When I was a kid zombies chased people about as quickly as a clumsy tortoise. That’s not very fast. In fact that’s extremely slow. In my day, the only way to actually get caught by a zombie was to stumble upon one in the basement, frolic through a graveyard (at night), skinny dip in a lake (at night), or stand directly next to a window (because zombies could easily punch through glass windows and yank you right out.)
Nowadays, zombies are still clumsy (and strong as usual), but they have taken some running lessons. Modern zombies run fast, clumsily still yes, but fast. I don’t know how well they’d do running uphill, but I suspect they’d catch the average non-runner. It’s understandable then how they quickly took over the country in the “B” movie, Zombieland. This also explains why the main character, Columbus (who has a list of thirty-something rules) names his number one rule to surviving Zombieland as CARDIO.
Today, I got in my cardio during my second of 2 back-to-back “hard” weeks. Nothing like getting my cardio in during scorching hot temperatures. The trails were desolate which was understandable. No one’s thinking about zombies in this heat. Then I met another trail running friend, Steve, as he worked on his cardio in this forsaken heat.
At least we will stand a chance against zombies. Plus, I don’t have to out-run the zombies, all I have to do is out-run Steve. (kiddin’)
Miles ran this morning: 13.41 (21.58 km)