RUN CLUBS AREN’T new. One of the OG crews, the Hash House Harriers was started by a group of nine British officers in Kuala Lumpur in 1938, as a weekly run to shake off their weekend hangovers.

It’s not like the runners and walkers didn’t know what to expect. Last week’s annual awareness run was in fact a 5K Color Fun Run. Yes, participants did get doused with powders of various ...