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MUSIC
HOT, SWEATY, MUDDY, TIRING, VIOLENCE
SOMETIMES, SO I WAS LIKE A ZOMBIE RUN AND A MUD RUN?
SWEET! LET'S COMBINE THE TWO. A LOT OF DIVING,
RUNNING THROUGH MUD PITS, YELLING AND SCREAMING,
SCARY PEOPLE, TRYING TO MAKE A GROWN MAN SCREAM
LIKE A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL, JUST A GOOD TIME. RATHER
THEN JUST A 5K, YOU'VE GOT THE OBSTACLES IN THERE
THAT YOU'RE CHALLENGING YOURSELF PHYSICALLY. A
GOBLET OF WIRES THAT WILL SHOCK YOU, MUD PITS TO GO
THROUGH, WALLS TO CLIMB OVER AND UNDER, THERE IS
BARBWIRES, THERE'S PARTS THAT YOU SWIM THROUGH THE
LAKE, THERE'S A MAZE, THERE'S ROPE BRIDGES,
THERE IS A WALL TO CLIMB OVER. OF COURSE YOU'RE
AVOIDING ZOMBIES EVERY CORNER, AND YOU GOT TO TRY
TO SURVIVE. YOU GOT FLAGS YOU WANT TO START WITH AND
YOU WANT TO END WITH THOSE FLAGS. SO I LEARNED THAT
YOU DON'T NECESSARY HAVE TO BE FASTER THEN THE
ZOMBIES, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT SMARTER.
I'VE BEEN UP FOR 24HRS THIS MORNING BECAUSE YOU
DO A LOT OF LIQUID LAY TAGS, A LOT OF TISSUE, AND
THEN IT GOES TO THE MAKEUP, THE PAINT, THE
BLOOD, I THINK FOR 5 OF US, IT TOOK ABOUT GIVE OR
TAKE 8 HOURS. THEY WERE AWESOME, THEY DID A GREAT
JOB, I MEAN YOU HAD SCREAMERS, YOU HAVE
STALKERS, YOU HAD YOUR RUNNERS WHO WOULD CHASE
AFTER YOU, THE ONES WHO JUST LIKE COME AT YOU OUT
OF NOWHERE, THE ONES THAT WERE HIDING BEHINDS
THINGS, IT WAS GREAT. I PERSONALLY LIKE DOING
MAKEUP MYSELF. I LIKE SEEING A NEW ZOMBIE EVERY
TIME. THIS TIME WE GOT A FEW DIFFERENT ZOMBIES AS
FAR AS NURSES, IT MAKES ME FEELS GREAT KNOWING MY
ZOMBIES PUT THAT IN TO IT AND LOOK THAT GOOD DOING
IT. SO YOU KNOW, YOU GET A CROWD OF PEOPLE YOU START
FOLLOWING AND LET THEM RUN THE ZOMBIES FIRST, THE
ZOMBIES WILL ALL CHASE THEM AND SCATTER THEM AND
YOU CAN MAKE A CLEAR PATH IN BETWEEN OR WALK UP TO A
ZOMBIE LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD AND THEN AT
THE LAST MINUTE, TAKE OFF TO THE RIGHT AND THE
ZOMBIE IS LIKE WAIT! SHE HAS A FLAG! GO! SO
I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I SURVIVED
ACTUALLY. I COULDN'T OUT RUN MOST OF THESE PEOPLE
FOR LONG. OBVIOUSLY, ZOMBIES ARE A BIG THING
AND YOU WANT TO TRY TO USE WHATEVER YOU CAN THAT IS
POPULAR. AND THE ZOMBIE RUN AS BECOME REALLY
REALLY BIG AROUND THE COUNTRY. JUST THE CONCEPT
OF, YOU KNOW, WE COME BACK AND WE'RE NOT LONGER
LIVING AND WE'RE JUST THIS HUNGRY EATING
MACHINE. AND IT'S SURVIVAL, CAN YOU SURVIVE
IT? WHEN EVERYONE ELSE DROPS LIKE FLIES, CAN YOU
BE THE ONE THAT SURVIVES? WHEN IT'S ALL SET AND
DONE, I WAS REALLY, IT WAS GREAT, BECAUSE THE ZOMBIES
ARE ALL REAL SUPER FRIENDLY, THEY'RE ALL
READY TO TAKE PICTURES WITH YOU, THEY DON'T
MIND GIVING YOU THEIR TIME, AND WHEN YOU'RE
OUT THERE, OF COURSE IT'S A COMPETITION.
IT'S YOU VERSUS THEM, AND YOU GOT TO KIND OF
KEEP SIDES BUT ONCE YOU'RE ALL DONE. IT'S
ALL TOGETHERNESS AND I'VE NOTICE IN A LOT OF
THE OBSTACLE OF COURSES, THE RUNNERS THEMSELVES
HAVE A GREAT COMRADERY. YOU HAVE A TOGETHERNESS
THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET SOMEBODY FALL OR HURT
THEMSELVES OR IF SOMEBODY DOES, YOU PICK THEM UP AND
HELP THEM GO ON SO. USUALLY I WILL ALWAYS TRY
TO BE AT THE BEGINNING. SOME TIMES IN THE MIDDLE,
AND SOMEWHERE IN THE END, THE ZOMBIES ARE OUT TO GET
YOU NO MATTER WHAT THOUGH. THEY'RE GOING TO CHASE
YOU DOWN, THEY'RE GOING TO HUNT YOU, AND THEN WHEN
YOU GET TO THE END, IT'S ALL REWARD. I WAS ACTUALLY
VERY PROUD OF THIS ONE. THERE WEREN'T AS MANY
SURVIVORS AS I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE. SO
I WOULD, ON THE ZOMBIE'S ENDS, I THINK WE DID
PRETTY WELL THIS YEAR.