Run For Your Lives: "A Zombie Infested 5K Obstacle Course Race"

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be chased by zombies? Oh c'mon, don't be shy, you know you've thought about it! Well, thanks Derrick Rose and Ryan Hogan, Baltimore-based entrepreneurs and fans of The Walking Dead, you can now experience just that in a 5K obstacle course race called Run For Your Lives.

During the race, participants will have to "navigate muddy culverts, tanks of fake blood and other creepy obstacles" while racing against the clock and zombies, so expect things to be very messy!

The first race was held on October 22, 2011 outside of Baltimore. Participants were given belts with flags attached, just like flag football, before tackling the course that featured several hundred zombies. If a runner crossed the finished line with at least one flag still attached, they successfully made it out alive. If a runner lost all of their flags, they were considered dead, but in order to not be considered a zombie, they still had to cross the finish line.

The race features two kinds of zombies. First, there are the Stumbler Zombies. Those type of zombies are featured in films such as Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Dawn of the Dead (1978). The second type of zombie are the Chaser Zombies which are featured in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead and Zombieland (2009).

You can check out the Run For Your Lives website HERE for more information and to see if a race will come to a town near you.

I don't know about you, but I think this race sounds awesome and hopefully it continues for a while and makes its way to more places because I'd like to participate. Not only do I think it would be fun, but I would find out if I could survive a zombie apocalypse.

Source: MSNBC.com