Left: Grant Lahring emerges from a blue fog during the second leg of the run.
Center: Joshua Manning examines his new colour after his friends dump water and paint over his head.
Right: International exchange students from Japan pose for a photo at the close of the event.
Photos by Jillian Battison
Left: Chad Baird begins the second leg of the run.
Center: Grant Lahring shows off the only part of his face not dusted in blue.
Right: A happy volunteer coats two participants in a layer of blue.
Photos by Jillian Battison
Blue run teams strike a pose in their clean white shirts before the run begins [from left to right: Aaron Mohr, Grant Lahring, Amit (Meat) Shalev, Dayna Monaghan, Braedan Milne, Sarah Burton, Alex Marginson, Wade Lahring, Eric Stewart and Cole Charrois]
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Radio host Ryan Lindsay is the first to get painted blue.
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Chad Baird and his alien hitchhiker getting ready for the run.
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A team pulling away from the start line.
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A happy volunteer coats two participants in a layer of blue.
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Colan Moore, Allison Selsing, Megan Wattie, Katelyn Oszust and Peyton Woodgate dump water and paint on Joshua Manning's head.
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A group of information design students who call themselves the Cyan Cats celebrate the end of the run with the release of their extra bags of paint.
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Not even feet were safe from turning blue at the third annual Colour-U-Blue Run and Walk.
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International students Izaro Arruti and Kyung-ah Lee take a jump at the finish line.
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Hannah Bond, Polly Eason, Emily Works, Cody Villebrun, Caitlin Dunkensom and Levi Rossouw jump high at the finish line.
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An explosion of blue celebrates the wrapping up of Mount Royal University's Colour-U-Blue Run and Walk.
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Team moist consisting of Ashley Hochstin, Laura List, Natalie Nyder, Nick Eckert, Rebecca Smith, Holly Smith, Jenny Hope and Katie Hopkins jump in the air to celebrate the end of the run and the explosion of the blue cloud.
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