08-18-2014, 07:52 PM
Well I did the Zombie Mud Run on August 16th, 2014 and It was pretty cool.
However, this is my review of The Zombie Mud Run - Pittsburgh
I got there and the event was not well marked, I ended up getting lost 3 times due to the lack of signs marking the area, then Finally I found the staging ground for the run.
Two, There was one man coordinating the whole event, and since I was a volunteer damn was he hard to find when an issue arose.
Most problems I had to deal with myself since I couldn't really find the coordinator.
During The Run for your lives Zombie 5k, the runners had to park a distance away from the actual running field as it was the same here too!
But during RFYL Zombie 5k the runners were shuttled to the field, made it nice
but during the zombie mud run, this wasn't so...
You pretty much had to walk a 5k to get to the Zombie mud run 5k.
The music kinda sucked, I think it was looped or something, wasn't very professional.
There was no real vendors to buy cool stuff from, everything had the Zombie Mud run logo on it, and was way over priced.
Now for the Zombies: They were way too aggressive, one was stated to have been rough housing with the runners.
Normally you don't grab, hold, tackle, trip or injure the runners.
Not so here!
One zombie actually tripped my running partner then another zombie ran up to us and stole one of her flags, highly uncool bro!
Another zombie I heard grabbed a short lady picked her up in a bear hug and another zombie ran up and grabbed all her flags, which was bullshit...
It was supposed to be that you don't lose all your flags at the same time at the same place, However this was really not enforced.
The Run for your lives Zombie 5k had an apocalypse party, gathering after the run, we had fun, photo ops, a couple of beers and enjoyed the day.
Not here, pretty much as soon as your run was done, you went home...
There wasn't really much left to do.
But the worst of it all was the last stage/obstacle of the race, You had to crawl to the finish line on your knees thru muck and mud... But it wasnt mad ~GAG~ It was liquidfied horse manure ~ COUGH COUGH ~ GAG GAG ~
Over all with the lack of things to do, structure, leadership, lack of care and concern, and hardship of the zombies I rate this a D on the report card, but the course was fun, and interesting... The zombies really used the terrain to their advantage to scare and capture flags.
Having fun during a zombie 5k race, and getting some awesome exercise, brings the grade up to a C.
Would I suggest it to others, if they can get it together, Yea
Would I do it again, why not,
It wasn't the greatest, Ive done better marathons and another Zombie 5k.
But it was enjoyable.
However, this is my review of The Zombie Mud Run - Pittsburgh
I got there and the event was not well marked, I ended up getting lost 3 times due to the lack of signs marking the area, then Finally I found the staging ground for the run.
Two, There was one man coordinating the whole event, and since I was a volunteer damn was he hard to find when an issue arose.
Most problems I had to deal with myself since I couldn't really find the coordinator.
During The Run for your lives Zombie 5k, the runners had to park a distance away from the actual running field as it was the same here too!
But during RFYL Zombie 5k the runners were shuttled to the field, made it nice
but during the zombie mud run, this wasn't so...
You pretty much had to walk a 5k to get to the Zombie mud run 5k.
The music kinda sucked, I think it was looped or something, wasn't very professional.
There was no real vendors to buy cool stuff from, everything had the Zombie Mud run logo on it, and was way over priced.
Now for the Zombies: They were way too aggressive, one was stated to have been rough housing with the runners.
Normally you don't grab, hold, tackle, trip or injure the runners.
Not so here!
One zombie actually tripped my running partner then another zombie ran up to us and stole one of her flags, highly uncool bro!
Another zombie I heard grabbed a short lady picked her up in a bear hug and another zombie ran up and grabbed all her flags, which was bullshit...
It was supposed to be that you don't lose all your flags at the same time at the same place, However this was really not enforced.
The Run for your lives Zombie 5k had an apocalypse party, gathering after the run, we had fun, photo ops, a couple of beers and enjoyed the day.
Not here, pretty much as soon as your run was done, you went home...
There wasn't really much left to do.
But the worst of it all was the last stage/obstacle of the race, You had to crawl to the finish line on your knees thru muck and mud... But it wasnt mad ~GAG~ It was liquidfied horse manure ~ COUGH COUGH ~ GAG GAG ~
Over all with the lack of things to do, structure, leadership, lack of care and concern, and hardship of the zombies I rate this a D on the report card, but the course was fun, and interesting... The zombies really used the terrain to their advantage to scare and capture flags.
Having fun during a zombie 5k race, and getting some awesome exercise, brings the grade up to a C.
Would I suggest it to others, if they can get it together, Yea
Would I do it again, why not,
It wasn't the greatest, Ive done better marathons and another Zombie 5k.
But it was enjoyable.