So, I’ve signed up to run the first 5K of my life at the end of this month. I used to be an athlete, but I’ve been pretty lethargic for the last 3-4 years. I’ve been running some lately with my wife to try to lose some weight and get back in shape, and that was my inspiration.
Anyway, the 5K is being held at a local haunted attraction, and it has a bunch of obstacles; the obstacles include barriers to climb over/under/through, balance challenges, some kind of rope-swing, fire, mud, and ZOMBIES. Apparently zombies chase you for part/most of the 5K.
I signed up as a team of 4 with my wife, my boss, and another coworker from the YMCA where I work in order to get our sign-up fees down. I had the idea of wearing GB unis, since I have 4, but they weren’t crazy about that. After all, they are all girls. After throwing around a couple ideas, my coworker struck gold. We’re going as characters from The Walkind Dead! My wife is going to be Maggie Greene, my boss is gonna be Andrea, and my coworker is going to be Michonne. My boss’s sister, brother-in-law, and nephew also signed up. They’re gonna be Rick, Lori, and Carl Grimes.
I said all that to say this: I picked my favorite character from the show…SHANE WALSH. It’s not perfect, but I’m only wearing it once. Just thought some of you guys would get a kick out of this. Now, I’ll just have to fight the urge to throw my boss’s nephew to the walkers when I see him dressed as Carl…
That would be funny. Poor Otis. I’m actually looking to wrap this costume up tomorrow. All I have left is putting the King County Sheriff’s Department patch on the shirt. I’ll post a pic tomorrow.
Awesome, we have an annual zombie run here, zombies run after you and if they catch you your out. I just recently got into running, ive never seen the point and tonight I ran 3 miles…I think im hooked! Enjoy your 5k
Thanks. I applied the patch last night and, like a dumbass, I didn’t mark the spot for the patch while I was wearing the shirt. It’s WAY off, so today I’m gettin another shirt and doing it right.
It’s my understanding that we are going to have flag belts that the zombies are going to try to pull. I’m thinking that my 5K time will be pretty decent if I have zombies chasing me.
It’s done. I replaced the D-ring on the belt loop and I applied the patch to the shirt. I’m still deciding if I want to try to roll my hair back or if I’m going to just leave it down. I think it looks goofy in this pic, but I only dried it back. It took less than five minutes. I know I can do it better than it is in this pic, but it’s gonna take some gel or something. I probably shouldn’t sweat the hair so much since I’m gonna be covered in sweat and mud by the end of the 5K anyway.
