The Zombies… are everywhere! Within the last year, zombies have been spotted in pop-culture circles everywhere you look. From video games (Left 4 Dead 1, 2, Zombie Apocalypse, Dead Island, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record), comics (Marvel Zombies, The Walking Dead), TV (The Walking Dead, Death Valley), books (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, 1-3) and movies (Survival of the Dead, World War Z). And now, the Zombies are coming to a road race near you.
As if it wasn’t hard enough to to train and run a 5k race on its own merit, now runners must look over their shoulders at every turn, because there’s Zombies chasing after them! In Baltimore, MD, Zombie volunteers chased after runners in their 5k off-road obstacle course called Run for Your Lives. Runners wear belts with three flags and must complete the race before the Zombies remove them… just like in flag football.
In Nashville, TN, the Zombie Buffet 5k offered a similar run, but instead of runners having three flags, it offered two per runner. Instead of being an obstacle course, it was literally a 5k run, throughout downtown Nashville, sprinkled with Zombies throughout.
Don’t get caught by the Zombies! Maybe they can even encourage runners to pick up the pace, instead of being pure entertainment on the race course. Either way, Zombies are here to stay. No matter where you look, there’s a big chance the undead will be lurking just around the bend.
Whether it’s in a race, movie, book, video game or elsewhere, the Zombies are here to stay.
http://www.zombiebuffet5k.com/ – Nashville, Tennessee
http://runforyourlives.com/ – Baltimore, Maryland