombros mientras bailaban y brincaban. En eso los animadores se percataron de los padres e hijos que estaban disfrutando del evento, y empezaron a premiar a los más motivados. Ale y el hijo de mi compañera estaban dándolo todo, y fueron los ganadores de 6 meses de zapping, la primera vez que nos ganábamos algo en nuestra vida. Fue muy divertido estabamos emocionados y nosotros ni sabíamos que era zapping, pero feliz de haber ganado (zapping es un servicio de TV como Directv).

Ya era hora de irnos y estábamos súper coloridos. Subir al auto fue algo estresante porque no queríamos ensuciarlo, pero no hubo de otra. Una vez más poniendo a prueba que todo lo improvisado es lo que mejor sale. A veces es necesario no pensar tanto y hacer eso que tanta curiosidad te da; si te pones a analizar mucho, posiblemente no lo hagas.