Thursday, October 12, 2006

Champions Race - Mystery Location Revealed.


Not yet, silly. But racers will now find out where the Championship City is, before they get to the airport.

We've decided that the fairest way to handle notification for the Champions Race is to tell everyone at the same time.

At Midnight, 12:00 AM Eastern Time, December 8, we will post here the name of the Championship City and details on the race. Shortly after, we will individually notify each team of their flight information.

The final race of the 2006 regular season, and the last chance to qualify for the Champions Race, is in Tempe, AZ on November 18.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Urban Dare San Francisco Top 5


It turned out to be a beautiful day for the running of Urban Dare San Francisco.

I did learn one lesson, though. Do not hold the race on the big weekend of Fleet Week. It is so busy this weekend that I could not find a hotel in San Francisco. I woke up early and drove over from my hotel near the Oakland airport.

Valerie Herzog & Jennifer Gammon of team Speedy arrived at the finish at the same time as Chris Simpson & Lisa Clarke (these teams are pictured above). Team Speedy lived up to their name and finished the final dare for first place. Congratulations on a well-run race.

Michael Brill and his daughter Laura of Big Green came in third. I believe they are the first ever Urban Dare father daughter team.

Here is the clue that gave people the hardest time:

This man from the Orient always seems to be at the center of the action. Get your picture with his 7’+ likeness.

California seems to be the state of Urban Dare extremes. San Diego was the race with the quickest finish, and here in San Francisco we had our longest.

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare San Francisco.

Here are the top 5 teams in order:

3:11:16 - Valerie Herzog & Jennifer Gammon – Speedy
3:12:15 - Chris Simpson & Lisa Clarke
3:29:32 - Michael Brill & Laura Brill – Big Green
3:49:00 – Kaushik Datta & Shyam Lakshmin – Aloo Gobi
3:49:50 – Monica Healy & Kieran Healy – Team Van Healy

And the correct answer to the stumper clue is the statue of Yao Ming at the Wax Museum.

I’m already looking forward to next year’s Urban Dare San Francisco.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Partner Needed for Saturday's Race

I have someone who is looking for a partner for Urban Dare San Francisco.

If interested email me at kkeefe@urbandare.com.

Take the dare!