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

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Alex Rickert
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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.

a group of people standing in front of an inflatable arch
a young girl swinging a tennis racquet on a tennis court
a fire truck is spraying water on a man
a fire truck is spraying water on a woman
a man standing on top of a fire truck
a couple of people that are standing in the rain
a woman and two children playing in a puddle
a couple of people that are walking in the rain
a couple of people that are walking down a sidewalk
a young girl running down a path in a park
a woman and a child running in a park
a group of people standing around a baby in a stroller
a man in a tie dye shirt running in a baseball field
a group of people that are walking in the grass
a group of people that are walking in the grass
a group of people playing a game of tennis
a group of people running down a sidewalk
a group of people playing with a frisbee on a sidewalk
a couple of kids playing with a ball on a sidewalk
a man and two children running in a park
a group of people playing a game of frisbee
a woman and a little girl playing with a water cannon
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.
a group of people standing around a white table
a group of people playing with colored powder
a man and a child walking in a park

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Alex Rickert
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.

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