Zombie Charge Review

Soapy Slip and Slide finish

Zombie Charge in Ct, is one of those fun ocrs that you get to run, wile being chased by zombies! what is not to love about that? you still get obstacles, and the zombies go after flags on a belt that you are given, (like flag football) The big draw (as you would expect) is the zombies, you can play a zombie, i think it costs around 30ish (i did not pay attention, I prefer to run!) And the make up looked great, and the people really got into character, and made it hard to keep your flags! So as a part of Race local I did 5 laps (gunning for top milage) and each time the zombies had moved slightly, which is nice. They had several ambush areas, making it impossible to keep your flags for the end. I just barely kept a flag for the 3rd lap, and got better as the day went on. It had nothing to do with the fact that they had been out all day, nothing (kidding, i got lucky). They had typical walls (6ft, and an 8 ft) solid, slatted, Traverse (or some people treated as an over wall, a bit confusing, and if it was a traverse wall the support frame was in the way, if it was an over wall it needed to be clearer). The obstacles were not all that challenging

In case you can't tell, it is a rope, then cargo net

I could go into the obstacles more, but it is the typical stuff. You could buy more flags for a dollar a pop, and they had 2 places on course that you could get another flag.The first was in a fenced in area with 2 zombies, then the other was given out of you could do a rope climb. But then they had zombies waiting to ambush you for your new flag. By far the best zombies were just after the rope climb, It was a Santa (who was a very quiet runner) and a clown, that often hid behind a very small, very see though branch, very funny. Oh and he had a horn, it was great, those two, and the rest of them were great, very into the character. when i ran out of flags (most of the laps before 2 miles, probably one before mile 1 marker) most zombies just let you pass, all you had to say was I am dead, or no flags. At that point most of them left you alone, a few broke character, just wanting to grab some flags as the day went on. But there were a few that followed you and snarled all along you. They were not allowed to shove or touch, just to go after your flag. So keep that in mind, you will have your but grabbed because that is were your flag will be, but it really isn't a problem, just a heads up. The last obstacle was a slip and slide (pictured above)

So the parking was on site, typical 10 bucks, and real close to the festival area. The end of the parking lot had a great view of the course

These hills were filled with zombies

This race has a cool finishers shirt, a buff, and cool medal for swag, they had food and beer on site, but I spent the day running the course, so I did not see much else. they did not have as detailed story as you get with panic in the dark, but they did set the scene by shooting a zombie at the start line before each wave, which was cool. I think probably 3 water stations, no changing tent, but i have gotten the hang of using a towel, and the typical garden hose to clean off. 

Bottom Line here, this was a blast, I got to run (jog, I have not recovered from Infinitus yet, but I was still able to have a bunch of fun, and completely fall into the gimmick of zombie fun through the race, So the obstacles were average (except the rope to cargo, as pictured above) But the energy that the zombies gave was great, it really made the race, I had so much fun. My friends even hugged the zombies to help others get passed them, it did not go as planned, as sometimes the zombies still grabbed a flag, but that was the fun, and I really can not say enough about how perfect the venue is for this race, whoever scouted it out was amazing, The course looks like it is pulled from a zombie movie. I really loved the vibe of this thing. But It is a gimmick race, if you have a love for zombies have at it, they seem to have no problem getting people to wear make up and lungs, and run after people for about 4 hours. If you are looking for a local version of a spartan or a tough mudder, that is not this, but they are not trying to be that, so just go out and enjoy the day, running from zombies!

Until next time
keep training
Stephen