Urban Dare Sacramento - this Sat, May 22

Urban Dare Sacramento runs this Saturday, May 22. We will kickoff at Noon.

Race-day check-in will begin at 11:00am and we will be taking registration up to the start of the race.

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 will have a $50 prize for the best costume.

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.

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.

See you at the race.

Boston's Best Dressed

The Flaming Flamingos

Boston Urban Dare Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Boston.

Congratulations to Thomas Zabawa & Troy Lister of Dingalo wer the first team into the finish, but they took a photo instead of doing a dare and getting a stamp at one checkpoint. They went back out and did the dare and still got back in first place.

With a 5:00 minute bonus, Patrick Ross and Cindy Finley were a mere 4 seconds behind. Just think of all the ways you can cut 4 seconds off your time. Third place honors went to Doug Reepmeyer and Kevin Svatek of the Rum Runners.

Jeffery Hart, Jennifer Thistle and son were the first family team.

We have so much fun here, that next year we will do 2 Urban Dares in Boston.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Boston:

1:54:50 - Thomas Zabawa & Troy Lister - Dingalo
1:54:54 - patrick ross & Cindy Finley - queen city rollers
1:56:26 - Doug Reepmeyer & Kevin Svatek - Rum Runners
1:57:22 - Brock Forrest & Christian Rodriguez - Perfect Pillow
2:02:56 - Daryl Lim & Xiaojuan Khoo - Chicken Geniuses

Urban Dare NY Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare NY.

Congratulations to Amanda Pietraszewski & Thomas Mullane for winning in a time of 2:19:43.

Blair Coffman & Stephanie Frias came in second and third place honors went to Chris Chappel & Daniel Adams of Team Viva!

We will be hosting another race in New York this fall on September 18.

Here are the top 5 finishing teams of Urban Dare NY:

2:19:43 - Amanda Pietraszewski & Thomas Mullane - The Paradox
2:22:14 - Blair Coffman & Stephanie Frias
2:22:20 - Chris Chappel & Daniel Adams - Team Viva!
2:31:38 - Lauren Hoffman & Brian Smith - Napkin Throwers of DJais
2:32:16 - Jessica Chen & Jing Xu - JJ Does Manhattan

Urban Dare Dallas Winners

Urban Dare Dallas - Sat, May 1

Urban Dare Dallas runs this Saturday, May 1. We will kickoff at Noon. The race will start and finish at the Gingerman Pub at 2718 Boll St.

Race-day check-in will begin at 11:00am and we will be taking registration up to the start of the race.

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 will have a $50 prize for the best costume.

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.

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.

See you at the race.

Urban Dare Pittsburgh Top 5 Teams

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Pittsburgh. Despite the gloomy forecasts we heard all week, it turned into a pretty nice day.

Congratulations to John Kraemer & Julie Cerrone, the new Urban Dare Pittsburgh champions.

Second place honors went to Jeff & Erin Catalina who were the first team into the finish, but got passed by the 5 minute bonus pyramid. Kelly Compeau & Greg Roth of the Chunky Monkeys took third place.

The 3 French Hens - Shelley Bruno, Cathy Bruno & Clio Begnal won the family division for the second year in a row.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Pittsburgh:

1:11:34 AM - John Kraemer & Julie Cerrone
1:15:26 AM - Jeff Catalina & Erin Catalina
1:32:29 AM - Kelly Compeau & Greg Roth - Chunky Monkeys
1:34:36 AM - Chris Janssen & Greg Heisler - Half Decent
1:35:09 AM - Kim Bellora & Tom Prigg - Half Wits of the Pitts

A Real Proposal

Congratulations to Jeff Wojcik and Kourtney Nault who got engaged during Urban Dare Pittsburgh today.

Best of luck to both of you.

Urban Dare joins the Wedding

Get your picture kneeling down and proposing marriage to someone not in the race.

Urban Dare DC Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare DC. Pictured left to right are the First Family, 3rd, 2nd and first place teams.

Slowdowns on the Metro affected the race, both in terms of people making it to
the start and in the outcome of the race.

Congratulations to Margaret Shepard & Mark Davis of Dirty Deeds and the Thunder
Kiss for becoming the new Urban Dare DC champions.

Erik Carpenter & Tyrone Summers of the Jolly Rogers, 2 time DC champs & Urban
Dare's first national champion, got on board the metro at the Smithsonian at
the same time as the winners. There were long waits at the stations and
Margaret and Mark got off and went on foot. The Jolly Rogers stuck it out a
little longer before they got off and ran the rest of the way to come in
second.

Scott Woodcock & Matt Layman of Cockerson Enterprises took third place honors.

The Family Division was decided by a mere 10 seconds. Brody Garner, Karen
Garner, Riley Garner & Doyle Garner of G-force just barely edged out MaryAnn
Pillar, Jim Pillar, Madeline Pillar & James Pillar of 4 P's-in-a-pod.

Here are the top 5 teams of Urban Dare DC:

2:28:30 - Margaret Shepard & Mark Davis - Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Kiss
2:30:42 - Erik Carpenter & Tyrone Summers - The Jolly Rogers
2:35:22 - Scott Woodcock & Matt Layman - Cockerson Enterprises
2:35:48 - Bill Hess & Joanna Lee
2:35:52 - James Griffin & Claire Whitehill - Smokin' & the Bandit

See you at the races.

Urban Dare Tampa Top 5 Teams & First Family

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Tampa. I truly believe
that my enjoyment level goes up with each race.

Congratulations to Henry Gonzalez & Joseph Caballero of the Prime Rate for
finishing in a time of 1:18:22.

Pat & Dani Snyder of We love snacks took second place and Ryan Theriault &
Stephen Lytle had third place honors.

The first family team was Heidi Stephens, Eric Stephens , Alex Jensen &
Samantha Stephens.

Here are the results of Urban Dare Tampa:

1:18:22 - Henry Gonzalez & Joseph Caballero - The Prime Rate

1:26:02 - Pat Snyder & Dani Snyder - We love snacks

1:29:13 - Ryan Theriault & Stephen Lytle - Monkeedactyles

1:32:23 - Ty Rodriguez & Melissa Gunter - givin' out spankings

1:40:40 - Anthony Stover & Steve Stover - The Smokin Guns

Urban Dare San Diego - Top 5 finishers

Congratulations to Paul Kim and Chris Campin for winning Urban Dare San Diego in a quick time of 1:08:13.

Jennifer Berge Y Thomas Gertz took second place and hot on their heels to finish 3rd were Jamey Jacquemoud & James Cekola.

It turns out that finding the Sea Dragon along the waterfront was the toughest clue for people. It is just south of the USS Nimitz.

Here are the top 5 finishers:

1:08:13 AM - Paul Kim & Chris Campin - San Diego Urban Dare Superstars (SDUDS)!!!
1:19:05 AM - Jennifer Berge & Thomas Gertz - Super Chargers
1:19:13 AM - Jamey Jacquemoud & James Cekola - Jamesy
1:29:14 AM - Eryn Crary & Kelle McCarty - The Hammers
1:33:51 AM - Brandon Patchett & Chris Womack - The BOIs

Urban Dare Phoenix Top 3 & First Family

My favorite 5:00 minute bonus, the 6-person pyramid, once again affected the outcome of a race.

Wayne Turner and Brent Armstrong of We Just Want to Beat Jill were the first team to cross the finish line, all of their photos checked out, but no bonus pyramid. We started checking the clock to watch 5:00 minutes tick off, to see if their first place finish would hold.

3 minutes and 10 seconds later the Rhonda Loos & Joy McCain of the Spicy Virgos crossed the finish line with Lex & Nicole Moest hot on their heels. Both teams had the bonus pyramid to give them first and second place respectively. Rachel Barrette & Delores Boyd of the Purple Rain Society, also with the bonus pyramid, took third place honors.

Da Reed-Os consisting of Kay, Ryan, Dusty & Connor Reed were the First Family. I am enjoying a growth in the family division, and hope the trend continues.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Phoenix:

1:49:18 - Rhonda Loos & Joy McCain - SPICY VIRGOS
1:49:57 - Nicole Moest & Alexis Moest - Lex and Nic
1:50:02 - Rachel Barrette & Delores Boyd - Purple Rain Society
1:51:08 - Wayne Turner & Brent Armstrong - We Just Want To Beat Jill
1:58:24 - Tracey Tibbetts & Kristin More - Rockettes

He's so going down!

So you think the Bubble Dare is easy

Urban Dare Austin - Costume Contest

Urban Dare Austin Top 5

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Austin. I had a great time, and hope you did, too.

Congratulations to Robyn Cantor & Art Cook for finishing in first place with a time of 1:49:10. Second place went to the VU Commies - Steven Zittrower & Iram Leon. Andy Clark and Kathy Abbot took third place honors.

This is our 5th year in Austin and we are looking forward to coming back. On October 23, we will be doing a Urban Dare Austin by Bike. We want to keep testing different formats, and Austin seems like a great place to get the bikes out.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Austin 2010:

1:49:10 - robyn cantor & art cook - toocoolracing.com

1:50:37 - Steven Zittrower & Iram Leon - VU Commies

1:56:44 - Andy Clark & Kathy Abbott - B.D.Riley's

1:59:18 - Betsy Tieman & Chris Lalich - Party in the USA

2:07:30 - Jethro Law & Chris Perez - str8b

Urban Dare Austin Top 3 & Best Dressed

Urban Dare Austin - Saturday, March 6

Urban Dare Austin runs on Saturday, March 6. We will kickoff at Noon at the Mother Egan's Irish Pub.

Race-day check-in will begin at 11:00am and we will be taking registration up to the start of the race.

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 will have a $50 prize for the best costume.

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.

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.

See you at the race.

Kevin Keefe
www.urbandare.com

Super Dare Feb 26 - Mar 1

Super Dare is a three-day fun-filled adventure where you will compete on the ship and at ports of call for a $5000 grand prize.

Super Dare takes place on Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas We depart from Miami on Friday, Feb 26 at 5 p.m., stop Saturday at Cococay Island, Sunday in Nassau, and arrive back in Miami on Monday morning. Friday evening will be trivia and games night, and you will have other required dares to do on the boat over the next few days. Saturday we will stop at Cococay Island where you will face some dares, and on Sunday we will run Urban Dare Nassau. The awards ceremony will be on Sunday evening where the winner will receive $5,000.

We’re looking forward to hosting a multi-day event, and will allow plenty of time for you to relax and have fun.

Due to a couple cancellations, you can get the cruise and Super Dare entry for only $750 for two people. Please call 202 285-4510 before you register, to make sure these cabins are still available.

There is limited room on board. Make your reservations while entries are still available. Then, get ready for the best dare you ever took!

All 2009 Urban Dare winning teams receive Super Dare entry and cruise fees. All 2009 second through 5th place winners receive free entry fee, but must pay cruise fees. Everyone else must pay Super Dare fees and cruise fees. Come join us. Everyone needs a cruise at the end of February.

See you at the races.