Color run a bright spot for after-hour UTA fun Published Aug. 12, 2015 By Tech. Sgt. Douglas Hays 434th ARW Public Affairs GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind., -- Nothing like being doused with powder when you're hot and sweaty - unless that powder is bright and it is just what you signed up for! Eighteen people participated in a 5K color fun run August 8 at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. The event, sponsored by the 434th Force Support Squadron fitness center staff pitted a hot evening, sweaty runners and volunteers armed with brightly colored corn starch they doused runners with. "It was an awesome experience," said Tim Wood, base honor guard manager. "I was spinning in circles as they threw the powder on me. I wanted to make sure I was evenly coated!" Volunteers doing the dousing were staged along the 3.1 mile course and primed with color bombs to dust runners. "What a great event our fitness center staff put on," said Col. Doug Schwartz, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander and run participant. "Events like these are great opportunities for us to get together after working hard to play hard and build that camaraderie that is so important for an organization to thrive." "We are looking forward to a bigger and better event next year," said Senior Airman Jarvis Broom, 434th FSS recreation specialist who organized the event. The 434th ARW is the largest KC-135R Stratotanker unit in the Air Force Reserve Command. Stay connected, visit Grissom on Facebook and Twitter.
