IN PICTURES: MARATHON BEATS THE HEAT WITH SECOND SUMMER COLOR RUN

a group of people running in a park
There’s no such thing as a clean shirt after blasts of powder during Marathon’s Color Run.

Kids and adults alike built their own T-shirt palettes with bursts of colored powder at Marathon’s second Color Run on Aug. 10. Following a course around Marathon Community Park, racers alternated between running through color stations to make their own rainbow creations and getting heat-defeating showers from the Marathon Fire Department. 

“Thank you to the city of Marathon Parks and Recreation; without your support this event wouldn’t be possible,” said Lara Martin, whose HapynKeys Running group co-sponsored the annual run.

Photos by ROSS SMITH/IslandExposureCo.

Alex Rickert
Alex Rickert made the perfectly natural career progression from dolphin trainer to newspaper editor in 2021 after freelancing for Keys Weekly while working full time at Dolphin Research Center. A resident of Marathon since 2015, he fell in love with the Florida Keys community by helping multiple organizations and friends rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Irma. An avid runner, actor, and spearfisherman, he spends as much of his time outside of work on or under the sea having civil disagreements with sharks.