Our local government has a new fitness initiative and has asked me to help put on a Color Run for the city. The target demographic is not what the denizens of LRC would refer to as “real runners”, of course.
Are Color Runs still considered fun by… anyone? Or, is there an alternative format / activity that might be a better entry level running activity?
Black and white run. No colour is allowed, and you have to be black or white to run in it. Black and white clothes only. If you go red in the face while running you're DQ'd.
Hate to say it, but based on recent elections, the general public seems to be very in favor of people being shot by guns. So maybe some event where people can either sign up to be a runner or a shooter and runners try to survive the run?
I personally hate this idea to no end, but if your local government is in some state like Georgia, Alabama, or Texas, it will probably go over very well with that crowd.
How about a glitter run? Works better if you are somewhere warm and humid...have occasional glitter clouds for people to run through. Glitter sticks to sweaty skin, and everyone has fun.
Glitter is really expensive though. How about a feces run? You can scatter cowpats at various points around the course, runners have to avoid them. Then have people flinging feces at ther runners at the water stations. No feces in the water though, that's taking it too far and people might get ill!!