Run For Your Lives

I wish life had a built-in LIKE button.

I know. The zombies be everywhere in popular culture these days. I bet many of you are tired of hearing about it all. I know my husband is tired of hearing about it. I, however, am not tired of hearing about the zombies. In fact, I’d like a chance to run away from the zombies! Or, better yet, WITH the zombies.

My husband and I often kid about the zombie apocalypse and our “preparations” and “plans” but, I have to be serious for a moment. I grew up seven miles away from Joplin, a place many of you never had heard of before last year. In addition to living in Tornado Alley, we live near the New Madrid Seismic Zone, and we’ve experienced three minor earthquakes in the past three years. We all now know that there is a super-volcano in Yellowstone (I’ve always had my suspicions about that place), and I spent some time volunteering in New Orleans post- Katrina. There are good reasons to be prepared for an emergency, and the zombie apocalypse provides us with a funny and engaging way to start a conversation with our sons about what we need to do in any emergency.

So, now that’s established. Zombies equal good television, good movies, and now good emergency planning! Just as long as you do not plan to do anything that Rick Grimes does on The Walking Dead. That man makes the group’s situation worse in every episode. In fact, if you’re going to use The Walking Dead as the backdrop to your zombie apocalypse plans, please plan on doing the exact opposite of Rick Grimes. Ask yourself, “What would Rick Grimes do?” and then do the complete 180.

Don't worry about me, Lori. I'm just thinking of more ways to screw this up.

So, after you’ve laid in your three day supply of drinking water, chainsaws and M&Ms, what does one do to keep in tip-top zombie-preparedness mode? What if you don’t live in the UK, and cannot attend Zombie Boot Camp? Well, you Run For Your Lives, of course!

In eleven cities this year—from Atlanta to LA and points in between– you’ll get the chance to run a 5K obstacle course infested with zombies, and multiple race routes. Doesn’t sound like fun to you? How about being one of the zombies? You could sign up for that as well. And after all of the shenanigans of the obstacle course race are over, and the awards and medals have been handed out, you can join in a post-apocalyptic party.

“Runners will navigate a series of 12 obstacles throughout a 5K course in an attempt to reach the finish line — all while avoiding zombies. At the end of this adventure race, you get to celebrate survival (or zombie transformation) with live entertainment and music, local celebrities, vendors, food, and of course, beer!”

Oh, you had me at zombies! There’s going to be beer, too? This is the perfect catalyst for my husband agreeing to participate in the race closest to us next August.

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