Zombie Charge (and then some)

Today was the first ever Zombie Charge race. Ever. I wanted to do this race months ago but completely forgot to register for the event. Then Groupon had a deal and I was like now is the chance. I have never registered for a race so close to the actual event taking place. I think it was like last week or something when I registered. But it was definitely worth it.

So the premise of the whole thing this doctor created Nectar, which is the cure for zombies. But you can only take it up to thirty minutes after you've been infected (had all your flags taken from your belt). If you didn't, you became fully infected and had to go through decontamination to make it through the rest of your life. It was really cool. The place was this rock quarry/tree farm/regular farm in North Stonington, CT. There were zombies every where. In the woods right at the start, in the quarry, hiding in trees and in the mud. It was crazy. A lot of people lost all their lives right near the start. Quarry zombies are fast. Little kid zombies were slow. And the prize for making it through all three miles of this crazy obstacle course?

Yup. Bling.

Oh wait. I didn't mention it was an obstacle course as well? There were plenty of obstacles to get your hear racing through this event. Cargo nets, rock walls, wood walls, monkey bars, water slides. All things you'd expect in a zombie apocalypse. They even had a sniper on the roof of this barn. After 10am, three US military parachuters came right above everyone and landed to greet all the runners. It was quite the show. I was really pleased with the entire event. There were plenty of food vendors, free samples from Monster energy drinks, raffles and photo opportunities. They even brought in actress Addy Miller, who you would know as "Summer"/Little Girl Walker from the first episode of season one of The Walking Dead. I got my bluray of season one signed by her. Overall, I'm really glad this event took place. I'm really enjoying these races. I never thought I would enjoy obstacle course races but they are very fun.

I realized today that I'm quite addicted to getting medals for races. The next five events that I go to, four of them give me a medal. Color Me Rad is the only event that I don't get a medal for competing, instead the reward is getting doused in colors. So I'm quite excited that I will be getting/making a medal holder soon. I definitely need one.