Training for WW:Z

[matweller]

Is anyone else going to Run For Your Lives near Baltimore?
http://runforyourlives.com/#/the-race

I wrote a short thing about it here:
http://matweller.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/zombies-in-md/

I'm fat and severely out of shape and I think this is the coolest thing I've heard of this year so I'm using it as my motivation to train for a 5K race that is actually probably a good bit tougher than the typical 5K considering obstacles and terrain.

If you're interested, let me know. Perhaps we can help motivate each other in training or at least work out a friendly wager on race day.

[stePH]

I don't have to outrun the zombies; I just have to outrun you. 

[Bdoomed]

This is friggin awesome.  I wish I were in the area, I'd totally join you!

[matweller]

I don't have to outrun the zombies; I just have to outrun you. 

That's what I was saying to my brother-in-law the other day. He was all whiny because he broke his ankle a couple years ago and doesn't want to risk it running in the woods. I was saying, "don't sweat it, you don't have to go fast, in fact, being in the lead is going to get you killed. You just need to be faster than the last guy."

[Spindaddy]

I don't have to outrun the zombies; I just have to outrun you. 

That's what I was saying to my brother-in-law the other day. He was all whiny because he broke his ankle a couple years ago and doesn't want to risk it running in the woods. I was saying, "don't sweat it, you don't have to go fast, in fact, being in the lead is going to get you killed. You just need to be faster than the last guy."

Technically you just have to be faster than the fastest zombie. Running from zombies is not like running from bears. Sure the zombies eat the slow ones first, but that just means the zombie horde grows that much larger by the time it DOES catch up to you...

[stePH]

Technically you just have to be faster than the fastest zombie. Running from zombies is not like running from bears. Sure the zombies eat the slow ones first, but that just means the zombie horde grows that much larger by the time it DOES catch up to you...

If they catch you and eat your brains, they've destroyed your head, so you CAN'T swell the ranks of the horde. Or am I missing something here?

[Bdoomed]

By the way, although I can't attend myself (Florida is a bit of a walk away), I shared it to friends and such, and one of them loved the idea so much, she volunteered to be a zombie!  So if you find yourself being chased by a cute 19 year old blue eyed blonde with blood running down her face and hands, yell at her that Bdoomed says hi and she might be startled for long enough for you to get away with all your brains intact!  It's possible that she'll still have enough of her pre-zombie memories to remember me.

[matweller]

Awesome! I'll be shouting that at every pursuing zombie just on the off chance.

[Spindaddy]

Technically you just have to be faster than the fastest zombie. Running from zombies is not like running from bears. Sure the zombies eat the slow ones first, but that just means the zombie horde grows that much larger by the time it DOES catch up to you...

If they catch you and eat your brains, they've destroyed your head, so you CAN'T swell the ranks of the horde. Or am I missing something here?

I'm not sure... All the zombie movies show is that they eat one person, then that person gets up and joins the rest of them. It's kinda like that version of tag called "One-catch-a-bunch" where every person tagged helps run down the remaining people until you can get a circle around the fast kid and then haul him down like a bunch of wild dogs after gazelle on the Serengeti.

[birdless]

This deserves a comment! Very cool. I've been sharing the link, and then realized I didn't let you know I appreciated you sharing! Thanks!