Blacklight Run -- Portland

The black light run is fun when you can get a group together. The course is throughout the Clark County Fairgrounds. You have to also pay for parking.
There is a pre-​party before the race where you can throw some powder around, get some food, but in the daylight it did not seem like much fun. There is a long line for the start of the race but they let waves through every few minutes. It is an untimed race, basically just for fun. There are only a couple of blacklight stations where they throw the powder (cornstarch) on you. This is a huge bottleneck and runners get backed up. Some people just go around because it might not be worth it. When you run through the stations make sure to close your eyes because it may get into your eyes. I was right next to the person throwing the powder and got it all in my face and eyes. The 5K run wasn’t too challenging and it was fun only because of my friends.
After you finish you can get some more packets of the powder to throw on yourself and there is an after party with a concert and people dancing. Make sure to park in the back because it will be tough to get out.
Overall, it was a fun experience but not something I would do again.

Not the greatest fun run that I’ve ever done. The color stations were terribly manned. The volunteers didn’t know how to throw the color out. They were sprinkling it on each person, causing a huge bottleneck. The pre-​party was kind of lame. There was only one food cart and one beverage (non-​alcoholic) plus the cheesy beer garden.
The Electric Run and Color Me Rad are by far better events.
I suppose if you had never done an event like this, you wouldn’t have anything to compare it to, so you may think it was okay. But I won’t be doing another one of these!