LFCC Outbreak 5k

The Saturday, June 17 Outbreak 5K will give participants the chance to run as if they’re being chased by brain-eating zombies scattered around LFCC’s Middletown Campus. Actually, zombies will be staggering after both runners and walkers in the third-annual 5K benefitting the W. Michael Larrick Memorial Scholarship Fund.
 
The scholarship is awarded to a full-time LFCC student who has lost a parent or primary guardian. It was set up three years ago by Britney Larrick Hammond and her brother Michael Larrick in memory of their father, W. Michael (Mike) Larrick, who died in 2004 in a work-related accident. The first $1,000 scholarship was awarded this past academic year.
 
“Both of us were running a lot of 5Ks there for a while,” Hammond said of herself and her brother. “He had done a zombie run and immediately loved it. He knew that there weren’t many around here, and he wanted our event to stand out. He thought that was kind of a fun idea and ran with it from there.”
 
This year’s race is made all the more poignant by her brother Michael’s death in a March 22 car crash.
 
“We instantly said we wanted to continue this,” his widow, Elizabeth Larrick said. “Participants are helping us to continue Michael’s dream.”
  
Those wishing to play the role of zombie do so for free. All ages are welcome. Hammond asked that any zombie wannabes register ahead of time because there is a 50-person limit.