Dun Laoghaire hosted a final send-off to this summer’s unprecedented heat wave with a 5km fun run yesterday.
At 12pm, just hours before Dublin got a visit from a long-suppressed torrential downpour runners walked, jogged or ran along the coastal town’s West Pier.
Here are some of our favourite pictures from the event.
It's the pink sunglasses parade
Great day at @TheRainbow_Run :-) pic.twitter.com/cbBK4DIRs9
— Eoin Smith (@Eoin5mith) July 28, 2013
Calm down lads, you'll be wrecked for the race
Jump for @TheRainbow_Run !!! pic.twitter.com/KTjMoaKTll
— Kate Bauer (@corrzauber) July 28, 2013
She either got the before and after shot wrong... Or very very right
@TheRainbow_Run had THEEE best fun today pic.twitter.com/O1fugSNApP
—  Fran _tastic1 ✨ (@Fran_Tastic1) July 28, 2013
No longer identical, triplets Rex, Snowy and Buddy decided it was time to go separate ways
Wahoo what a great morning @TheRainbow_Run These guys were so cute! #rainbowrun pic.twitter.com/ZeLBVol7vw
— Aideen Murphy (@Aideenx) July 28, 2013
Never mind the smiling couple... does anyone else notice yer man's doppelganger in the background?
BEST CRAIC EVER! @TheRainbow_Run pic.twitter.com/ok3U15yWcj
— Martina Mahady (@MartinaMahady) July 28, 2013
The fun was too much for some, who tasted a little too much of the rainbow
The end...., @TheRainbow_Run 😪 pic.twitter.com/lwXbvkHxrr
— Noeleen Cunningham (@Noeleen12) July 28, 2013
Exhausted but satisfied, Noeleen and her friend looked out towards a picturesque Dun Laoighre skyline and thought about all the scrubbing they'd have to do to get rid of all that paint before work tomorrow
Awwww it's over, can't wait for next year!! @TheRainbow_Run pic.twitter.com/8QtIia79y2
— Noeleen Cunningham (@Noeleen12) July 28, 2013
(Main image source: Rainbow Run)
