Zombie Run and Lurch

🧟‍♂️ Race Overview

Join us for a unique and exciting run or walk through the historic Monroe Street Cemetery and Cleveland Metroparks Red Line Greenway in Ohio City's South of Lorain neighborhood. Dress up as a Zombie or put on your scariest outfit!

🏞️ Course Description

• Course Features: The course is fast, flat, and shady.
• Greenspaces: Experience two of the largest greenspaces in the area.
• Support: Be supporting an all-volunteer organization that is actively working to preserve and enhance the historic cemetery grounds.
• Community Impact: Help plant and maintain trees, repair headstones, monuments, and burial structures.

🔍 Cemetery History

Monroe Street Cemetery is the resting place for local political and business leaders, safety forces, veterans, and many others who built Cleveland and its communities. There are more than 34,000 stories in this beautiful 13-acre open space, which is also a refuge for birds and wildlife, and provides tree-covered walking paths for the community to enjoy.

The Monroe Street Cemetery Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, all-volunteer organization was established to preserve and enhance the historic cemetery grounds, trees, headstones, monuments, and burial structures.

⏰ Event Schedule

• Start Time: Registration/Packet Pick Up - 8:00am
• Race Start: 5K and 1 Mile Run/Walk - 9:00am

🏃‍♂️ Race Distances

• Distances: 5K Run/Walk
• Distances: 1 Mile Fun Run

⏱️ Timing Information

• 5K: Chip Timed
• 1 Mile: Untimed

📝 Registration Details

• Pre-Registration: 5K Run ($35) and 1 Mile Walk ($25) until 11:59pm on Saturday September 21
• Mail-In Entries: Must be received by Wednesday, September 18, 2024. Mail to Hermes Sports & Events, 2425 West 11th St. Suite #2, Cleveland, Ohio 44113.
• Race Day Registration: Registration Begins 8:00am
• Race Day Fees: 5K ($40) and 1 Mile Walk ($30)

🎽 Participant Benefits

• Registration Includes: A short-sleeved t-shirt and post-race refreshments

🏆 Awards

• Overall Awards: Top 3 Overall Male and Female
• Age Group Awards: Top 3 Male and Female Age Group Winners in the following age groups: 0-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

📞 More Information

For more information, contact Hermes Sports & Events at (216) 623-9933 or email roadracing@hermescleveland.com

🐾 Pet Participation

Dogs are allowed but we ask that you line up in the back and have a short leash.