2013 ZOMBIE RUN!!!

My friend Mindy and I have tried to run together for motivation and something to do together. We decided to run some races, and one of them we chose was the Provo Canyon Escape. It was a ZOMBIE run. It started up Provo canyon and you run "down" to the finish. Well, it was not all 'DOWN" like they said. We were on a paved trail that went up, down and all around! 

Here's how it worked, at the beginning when you signed in they gave you a yellow flag (symbolizing your "BRAINS") and a clip. You had to clip the flag to your person somewhere visible. Then they bused you to the top. We received a 5 minute head start in front of the ZOMBIES...not enough!! They had what were called stumbling ZOMBIES. These were just ZOMBIES that were on the trail in certain spots to scare or throw you off. They could not however take your "BRAINS", only the running ZOMBIES could do that.

The race started and we hadn't seen where the ZOMBIES were even at. We ran up the trail a little ways and there was a guy dressed in army gear with a fake machine gun yelling "HURRY UP< PICK IT UP< THEY'RE COMING!" the whole time shooting at these freaky looking ZOMBIES.

We did pretty well, Mindy lost her "BRAINS" about 3/4 the way through the race. Probably the last mile I found one extra "BRAIN" laying on the ground, so I picked it up. You never know when an extra "BRAIN" would come in handy! Turns out it did. We turned a corner and there was a ZOMBIE in the middle of the trail waiting...He zeroed in on my flag and started for me...I traded the "BRAIN" in my hand for the one clipped to my waist! HAHA, he took it, and it looked like I was going to be a survivor of the Race...

Last 200 yards was up hill with 2 ZOMBIES. I didn't know whether they were stumbling ZOMBIES or not, but he saw my flag and started for me. I had to SPRINT the last 200 yards uphill to keep my "BRAINS". I am happy to report that I SURVIVED!! 

We both had so much fun during this race, we will be making a reappearance in 2014! Here are the pictures I was able to take, there aren't a lot because I was running.

These were signs that they had posted all over. Rules...They were pretty funny!

The starting line. It was really pretty here in October, and actually there was a ton of people here taking family photos. Couple of the little kids got a little scared when they saw the ZOMBIES. They had a make-up artist come in and do their make-up so they all looked really freaky and cool. Somebody probably got a ZOMBIE photo bomb!

Mindy and myself. <3 her!!

A sign at the starting line, It says INFECTED AREA BEYOND THIS POINT

I'm so upset that this picture didn't turn out! she looked really cool. Had bones sticking out her arm and blood everywhere! You can kinda see her. They boys love this picture. They are obsessed with ZOMBIES lately!

This is the only picture I have of my SURVIVOR shirt. It is so funny, when I wear this Carson gets so excited and wants to look at my ZOMBIE shirt all the time!! The bottom of it says I CAME. I RAN. I SURVIVED!