Zombies for your health

[Umbran]

I had a surprise yesterday.

You see, there's this event: Run for Your Lives. It's a 5 kilometer (roughly 3 mile) course with a dozen obstacles. And you can't take your time about it, as there's zombies trying to catch you. It sounds kind of fun.

You can think of a 5k race as jogging non-stop for 30 minutes for a casual, non-competitive runner. I'm a pretty classic geek - my cadriovascular fitness isn't what it should be. Running continuously for a half hour is just not going to happen, unless I train. So, I turned to "Couch to 5K" (oft abbreviated "C25K"), which my research indicates is a reasonable and effective program for getting you off the couch, and able to run a 5k race.

Now, I know it is a well-considered plan, but I figured I was going to embarrass myself, and have to ditch halfway through the first workout. But, surprisingly, no. I wasn't running fast, and I was puffing along like an old-time steam locomotive, but I didn't die. I kept to the program, and while this morning I can feel that I got a workout, it is just a bit of ache and stiffness, which is to be expected.

So maybe, just maybe, by the time May runs around those zombies won't catch me...

 

[RangerWickett]

Hm. There's one here in Walking Dead homeland Atlanta, in March. I might just have to go.

 

[Bullgrit]

OMG! That zombie run looks awesome fun!

I've been looking into doing a Spartan Sprint -- on Charlotte during March -- but this Run For Your Life looks like it would be even more fun.

I wasn't running fast, and I was puffing along like an old-time steam locomotive, but I didn't die. I kept to the program, and while this morning I can feel that I got a workout, it is just a bit of ache and stiffness, which is to be expected.

Congratulations on working on your fitness level. This is a fun article on starting to run: 4 Stunning Revelations An Idiot Has About Running | Cracked.com

So maybe, just maybe, by the time May runs around those zombies won't catch me...

Practice tripping people around you while you keep a good pace forward ;-)

Bullgrit

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Ehhh, just pack a derringer so you can kneecap a fellow runner and distract the zombies with some easy prey.








Oh wait...these aren't REAL zombies? Nevermind.

 

[Kzach]

'tis the number one rule of Zombieland, after all.

Practice tripping people around you while you keep a good pace forward ;-)

If the ZA ever happens, I've always held that I'd go it alone. I'm not sure whether your statement makes me want to do this more, or less

 

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[Umbran]

Spam MY thread will you?!? **whackwhackwhack!ARRGGGHHHH!whackwhacksquelch!**

Dealing with spam sometimes gives the same visceral satisfaction as killing zombies - and it is just as futile, as they keep coming back anyway.

 

[Umbran]

So, running from zombies, day 2...

My past forays into organized exercise have always carried with them a basic tenet: it is ugly and uncomfortable for a couple of weeks, after which it gets better. I think, though, that those previous attempts were classes not designed for such a specific target, and not designed as well for someone who's just starting out on a regimen.

Thus, I was heartily surprised to find the second run to be immensely easier than the first. The contrast, honestly, was startling. Sure, I still had muscles burning. And while it got my breathing and respiration up, I wasn't laboring to get air, was never so short that I feared I might have to stop. I got through the first run by bulling through such moments, but I didn't have to bull through the second run.

I'm not done yet, but I'm starting to think that the C25K program is actually sensible, and works pretty well, at least for me.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

My wife did C25k last winter, and ran a 5k this past April -- and she beat her goal on the first try. She decided to get her time down, but petered out doing C210k, unfortunately.

The zombie race sounds like fun ... like Warrior Dash with extra motivation!

Of course, you don't have to run fast, just faster than your buddy ...

 

[Umbran]

Of course, you don't have to run fast, just faster than your buddy ...

I'm going to be running with my wife. She's likely to be faster than me anyway, but if I sprint ahead so a zombie gets her instead of me, I will *never* hear the end of it.