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Zombie 5K run to support Special Olympics

The Star Press

YORKTOWN, Ind. – Zombies will invade Morrow’s Meadow on Oct. 29 for the first-ever Delaware County Special Olympics Zombie 5K Run “Athlete Apocalypse.”

Walk-up registration will be at 8:30 a.m. that day, and the run will begin at 10 a.m., with awards at 11:30 a.m. The course will be variable and will include grass, rough trail, cement “and of course, the undead athletes reaching for your brains...,” or actually for flags on their belts during the race, according to a flier. Awards will be given by age group.

The event also will include a family-friendly one-mile zombie-free walk.

Registration is $20 in advance (including a T-shirt) or $25 walk-up registration the day of (first-come first-served T-shirts). Register at www.tiny.cc/SODC.