The first-ever Paint Your Sole LBI 5-Mile Run on Sunday, May 4, took runners on a 1- or 5-mile circuit that began and ended at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies. The 5-miler went to Barnegat Lighthouse and back. Spectators paid $5 per bottle to be ‘throwers.’ Some of the most colorful characters were those who had gone all out with their running attire, as encouraged. Who doesn’t love a good blast of non-toxic pigment?

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Ric Anastasi of Beach HavenRyan Morrill

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Colleen Rucci of Waterford, NJ came in first overall with a time of 00:37:02Ryan Morrill

Colleen Rucci of Waterford, NJ came in first overall with a time of 00:37:02Ryan Morrill

Mitchell Freidberg of Manalapan, NJRyan Morrill

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