

Costumes, team uniforms, and zombie make-up are highly encouraged at the event and add to the lighthearted atmosphere. Each participant is individually timed and broken into 9 competitive age divisions. During and after the race, people attend the Apocalypse Party which has live music, beer, food, vendors, and games. The event is billed as training for when the real zombie apocalypse comes. The inaugural race had about 12,000 attendees and was covered by multiple news sources. The course was designed to incorporate zombies as well as SERE training learned by a RSP managing-member who is active-duty navy. Unlike other obstacle races, runners try to dodge and escape from zombies roaming the course trying to grab flags from runners' flagbelts, similar to flag football. Like other obstacle races, runners navigate through various terrain and physically challenging obstacles. Run For Your Lives (RFYL) is a 3-5K obstacle course adventure run series created by Maryland-based Reed Street Productions (RSP).

3–5K obstacle course adventure run Run For Your Lives
