Sleek, stylish, and perfect for infiltrating a secretive pharmaceutical company – it’s the Fall 2016 Virtual Race shirt. Featuring an all-over dye sublimation print and wicking technology, they’re designed for runners. Plus, the long sleeve one has thumb holes. Fancy and functional.
The last few are now available in the ZR Shop, but stocks are limited. Be quick if you want one – sales must end on Sunday 15 January.
The Zombies, Run! book club is back to discuss two new chapters!
After Christmas, we talked about getting Fit for Survival. That included what running supplies we needed, all-weather zombies, and training past 5k.
This week, we’ll be looking at Food for Heroes, with ways to control our cravings for snacks, foraging for food, as well as rigorous meal planning!
We’re now in our penultimate week, but don’t forget that these discussions will be up indefinitely, so you can jump in at any time!
Share your thoughts on these chapters over on our Goodreads group.
Haven’t got the book yet? You can still buy the special signed hardback edition from our store, or purchase the paperback from Amazon or any good bookshop!
That’s right! The Zombies, Run! book club returns for it’s fourth week with Fit for Battle!
This time, we’ll be getting to grips with fighting techniques, and how to deal with different types of zombie. Essential reading for everyone in this apocalypse, obviously.
Join in with the discussion over on our Goodreads group to share your zombie kill strategy!
Haven’t got the book yet? You can still buy the special signed hardback edition from our store, or purchase the paperback from Amazon or any good bookshop!
This week on the Zombies, Run! book club, we’ll be discussing the third chapter of the book!
In Building a Community, we’re reading about making time for recreation, how to train in groups as well as rustling up rustic meals for our friends.
Join in over in our Goodreads group!
Haven’t got the book yet? You can still buy the special signed hardback edition from our store, or purchase the paperback from Amazon or any good bookshop!
It looks like you made it onto the “nice” list this year, so you’ll find some neatly-wrapped Zombies, Run! updates nestled under your tree.
Beta testers have been putting the new iOS update through its paces, but now it’s ready for everyone to use. We have the all-new mission progress bar which will tell you how far through a story mission you are and how many supplies you’ve collected. We’ve also included improvements to zombie chases and lots of bug fixes to make the app better for you.
Our new Apple Watch app will now stay on display while you’re on a run, so you can check your run progress and supply count at a glance! You’ll also be able to access a list of missions, instead of just the next one, and you’ll see that we’ve added a load of UI and run info improvements.
This update includes general performance and UI improvements, as well as some bug fixes. This means you’ll be getting the most stable version of Zombies, Run!
Finally, we present the entirely non-canonical Ballad of Abel Township Runner Five, just for you:
How does a walker, jogger, glum of boring
Workouts, airdropped in the middle of a
Forgotten spot by Abel Township, by providence
Infested, by zombies
Grow up to be a hero and a Runner?
The fifth-time successor runner without a trainer
Got a lot farther by moving a lot further
By sweating a lot longer
By working with real honour,
By mission end, they placed her in charge of a
Town’s protection
And every day while zombies were tearing people’s hearts out
Away across the land, she struggled and kept her guard up
Outside, she was running to keep the town unparted
The sister was ready to run, fight, become a martyr
Then a madman came, and devastation reigned
Our woman saw humanity drip, dripping down the drain
Put laces on her trainers, headset tight to the brain
And she ran without complain, ignoring the pouring rain
Well, the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man”
Bringing back supply collections all ‘cross the hinterland
“New destination: don’t forget the whole kingdom ‘cos
The land is gonna know your name. What’s your name, man?“
Abel Township Runner Five
My name is Abel Township Runner Five
And there’s a thousand miles I haven’t run
But just you wait, just you wait…
The Zombies, Run! book club is entering its second week!
This time, we’re discussing Venturing Forth in our Goodreads group. We’ll be learning how to scout our local area, as well as improving our walking, running, swimming and cycling!
We want to hear your thoughts on the section – so come along and join in!
Haven’t got the book yet? You can still buy the special signed hardback edition from our store, or purchase the paperback from Amazon or any good bookshop!
The Zombies, Run! Book Club is now in session!
For the rest of this week, we’ll be discussing the first section, The Home Front in our Goodreads group. We want to hear what you think so far, and see how you filled out your copy, so head on over to join in.
Haven’t got the book yet? You can still buy the special signed hardback edition from our store, or purchase the paperback from Amazon or any good bookshop!
With the release of our very own Zombies, Run! Book last month, the Township is celebrating with a new Abel Book Club, a.k.a the End of the World Book Club.
Every week you’ll find a new post on each section of the book. We’ll have pictures of how we filled the book in, of the gorgeous art included within, as well as discussions on the Ministry of Recovery’s advice. But, of course, we also want to know what all you Runners 5 out there think!
The book club will be taking place in our GoodReads group, ready to begin reading next week. If you don’t have a GoodReads account, we recommend joining, but you can still read all the posts even if you aren’t registered!
Want to join us by reading along? All you need is a copy of the book! You can purchase a special signed edition hardback from our store, or a paperback copy from Amazon & any good bookshop.
On top of that, we’ll also have interviews with Naomi Alderman, lead writer of the book, and Kascha Sweeney, who provided the illustrations! We want to answer your questions – so Tweet us using the #zrbook hashtag, and we’ll pick out our favourites.
Look at for the first post on November 30th, when we’ll be discussing Home Front, the first section!
It’s been a while since our last community roundup – but don’t think we’ve forgotten about you. We’ve been keeping an eye on the fandom all year, and have loved seeing what Zombies, Run! has inspired. Here’s a smattering of excellent offerings from the community!
It’s been a little over three weeks since we finished our third Virtual Race! With over 5,000 participants, this was our biggest yet! If you wanted to get decked out, but didn’t get the chance to participate, the Fall Virtual Race t-shirts are available in store. We hoped you enjoyed the story, and we sure loved getting pictures of Runners 5 at the finish line – so much, in fact, that we’ve included some of those pictures below.
For other news on what Six to Start has been up to, you can check out our most recent State of the Township post here!
The lovely people who run the fan podcast “Podcast Detected” are looking for new people to join their team so they can get back to releasing new episodes! You can find all the information on their Tumblr if it sounds like something you’d want to get onboard with.
Lizz of Podcast Detected is also looking for someone to take over her “Things my ZR playlist did” Tumblr.
Runner Five Sports Bra Fixation Confirmed by sonybaloney-art
Fix You by muterunner5 – view the rest of the images in this series
As promised, here’s a pick of the pictures people posted on Rofflenet (try saying that ten times fast!).
nlinindoll & David finished the race with their personal bests for 10k!
thedarkgrove finishing up the race with a well deserved cold beverage and the obligatory Curly Wurly
As soon as he finished the Fall race, faadinc was raring for the next one
If you have a picture of you and your medal, don’t forget to head over to Rofflenet to post it!
The perfect counter to everyone dressing up as zombies for Halloween…
Jill’s Runner 6 outfit is fantastic – full of detail, and her trophy head would strike fear into the heart of any zombie unfortunate enough to encounter her.
pekasairroc dressed up as Runner 5 for her Virtual Race 5k, which she completed around Halloween. We just hope those bright colours don’t attract too many zombies…
Last but not least, runner-five5′s Runner 5 knows her way around that axe, if her blood-stained shirt is anything to go by.
There’s plenty more fantastic fanfiction out there from this year, but this is just a taste. Everyone needs a few happy tales to recover from the rollercoaster of Season 5, and what better than some writing from the fandom?
First up, we have the lovely Tables and Chairs by idiopathicsmile from much earlier this year. A cheerful Jack/Eugene on-shot that takes place before they reach Abel Township, and idiopathicsmile captures their voices brilliantly.
Codex by Cana_banana lets us into the stories behind some of the items in the game. There are only two chapters at the moment, but we can’t wait to see what other stories this writer comes up.
Want some sweetness with your Zombies, Run!? Check out Excursion by ZaliaChimera, which has Simon Lauchlan trying to coax some rule breaking out of Janine.
Stay safe out there!
The ZR Shop has everything you need to represent your township with pride, or get something for the special Runner 5 in your life.
And for a limited time, you can save 15% on your entire order when you spend $40 or more! Just enter the promo code ZOMBIES15 at checkout!
We have a huge selection of merchandise available for Abel Runners, including Athletic T-Shirts, Mugs, Hats and Posters. You can even get your very own signed copy of the Zombies, Run! Book and save 15%!
The sale runs until 30th November, so visit the shop soon to avoid missing out!
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