About Connecticut Zombie Run

The Connecticut Zombie Run is an interesting cocktail of popular sports: part 5k race, part flag flootball, and part zombie apocalypse survival. Runners wear flag-football-style belts adorned with three "health flags." As they run, pallid-faced zombies, dripping faux blood, accost them from all directions. The creatures don't bite or star in movies, as real zombies do, but they do try to snag racers' flags. Runners who lose all three are "dead," according to race rules, but the title is mostly symbolic. Everyone enjoys the adrenaline-pumping fun of finishing the race and the post race apocalypse party that provides a free beer and tunes from a live band.