We went, we ran, we died. :-)
The
'Run for Your Lives' 5K was billed as an obstacle course where you are
also chased by zombies. Sounded fun! There was a steep entry fee, but
seeing everything they had to bring in and set up, I can understand it
better in hindsight. There was also a $10 parking fee,
but... Subarus got to park for free. Heh.
The future undead. |
Waves
went off every half-hour, to spread the people out on the course. It
was partly open fields (DUST), partly wooded trails that seemed to have
recently been made or widened with a DR brush mower (DUST and root
snags). Oh, and the obstacles and zombies. Some zombies just shuffled
around, but others actively tried to grab one of the three flags on your
flag-football-style belt. No flags at the end = dead and zombiefied
after you cross the finish line.
Mah flags - now you see them, soon you won't. |
The obstacles
included sandwich-board-style walls to climb over, then wood beams to go
under; a shack-type thing with a maze inside that also had zombies in
it; a slimy mud pit; another shack-type thing you climbed into where it
was dark inside... the piped-in "fog" didn't help... and electrified
wires hanging from the ceiling. (I made it through that one OK, but Paul
got zapped several times.) Near the end there was a large structure to
climb with a water slide down the other side, little wooden things you
had to crawl through on your knees in the mud, and then last you had to
slide under, flat on your stomach, some horizontal chain link fence that
they said was electrified, but I hit it twice with my head and nothing
happened.
Live people are eligible for
time-based awards, and dead aren't, but we all got the same medal. Theoretically there were "health packs" on the course with additional flags, but neither of us saw any sign of one. Not
that I was in competition for an award anyway! So no matter. Stand in a
long line for a cold shower with about 40 of your best friends, with
water pumped direct from a tanker truck, and try to discreetly rinse out
the mud that got INSIDE your shorts. Muddy shoes got dumped in a large
pile - they'd be cleaned up and re-purposed through Project Sole.
See mine? They're right there... near the top... |
All
in all it was a lot of fun. I did pop my bad hamstring again... we'll
see how long that takes to heal. Right now I have to lift my left leg to
go up stairs and can't sit for very long - it's that spot right at the
top where the hamstring attaches to your butt. Painful to sit at all.
And my bad right shoulder is sore, probably from grabbing the tree to
break my fall, when I dodged a zombie, caught a root with my toe, and
torqued the hamstring.
But the zombies were all
made up professionally by the race production company, and most of them
looked pretty darn convincing. They did put a LOT of work into making
the race happen. Advice to anyone who wants to do it, if they have it
here again: take an early wave start. :-)
Oh, and remember the rules:
1. Cardio
2. Doubletap
3. Beware of bathrooms
Since I probably will take a week or so off to let the hammie heal up...
Wed., 8/1: 5.5 mi
Friday: 5.5 mi
Sunday: 5.35 mi
Tues. 8/7: 5.5mi
Wednesday: 5 mi
Friday: 5.5 mi run, 1 mi dog-walk
Sunday: 7 mi
Tues., 8/14: 5.5 mi
Wednesday: 5.25 mi
Friday: 5.5 mi
Saturday: 5K zombie run, plus walking... total 5 mi
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