The Run For Your Life 5k/10k Series - The City Collapsed
About this race
Run For Your Life: The Outbreak – Mission Update 🏃♀️
The outbreak has begun.
We failed.
Despite our best efforts, the formula was incomplete. Before we could correct it… the infection spread. Fairborn is no longer safe. Communication has been lost. The infected are everywhere.
But there is still hope.
Our scientists have identified the missing ingredient — the final piece needed to complete the cure.
Now, we need you.
🎯 Your Mission:
Retrieve the missing ingredient and deliver it to Run Ohio Races Central Headquarters. Once there, our team will mass produce the cure and begin restoring the city.
⚠️ Warning:
The route is compromised
Infected individuals are active and unpredictable
High-risk zones have been identified
You may be chased… you may be tested… you must not fail
💉 Objective:
Complete your laps. Protect the ingredient. Deliver it safely.
If you succeed… we save Fairborn.
If you fail…
🧟♂️ You become one of them.
🧟♂️🏃♀️ The Run For Your Life
Presented by Run Ohio Races LLC
Are you fast enough to survive the zombie apocalypse?
Join Run Ohio Races LLC for The Run For Your Life, a thrilling, interactive running event where survival is the ultimate goal! This isn’t just a race — it’s a test of speed, strategy, and nerves.
🏁 How It Works
Participants can choose to register as either a Survivor or a Zombie:
🏃 Survivors
Survivors will run the course wearing a flag football belt.
Along the route, infected zones will be clearly marked on the course map.
Zombies may be lurking in these zones, ready to grab your flags!
If you reach the safe zone at the finish line with all your flags intact, you officially survive the zombie apocalypse.
Lose one or more flags? You’ve been infected… but you still finish the race!
🧟 Zombies
Zombies do not run the course.
Their mission is to stay within designated infected zones and try to capture flags from Survivors.
Costumes and creative zombie looks are highly encouraged!
🏅 Finisher Rewards
All runners receive a finisher medal, whether you survive or get infected.
Bragging rights included!
🗺️ Course Details
The course will feature clearly marked infected zones.
Zombies are restricted to these zones to keep the event safe and fun for everyone.
🎉 Why Run?
Fun for runners of all speeds
Interactive, high-energy experience
Perfect for friends, families, and teams
A unique twist on a traditional race
Do you have what it takes to outrun the undead?
Sign up today and Run For Your Life!
Pick your distance
Running
The Run For Your Life 5k
10k
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Fairborn, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:34 AM and sets at 7:15 PM local time (EDT) in Fairborn on October 3, 2026 — 11h 41m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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2026 results — The Run For Your Life 5k/10k Series - The City Collapsed
32 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the The Run For Your Life 5k
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cam Dillard | 21:57 | 7:05 /mi |
| 2 | Gabriel Breiding | 21:58 | 7:05 /mi |
| 3 | Jared Schweitzer | 24:30 | 7:54 /mi |
| 4 | A. Stuber | 25:06 | 8:06 /mi |
| 5 | Blakely Poe | 25:17 | 8:09 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Fairborn
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Fairborn 5K Races 10 races
- 10K Run Events in Fairborn 8 races
- Fairborn Running Calendar 2026 12 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 20 Fairborn events
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