The finish line mud pit at the Wisconsin Zombie Mud Run I was just happy to be there, a neat freak covered in goo, grass blades, wood chips and mud. Some people actually got testy and angry at the zombies for taking their last life line so close to the finish line and yelled at them. I lost all of my lives, the last one ripped away just a pumpkin patch away from the finish line. I would try to swing my last lifeline to the other side of my belt - think of a running back switching the ball to the other arm - to avoid the zombie, or I would protect myself with a hand, but I was a lost cause. But zombies were always there, waiting and growling. Other obstacles were fun - walking on balance beam type things and jumping off. Twenty years and 10 pounds ago, I could not swing across 20 bars I certainly wasn't going to try it now with my hands coated in jelly. I just handed my life line to a zombie and kept running. Monkey bars? They said you had to make it all the way across or lose a life line. There was one crazy guy who roamed the course and he was fast. The zombies made the run a fun challenge because they took their roles seriously. Or I would just try to fake left and go right around the zombie, although that didn't work in my high school basketball days, I'm not sure why I thought it would work now. I would slow down and wait for other runners so I could confront the zombies in a pack and protect myself with numbers. Still, I didn't need to stop at the first vaccination station, I had two flags, I was alive.īut as we progressed through the race, some of the zombies got tired - and others got more aggressive. I don't have a picture because everyone said, 'Are you crazy? You can't take your phone.' And they were absolutely right.Īfter that, everyone struggled with the swinging ropes obstacle because our hands were all so slippery. I thought I was just running under a net and in to a pool until I realized I was submerged in.silicone gel? Coming out of this slime pit, you find goo webbed between your fingers and oozing off your nails, your shorts hems and your shoelace tips. They blocked the path and took swipes at your 'lives' unless you sprinted past them.Īnd then there were the obstacles. You know what will improve your running time? These freaks chasing you. Wisconsin Zombies Nicholas and Christopher Petersen & Marc Jackson Not 100 yards in to the run, we were greeted with your mother's worst nightmare. Then the Wisconsin Zombie Mud Run began with the first outbreak - with the runners starting from inside the Beef Barn at Waukesha County Fair. He said it was a tough course.īrent and Erik Leable of Milwaukee, before the first 'outbreak' Van McNeil just laughed when he saw our faces. She invited a couple thousand runners to the grounds, gave us belts with three flags or 'life lines' and sent us along a three-mile course to navigate with 13 obstacles and countless troubled souls. "So we thought, why not combine it with a run? For the health and the entertainment?" "We're very passionate about Halloween," said Gavinski. So I went to the Waukesha County Expo Grounds Saturday because Ann Marie Gavinksi, who is already skilled at scaring people every October with her Wisconsin Fear Grounds haunted houses, decided to have Halloween in May. I certainly have no business mingling with Zombies since I still shriek HE'S NOT DEAD JAMIE LEE CURTIS! whenever Halloween is showing.īut this is the time to try all things new. I probably have no business running around in mud since I'm the type of person who actually uses those antibacterial wipes to wipe down my grocery cart.
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