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Cape Town
17 October - 10am
Official Colour Printing Solutions Partner Clean-up Zone Partner Radio Partner
EVENT GUIDE: Cape Town
17 OCTOBER
We’re Here CT, we’re pumped and we’re ready To RUN-BLE!
Below is all the information you will need to be ready for race day. Grab your tutus, your friends,
and your running shoes and we’ll see you at the start line for 5kms of pure happiness and fun.
14 & 15 October, 10am – 7pm
Race pack
pick up
What WHERE
All Runners need to come to Race Pack Pick Up and Salesians Football Club – Stephan Way off
collect their event kit in advance. Getting your gear Fritz Sonnenberg Road near the Cape Town Stadium
early means you can arrive ready to run on Saturday!
Your Runners Pack includes:
• The gorgeous Color Run official event t-shirt
PICKING UP YOUR PACK?
Remember to bring your ID as proof of your registration
• Finish Festival powder pack and the barcoded ticket / purchase receipt printed out.
• The Color Run sweat band Students need to bring the valid student ID that they
• Temporary happy tattoo booked with.
• Phone protector If you booked through our Groupon offer then just bring
• Race number your Groupon coupon with you.
• Entry to the Finish Festival
Sportsmans Warehouse customers need to bring their
receipt if they haven’t received their tickets by the day of
WHEN Race Pack Pick Up.
Wednesday 14 October
Thursday 15 October
10am – 7pm
10am – 7pm
PICKING UP for a friend?
Try your best to avoid peak times and big queues. Easy, just bring along a copy of their ID and barcoded
ticket printed out or conformation email.
These are often around lunch time and after work hours.
EVENT GUIDE: Cape Town
17 OCTOBER
IF LIFE HANDS YOU A COLOUR... RUN WITH IT!
17 OCTOBER @ 10AM
THE BIG
DAY!
WHERE PARKING
Salesians Football Club You can park locally or at one of the specially designated
Stephan Way off Fritz Sonnenberg Road parking spots on the day. We’ll be sending out a parking
guide in the next few days as well as posting links on
near the Cape Town Stadium. Facebook, the Cape Town page of our website and Twitter.
Time
Please contact us on hello@thecolorrun.co.za if you
require disabled parking or have other special needs in
this regard.
Color Runners get ready in the start chute from 9am, start
gun goes off at 10am to start the happiest 5km in the
Mother City!
THE COURSE (Check the map!)
Water: There is a drink zone at (approximately) the halfway
What point on the course.
Each batch starts 3 minutes apart and you’ll head off in Cameras: There will be photographers on-site during
each batch with approximately 500 new friends. It takes the event. By participating, you give your consent for any
1-2 hours to run or walk the route and then into the festival images or footage to be used in event material including
zone where you will enjoy music from Heart DJ’s, local future promotions.
acts, best-dressed competitions, food and drinks and
you guessed it, more colour!
Don’t forget to look out for the Glitter Fairies!
EVENT GUIDE: Cape Town
17 OCtober
BE Healthy. BE HAppy. BE you. Bling it on Cape Town, What’s your COLOUR?
17 October @ 10AM
OTher
bits
Finish Festival Lost kids, parents
• Look out for the Glitter Fairies and all the fun!
• Additional colour can be purchased from the
& property
merchandise store when you finish the run. • Collect your kiddies ID wristband at the children
registration area before the race.
• Food and drinks vendors will be on-site in operation
• Please report anything or anyone lost to the staff at
from 8am.
the stage (located in the Finish Festival).
• We have flags located nearby so you can allocate a
The Store meeting point with your kiddies/group!
Tips for parents: It is advised to write your name and
• The merchandise store is located within the festival
phone number on the wristbands provided at the children’s
zone. Get kitted out in The Color Run branded gear,
registration area. This will allow us to contact you quickly
tutu’s, socks, sunnies, keyrings, wrist bands, t-shirts,
should you and your little runner get separated.
vests, hoodies and more. We accept: cash, Visa and
MasterCard. Our Capitec Credit Card machines carry
no finance charges.
• Carrying cash with no place to put it? Some runners
FIRST AID
suggest keeping it in the insole of your running shoes. • There is a First Aid station located within the Finish
• A Capitec ATM will be located at the Festival Zone Festival.
close to the merchandise store • Each color station also has First Aid in case you need
• The Store will also be at Race Pack Pick Up on 14 & assistance on course.
15th October 10am - 7pm. • If you get into trouble please make a staff member or
volunteers aware, so that they can radio for assistance.
THE POWDER
Our colour is 100% natural and safe, food dyed, food Phones & Valuables
grade corn starch. We suggest wearing bandanas, glasses
Feel free to bring your own camera/smart phone to
or goggles if you are worried about getting colour in your
capture the memories of the day. Medihelp Medical
mouth or eyes.
Scheme have provided special phone pouches to
protect your beloved mobile device. You’ll find them
Kiddies Registration nestled in your race packs so make sure you bag them up!
Please do not bring valuables. Turn up ready to run as
Please register all kiddies with our team at the registration there are NO BAG DROP facilities available on site.
area. All mini runners must be registered before running.
EVENT GUIDE: Cape Town
17 October
IT’s a great day to be nothing but 120% awesome! Wrestle that Rainbow.
17 October @ 10AM
Finish
Festival
Fun
SelFie Printer Giant Takkie of Good!
Get your free selfie prints at the Capitec stand, all you Capitec has partnered with Adopt a School. From each
have to do is #CapitecColor Run on Twitter or Instagram! Color Run ticket purchased, R10 goes towards purchasing
stationery and equipment that the schools need.
#CapitecColorRun Look out for the giant takkie at the festival zone, it will
be filled with balls which will be sent to a school after the
event. Be sure to have a picture taken in front of the giant
takkie use the indicated hashtag and stand a chance to win
R 500 for you and R 500 for the school.
Vanish Clean uP Zone
Got Color? Let us make sure that your car isn’t looking like
a rainbow explosion in a unicorns bedroom by the time
you’ve got home.
We’ve taken care of cleaning you up a bit after your epic
5K by introducing the Vanish Clean-Up Zone.
At the Vanish Clean-Up Zone we’ll blow off any excess
powder leaving you ‘touch clean’ while making for pretty
ridiculous photo’s!
Other action
Our other sponsors, Medilhelp Medical Scheme and
Nashua have great photo booths and have planned some
fun giveaways at the finish festival so be sure to stay for
the coordinated color blasts with DJs from Heart FM, The
Color Run official Cape Town Radio Partner.
EVENT GUIDE: Cape Town
17 October
Run, jog, roll, shimmy, bounce, hop, skip or walk - IT’s your day, Do it your way!
17 OCtober @ 10AM
PREP, Pre &
POST FUN!
Race Day Tips! Afterwards
• O
il your hair: this will help the colour wash out (blondes • Dust off: shake off as much of the dry powder as you
you’ve been warned). We recommend using leave-in can before adding any water.
conditioner, coconut oil, Moroccan oil or something
Washing your hair: anti-dandruff shampoo is best for
•
similar.
helping remove any colour patches. If it needs some-
• Cover up: if you’re not ok with having colour in your hair thing a little extra, add baking soda to your shampoo
as a badge of honour for a few days, we encourage you to form a paste.
to get creative and wear a hat, wig or shower cap
• Shower: when you get home, shower as normal and add
(especially if you’re blonde).
baking soda to your body wash for stubborn spots.
• C
over your seats: pack an old towel or garbage bag to
• Clothing: dust off all excess colour, wash items separate-
sit on for the trip home.
ly in cold water.
• Slip, Slop, Slap: coat yourself in sunscreen and lip balm
with SPF in it. Not only will it protect you from the sun, it
• S
will help the colour to slide off when you’re done.
hield your eyes: Sunnies, goggles or similar items will
Post Event
avoid any irritations (you can buy The Color Run sunnies Keep an eye on your inbox for the post event survey!
at Race Pack Pick Up or at the merchandise store). We’d love to hear about your colourful experience and we’ll
sharing all our awesome photos with you on FB & Twitter.
• Leave your favourites at home: while the colour will
eventually wash out of everything, we suggest leaving Your vouchers for Takealot.com and Superbalist.com will
your expensive shoes at home (just in case). be emailed to you at the registered email address within
10 working days of ticket purchase.
#thehappiest5k #colorselfie #thecolorrunsa
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