Interviews

Emma Hull

S: Why did you sign up for the color run?
E: I'm a cross country runner and I'm training for next year, I thought it would be a fun little warmup

S: Have you ran anything like this before?
E: Yes, we run 5k's as competition for our cross country meets and I've run a 10k before.

S: What was it like when you first got there?
E: We got our shirts, changed into them, and they blew a whistle for us all to start, and all of the band directors started throwing the colors at us and some of us stayed behind and got more.

S: Did they give you colors?
E: They had a box and would grab some and throw them everywhere, sometimes it got in your mouth, it was gross.

S: Was it what you expected it to be?
E: Yeah bc at the color runs that are professionally run they have blowers that have the color coming out and this was just hand throwing it

S: So was this a smaller one?
E: Yeah, so I didn't get to have as much color as I wanted, but it was really fun still

S: Did it make your running experience different?
E: It kind of sounds cheesy but in a way, it made me run faster around the edges that didn't have color so i could get more color and get there faster. 


Emma Seal

E: IT was a charity walk, and it was 3.7 miles around burger center and some people in the walking group had big jugs for water and it was supposed to be symbolic of the long walks that people in Africa have to take every single day to get fresh waster. they raised a lot of money. They had big big jugs that were really heavy and some kids would try and hold them and they'd have this team effort trying hold just one.

S: You didn't carry the water?
E: I didn't carry one because they looked way to heavy. We walked as a group and dispersed through the group there were some people carrying the jugs and people would trade off. One person would carry it and get tired and someone else would help them. I believe we walked 4 times around. Before the walk, during money and after people would donate money at designated areas. The people from bowie, we were going through Mr. Ellebrock, before the race we had to give him some money to donate at least 5 dollars. I think Bowie raised the most money, and we had the biggest turn out. We had a huge group of people, they even recognized us for it.

S: Were there other schools there?
E: Yeah there were elementary schools, middle schools, high schools.

E: I think all of the money is going to a country called Berundi Africa. They said that all of the money that was raised goes directly to Berundi and none of it is third party.


Jordan Dinkins

S: What was the color run like?
J: It was a lot of fun.

S: How did you feel afterwards?
J: I was exhausted.

S: Why did you sign up?
J: It was a way to support the band.

S:Was it raising money?
J: It was a fundraiser for the Bowie Band, we are going to the UK next year.


Ferdinand Frias

S: How did you feel afterward?
F: I felt good, I felt like I did something good for a good cause.

S: How long was the walk?
F: About an hour, an hour and a half.

S: How was it set up?
F: We walked around the whole burger area. It was a lot shorter than I thought.