Run for Your Life 5K - Fairborn
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Run For Your Life 5K - Fairborn
Run For Your Life: The Last Escape is an interactive, themed running event in Fairborn, Ohio on October 17, 2026. The event takes place at 691 E Dayton Yellow Springs Road and is organized by Run Ohio Races LLC.
Distances offered:
- 5K - 3.1 Miles
- 10K - 6.2 Miles
- Zombie Experience - 1K
Participants may register as either Survivors or Zombies. Survivors run the course wearing a flag football belt; the route includes clearly marked infected zones where zombies may attempt to capture flags. Zombies remain in designated infected zones and attempt to remove flags from Survivors. If a Survivor reaches the finish with all flags intact, that runner is counted as surviving; losing one or more flags indicates infection but the runner still completes the course.
The Zombie Experience invites participants to play the undead inside Fairborn Community Park, with limited zombie slots and a T-shirt included in zombie registration. All finishers receive a finisher medal. The course layout emphasizes marked infected zones and controlled zombie areas to separate runner and zombie roles.
Registration fees listed for the running events are $35.00 for the 5K and $45.00 for the 10K; the Zombie Experience registration fee is listed as $0.00. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
