 Like to run? How about getting dirty? Not that kind of dirty, but “climbing through muck on all fours, sliding down muddy hills” dirty? Ever fantasized about your own Dawn of the Dead style sprint from throngs of the shambling undead?  Ever fantasize about being among the undead throngs shuffling inexorably towards a jam-packed brain feast?  Well, the folks at Run for Your Lives have got a treat in store for you.  What started out as a single 5K mud run has grown into a multi-city phenomenon.
If you choose to stay “among the living,” you’re given a flag football belt that is the analog equivalent of a video game lifebar and have to run a 5K course that could include mud bogs, steep hill climbs and descents, scaleable walls and more. Â And of course there will be zombies stationed all along the course route will will try to snag a little life. Â Most are the easy-to-evade but massive-in-number classic Romero shamblers, but look out behind you for the faster moving 28 Days Later-style “chasers.” Â Finish the race with at least one flag, and you get bragging rights(along with some pretty nice shwag). Â Finish with no flags, and well, you still get a free beer at the afterparty, which will have food, local bands, and survivors and zombies coexisting in celebratory harmony….
If you choose to be a zombie, you get a custom t-shirt, “professional zombie transformation,” free parking, and that same afterparty beer. Â No brains, though.
Here are the remaining dates for 2012
