2007:
BJ: This was my first experience with something like this, and I must say it was one of the most fun things I have done. I am still smiling. Because of all the secrecy about the route and time and place, I assumed we would be running without spectators. WOW! Was I surprised! And thrilled! I felt like we were giving each one of them such a gift, we were doing what they would have liked to be doing IF only they had the nerve to do it! I felt the child in me expressing the beauty and freedom of our pure selves!
2003:
Joe: I used to live in Boulder. One year a friend of mine told me about the Naked Pumpkin Run. He had run through the famous blizard of 2002. I was pretty excited, and even more excited to learn that the run would be on Pearl Street! We took off from behind the old Oasis building and ran straight towards Old Chicago. At one point, the run turned to the right down Walnut. Then, just as quickly, the run turned back to the left to take on Pearl Street itself. Even more excited than before, I started running faster. People were running, laughing, cheering and I had never felt so free and exhilerated. As we rounded the corner onto Pearl, I saw someone with a video camera. I ran straight for him and started waving. Just as I got in front of him, I ran into another runner and went down hard. Miraculously, my pumpkin survived the fall and I was on my feet again in seconds. Yes I had a few cuts, but they are little battle scars from one of the funnest nights of my life! Thank you Pumpkin Run organizers!