Fun Run x Walking Dead = Havoc Run

If running a few kilometers still does not make your heart palpitate out of your ribcage, then throw in several scary-looking, rotten, bloody corpses (with the full capacity to sprint ala Usain Bolt) to chase you around the course for good measure.

Photo credit: Havoc FB Page

In the spirit of everything weird and Halloweeny, the Stella Maris Alumni Batch 2007 staged a fun run coup the likes never before seen in Davao City. Havoc Run was designed for the average avid runner to have a little extra sumthin' sumthin' on the side for kicks. As you went through the course, zombies would suddenly pop out and chase after you, gunning for those little "LIFE FLAGS" hanging from your belt.

Photo credit: Yuell Lisondra

When zombies capture all your flags, sorry boo, but you are as dead as roadkill even if you finish the whole 4 kilometers. Run through that finish line with one or more flags intact, then you win bragging rights, having survived the whole shebang.


The Ingenuity kids ran that race and had a blast doing so. But like in bad, Cinemax-worthy B-rated horror-slasher-zombie film, everybody ended up dead except for John (the zombies had to respect the elderly, yknow) and Angelo (those dead dudes probably heard of his mean aikido chops and decided to stay away).

Mancio got bamboozled by good friend and locker-mate Zombie JC; Koon went kaput trying to mouth off long-winded "Kooning" explanations to race officials about his backpack. Marlon, being lithe and easy to miss, ended up keeping his flags..until just as he was about to cross the finish line, the zombies sniffed him out and attacked him five-to-one. He ended up dead, naturally.

Photo credit: Dom Cimafranca

Photo credit: Dom Cimafranca

Super fun Sunday afternoon, by the looks of their faces in the pictures. Big thanks go out to Dom Cimafranca (our Training Consultant) for lending us the pix here, as well as the Havoc FB Page and Yuell Lisondra. To the Havoc Run organizers, especially to our teammate JC, props and congratulations for the success of this event!

Over and out.

More pictures at our Ingenuity FB Page.