Photographs from the 2014 Lawrence Color Run

photo by: John Young

Not satisfied with merely being sprayed by blue colored powder, Wendy Russell, right, of Wichita, takes a handful of blue powder and smears it into her daughter, Megan Richmond's, of Junction City, hair during the Color Run that took place through out downtown and east Lawrence Saturday afternoon.

photo by: John Young

Wearing a pink tutu, Dennis Eger, of Leavenworth, is blasted with pink powder during the Color Run that took place through out downtown and east Lawrence Saturday afternoon.

photo by: John Young

Doing his best smurf impression, seven-year-old Charlie Black, of Lawrence, plays in piles of blue powder in the street during the Color Run that took place through out downtown and east Lawrence Saturday afternoon.

photo by: John Young

A runner is blasted in the face with blue powder during the Color Run that took place through out downtown and east Lawrence Saturday afternoon.

photo by: John Young

A runner passes through the blue color zone during the Color Run that took place through out downtown and east Lawrence Saturday afternoon.

photo by: John Young

Covered in blue powder, Chris Heist, of Fort Riley, shows the after effect of participating in the Color Run.

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A runner nears the finish line during the Color Run that took place through out downtown and east Lawrence Saturday afternoon.

photo by: John Young

Participants throw colored powder in the air during a color toss at the after party in Watson Park that followed the Color Run on Saturday afternoon.

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Kansas University freshman Sarah White, of Denver, Colo., rolls around in left over pink powder with friends during the Color Run that took place through out downtown and east Lawrence Saturday afternoon.

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Volunteers spray blue powder on runners as they pass through the blue color zone during the Color Run that took place through out downtown and east Lawrence Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014.

photo by: John Young

A young child is led through the pink color zone during the Color Run that took place through out downtown and east Lawrence Saturday afternoon.