Bubble Run -Everett

This was a really fun 5k– A LOT of people there but we got there nice and early so parking was not a issue. I heard there was over 18k people and for those who didn’t pick up their shirt and number in the days before they were waiting a long time before they picked up their race packet. We picked up our packet at noon on Friday as instructed and the wait was still 30 min.
For the cost though, it was a fun fun race– We got the early bird package for $ 20– If I had to wait in that long long line though, or even when I left after waiting 30 minute to pick up my packet the line was even longer. That should be better planned and I am sure a lot of people were not happy as when we got back from walking the race there were still people who were in line to start the race (at 9:45am)
So over all it was fun, I am sure a lot of people won’t do it again due to the lines for picking up their packet. A few vendors giving out free stuff and food trucks and and small beer garden afterwords– Fun morning

This event was actually a little while ago and I’m just now getting around to the review. Most people have done fun runs in the past like the color runs that some sort of dye or dye powder is thrown at you as you run and you leave looking like you just finished an episode of Double Dare (takin’ it back to the 90’s for ya). This bubble run was really different. I kind of wish they would have one in Tacoma because it was pretty popular in Everett. As with most fun runs, the price was about $ 25 for early registration. I thought that was reasonable. You, of course, get a shirt and removable tattoos and a headband. Parking was also not a problem when we got there. You just had to park up the street and walk down. The packet pickup was also easy and there was no wait.
They started everyone in waves spaced apart by about 5 – 10 mins so that no one was tripping over each other. It was cool how they kept the bubbles within the confines of each station as the runners herded through the corrals. The bubbles fell from the sky from these special fans that generated more bubbles and filled up the color stations. There were different colored bubble stations along the way and the bubbles were waist to chest high in most of the stations. We were kind of wondering how the color gets on your shirt but the dye somehow settles onto the shirt after the colored bubbles pop. There were people running through the stations with strollers and even people in wheelchairs. It was very easy to lose small children in the bubble stations since the bubbles got really high and were over the heads of most children. I think that made it more fun as an adult though because you didn’t really know what was on the other side of the bubble wall, so you just powered on through. It also made it a little complicated because it made you more apt to run into someone because you couldn’t see or you might knock down a child.
They even had water stations at the half way point of the course so that you could keep hydrated.
Overall, it was perfect weather and it wasn’t raining which can sometimes dampen the mood and ruin a color type run. I would definitely do it again if it’s closer to one of the cities in the lower part of the Puget Sound.