KNOXVILLE -- “Calling all Walking Dead fans!” 5KRunDead is a national zombie-infested charity 5K fun run happening in 5 cities across the U.S. at the beginning of October. 100% of proceeds from each location are to benefit local schools and scientific research on cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Why zombies and why now? Because, zombies love brains and so does the 5KRunDead. The event will be held on Saturday, October 4 at Victor Ashe Park in north Knoxville.

You can register your team online at www.5KRunDead.com.

Sign up as either a human or a zombie to help support the University of Tennessee’s Biomedical Engineering Society and Pond Gap Elementary School.

Runners will endure a 5K run through a zombie-infested course. Test your speed, endurance, and strength while trying to avoid ravenous zombies. Runners will have flags that represent their health. Zombies will try to steal those flags. Runners must make it to the finish line with at least one flag or become one of the walking dead! Prizes will be awarded for runners and zombies. A fun zombie-themed movie (Zombieland) will be shown outdoors afterwards, complete with food vendors. Bring your chairs and blankets.

Event schedule:
2:00 pm: Gates open for all those participating or spectating at 5KRunDead
2:05 pm: Runner packet pickup. Food vendors will begin serving. Zombies and spectators can get painted and transformed into zombies by on-site makeup artists
2:30 pm: Music starts
4:25 pm: Zombies meet and are directed to their locations
4:40 pm: Runners start to line up
4:45 pm: All zombies are in their locations throughout the race
5:00 pm: The 5KRunDead race begins
6:30 pm: Awards ceremony
7:15 pm: The movie "Zombieland" to be shown on an outdoor screen. Bring your chairs, blankets, and pillows!
9:45 pm: Time to keep on surviving and be the life of the RunDead party somewhere else