Updated post on November 15, 2009: The TC Zombie Run was a great experience for me. Despite the rain and chill, there appeared to be a great turnout of zombies and humans alike.
I remember being thrilled about the event upon my sister texting me about it. Looking back, it is another one of the many new and exciting events in Traverse City. Having the starting line in the Warehouse District was a good idea, as it’s not the easiest place to find and the exposure was good for the many wonderful businesses there.
The race website offered t-shirts to early registrants, which is was both a great incentive to sign-up early and good advertising year round. I procrastinated and missed out, but will be on top of it next year!
I’d like to thank organizers, volunteers and sponsors for putting on the race. The comment below brought to my attention that the race raised $8,000.00 for the TART trails, which is awesome!
I will be back next year and I’ll bring with me as many other zombies and humans as I can.
Chris-
So glad you were able to make it to the run. I know the weather was not the best, but we had no control over that. It was our first year doing the run. We hired a timing crew and we were not impressed. I agree that they could have handled the end-of-the race- crowding better. We will not be using them next year. Now that we know we have a large enough crowd, we will be doing chip timing next year. As for the T-shirts we were able to give all of those who signed up before the 19th a shirt (as stated on our website). If you did sign up on or before this date and did not receive a shirt, we can look it up and will be happy to order you one. Overall, the run was a success. We were there to make money for TART. Last monday were were able to provide them with a check for over $8,000!!! Next year can only be better. Hope to see you then.
Melinda Webster
Zombie run organizer