Monday, April 19, 2010


I was at a trail ultramarathon a few weeks ago, looking at some of the runners, and I remembered this retailer called Zombie Runner:

If you go to an ultra or a major marathon, you will quickly realize that this title is not too far from the truth.   The first few minutes of a race looks like a full-on infestation attack.  In the pre-dawn hours, this is what I saw rushing at me:


As the day progressed, the full-on horde dispersed into zombie one's and two's roaming the countryside.  In the Zombie Survival Guide, author Max Brooks states, "Zombies will never give up...they never tire and they never slow down."  


These guys weren't exactly groaning like zombies.  The one appears to be smiling.  But still.....

So this got me thinking about other running scenarios that closely resemble zombie attack scenarios.  Here is a picture from the Expo at the Boston Marathon: 


And a post-apocalypse horde trying to get into a shopping mall: 



More-over, there is some basis that cardio endurance training actually improves your chances of survival in a zombie attack:






If you really want to get into the topic of Zombie Survival, get this book.  



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