Monday, May 18, 2009

Urban Dare Boston


Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Boston.

Congratulations to Amy Goebel & Chris Campin of Same Birthday Three Years Apart for winning in a time of 1:33:28. Chris won Urban Dare San Diego a few years back.

Second place went to Mathieu Gagne & Michael Coyne and third place honors went to Scott Mackay & Carolyn Purpura.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Boston:

1:33:28 - Amy Goebel & Chris Campin - Same Birthday Three Years Apart
1:44:48 - Mathieu Gagne & Michael Coyne - Gashouse Gorillas
1:52:18 - Scott MacKay & Carolynn Purpura - Sweet Chicken
1:52:51 - Jeff Brault & Aaron Aaker - Map Limited
1:53:01 - Paul Alcorn & Jeremy Doyle - Cream of Corn

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Urban Dare Boston - Sunday, May 17


Urban Dare Boston begins Sunday, May 17 at Noon. We are changing check-in to an indoor location, because of the weather forecarst. Check-in will begin at 11:00am at the Sweetwater Cafe, 3 Boylston Place, across from Boston Common. We will be taking registration up to the start of the race. Proceeds from the race will go towards the fight against breast cancer.

Our first place teams from the 2009 series win a 3-day Caribbean Cruise, where they will compete in the first ever Super Dare. Racers will competeon the boat, and at our 2 ports of call. It will be 3 days of fun and games on the last weekend of February 2010. Super Dare winners will receive $5,000. 2nd through 5th place teams will not have to pay Super Dare fees, but would have to pay cruise fees.

We now have a family division. I've always allowed kids to race with their parents, but never made an official division. Family divisions can be three or four people and must have one person 16 or under.

This year we are relaxing our rule on having to wear Urban Dare shirts. If you have team costumes/uniforms, you may wear those. Otherwise, you must wear the Urban Dare shirts, which you will receive at check-in. You should bring a cell phone and a digital camera to show your pictures at the end of the race. A cell phone camera will work. Maps are also handy and you should have someone to call to help look up clues. I also recommend a pen or pencil to take notes.

Urban Dare, www.urbandare.com, is the race where smarts can beat speed. Teams of 2 solve clues to find checkpoints where they must take photos or perform dares.

Once you are out of the starting blocks, you will pick up your clue sheets and be on your way. You can call friends as much as you want for help on clues. For the checkpoints that mention a dare, you must check in with the Urban Dare official, accomplish your task, and get your passport stamped before moving on. On checkpoints that mention a photo, you must get a photo with both team members to show you were both there.

This is a team race. You must be together throughout the race. You may walk, run or use public transportation to get to checkpoints. At checkpoints with dares, you must accomplish a task and get your passport stamped to move on to the next checkpoint.

Dares range from throwing a bulls-eye, doing a climbing wall, completing a puzzle or eating something (things people like, not bugs).

We expect the winners will finish the race in about 2 hours and most of you will finish under 4 hours. We are working to provide a fun-filled day for you, while providing some good challenges.

See you at the race.

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Urban Dare NY


Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare New York.

Congratulations to Bill Benton & Beau Benton who came in first with a time of 1:56:17. Last years winners, Gregg Plonisch & Lester Santos, finished second, and James Olearchik & Jill Ayers took third place honors.

Usually I just list the top 5 finishers, but for this race I'm doing the top 7. Teams Mandate and Sweetpea were the third and fourth teams into the finish, but they had only completed one half of the double jeopardy dare. It would have been easy to call it a day, but they both went back and completed their dare. They earned their listing.

Here is the clue that stymied them: DOUBLE JEOPARDY – First, go to the park named for the triangle below Canal St. for your spellbound dare. Then, in January we will do the first ever Urban Dare Underground here in NY, a race where you do not have to go outside. Here’s your first taste. Get your picture with the art installation A Gathering. It’s at a nearby subway stop.

We'll be back in January for our first ever NY Underground. It will be an Urban Dare where you will never have to go outside. We will utilize the subway and the many buildings it brings you into without going outdoors. This will be the last qualifying race for Super Dare.

Here are the top 7 teams for Urban Dare New York:

1:56:17 - Bill Benton & Beau Benton - Rum Runners
2:08:53 - Gregg Plonisch & Lester Santos - Judge Smails & Dr. Beeper
2:35:05 - James Olearchik & Jill Ayers - Pretty Ponies
2:41:58 - Peter Senftleben & Troy Miller - Multiple Sarcasms
2:42:30 - Jeanne Reynolds & Sabrina Gomez - Hola Kitty
2:43:38 - George Mancheril & Dominick Sciame - ManDate
2:44:00 - Shuang Guo & Karim Helmy - Sweetpea

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Urban Dare NY - Sat, May 9


Urban Dare NY begins Saturday, May 9 at Noon. We will begin at Kenny's Castaways at 157 Bleecker Street, NYC 10012 between Sullivan & Thompson Street.
Check-in will begin at 11:00am and we will be taking registration up to the start of the race. Proceeds from the race will go towards the fight against breast cancer.

Our first place teams from the 2009 series win a 3-day Caribbean Cruise, where they will compete in the first ever Super Dare. Racers will compete on the boat, and at our 2 ports of call. It will be 3 days of fun and games on the last weekend of February 2010. Super Dare winners will receive $5,000.

We now have a family division. I've always allowed kids to race with their parents, but never made an official division. Family divisions can be three or four people and must have one person 16 or under.

This year we are relaxing our rule on having to wear Urban Dare shirts. If you have team costumes/uniforms, you may wear those. Otherwise, you must wear the Urban Dare shirts, which you will receive at check-in. We have a $50 prize for best costume and for best race picture.

You should bring a cell phone and a digital camera to show your pictures at the end of the race. A cell phone camera will work. Maps are also handy and you should have someone to call to help look up clues. I also recommend a pen or pencil to take notes.

Urban Dare, www.urbandare.com, is the race where smarts can beat speed. Teams of 2 solve clues to find checkpoints where they must take photos or perform dares. Once you are out of the starting blocks, you will pick up your clue sheets and be on your way. You can call friends as much as you want for help on clues. For the checkpoints that mention a dare, you must check in with the Urban Dare official, accomplish your task, and get your passport stamped before moving on. On checkpoints that mention a photo, you must get a photo with both team members to show you were both there.

This is a team race. You must be together throughout the race. You may walk, run or use public transportation to get to checkpoints. At checkpoints with dares, you must accomplish a task and get your passport stamped to move on to the next checkpoint. Dares range from throwing a bulls-eye, doing a climbing wall, completing a puzzle or eating something (things people like, not bugs).

We expect the winners will finish the race in about 2 hours and most of you will finish under 4 hours. We are working to provide a fun-filled day for you, while providing some good challenges.

See you at the race.

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Urban Dare Dallas


Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Dallas.

Congratulations to Jason Mittman & Robert Butler of Vignette JR for winning in a very fast time of 1:26:10. Jason came in second in Urban Dare Austin and was determined to win entry into Super Dare. He will be with us on our 3-day Royal Caribbean Cruise next February. His nieces joined us to liven up our picture.

Sarah Paxson & Priscilla Ferguson of Playing with Fire finished second, and third place honors went to Seth Bame & James Regester of Kool Kruisers.

Rather than do a race report, I'll refer you to a couple blogs I saw of some racers' Urban Dare Dallas experiences. Here is a report by Rudy Cassol:

http://rudythecassol.blogspot.com/2009/05/dallas-urban-dare.html

and one by Jonathan Wallace of AmeriCorps Alums Dallas:

http://themav211.blogspot.com/2009/05/urban-dare-dallas.html

We will be scheduling a Fort Worth race for sometime in the Fall.

Here are the top five finishers of Urban Dare Dallas:

1:26:10 AM - Jason Mittman & Robert Butler - Vignette JR
1:39:01 AM - Sarah Paxson & Priscilla Ferguson - Playing with Fire
1:58:49 AM - Seth Bame & James Regester - Kool Kruisers
2:11:01 AM - Robert Furr & Don Isbell - SCS-Shake 'N Bake
2:11:16 AM - Michelle Janssen & John Janssen - SCS_Black_Hearts