About 200 people took part in the family event that offered a 5k or 1-mile run, starting and ending at the YMCA front parking lot, during which volunteers toss orange, red, green, purple and blue cornstarch-based, non-toxic powder at participants at eight stations throughout the route, with a rainbow cloud at the finish.

Every runner received a white cotton T-shirt as a blank canvas for the color blasts, with a blow-off station at the finish line to shed some of the extra powder.

“It went great. It was a good turnout as always, for the little kids, and big kids had fun, too,” said Sam Rebarchak, a personal fitness trainer at the YMCA.

Lisa Kitzman of Kingsford declared “I had so much fun” after making her first color run Saturday. She joined the YMCA after being diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.

FROM LEFT, LISA KITZMAN of Kingsford and Sam Rebarchak, a personal fitness trainer at the YMCA, show off their colors at the fourth annual Color Run in Iron Mountain on Saturday morning. (Theresa Proudfit/Daily News photo)

“They are amazing here,” she said, giving credit to her personal trainer, Rebarchak. “Sam, the Y, they push and make you feel great.”

“Lisa is amazing,” Rebarchak said. “She has come so far, she joined the 50-Plus and Fit class in the spring and she hasn’t stopped. She was diagnosed with COPD, and her doctor told her to get moving. She has grandkids and a reason to keep going. She started getting involved in runs, beginning with the Mudd Run, and she has come so far. Now she is attending my triple threat class. She has improved leaps and bounds.”

Fifth-graders Brooklyn Schettler of Breitung Township and Chloe Blazer of Kingsford are members of the running club at Breitung Township Schools, but both were in the color run for the first time this year. They wore last year’s Halloween costumes to dress more colorful for the run.

“If you dress warm enough,” Schettler said, “it’s not too cold to run.”

Blazer said she’s participated in several other runs, including the Furry Scurry in Iron River, the Zombie Run at City Park and a Glow Run in Marquette.

The event also had a bounce house for the kids, music and free hot chocolate for all.

“It’s a good excuse,” Rebarchak said, “to get dirty and be a kid.”