Urban Dare Phoenix Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Phoenix.

Congratulations to Denton Taylor & Sam Sprague for winning with a time of 2:03:16.

Their winning strategy was to hop on the ligh rail to Central & Thomas to the statue of the code talker. They figured out the rest of the clues on the way, and worked their way back on foot. Well done.

Kristin Herman & Elizabeth Sparks finished second, and third place honors went to April Hull & Gene Day.

At the beginning of the race, I explained that there might be a tricky angle for one of the required photos. I assumed that everyone would get inside the crime lab and need to focus upwards to get a shot of themselves with the chandelier. It turns out the front door is locked on Saturday's. My bad. Fortunately, everyone got this shot. A few teams even managed to get inside.

Urban Dare will be donating 5% of this year's race registration to fight breast cancer. Now that I've started on this fight, I've started to discover how many people I know whose families have been affected by breast cancer. We're happy to do our small part.

We're looking at doing a Fall race in Tucson.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Phoenix:

2:03:16 - Denton Taylor & Sam Sprague
2:13:09 - Kristin Herman & Elizabeth Sparks
2:20:18 - April Hull & Gene Day - The Yellow Ones Don't Stop
2:28:32 - Nicole Moest & Lexi Moest - Youth Has No Age." Picasso"
2:35:33 - kirk christiano & Jim Garman - There's no I" in Beer"

Urban Dare Austin Report

Thank you to everyone who came out today for Urban Dare Austin. It was a beautiful day and we blended nicely into the madness of SXSW.

I am calmly sitting at a table at the finish and in comes someone yelling, "Kevin, do I need a photo of the egg? DO I NEED A PHOTO OF THE EGG??? DO I NEED A PHOTO OF THE EGG????? On about his sixth utterance, I figured out what he was asking, and I said yes. Kip Fiebig then took a photo and handed in his passport to finish with the winning time of 1:26:21 along with his teammate David Bogle. This is Kips third first place finish, out of 3 total, in Austin.

Second place went to Jason Mittman and his father Michale Koranek, who finished 2 minutes behind. Sorry guys, you don't qualify for the family division. This is Jason's first second place finish in Austin. His other 2, he ran with Kip.

I want to thank Irene Rivers who selected most of today's checkpoints. She lets me write the clues. I think we will come back sometime in the Fall for Urban Dare on bicycles. This will be our first bicycle dare.

Urban Dare will be donating 5% of this year's race registration to fight breast cancer. Now that I've started on this fight, I've started to discover how many people I know whose families have been affected by breast cancer. We're happy to do our small part.

Thank you all.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Austin:

1:26:21 AM - Kipley Fiebig & David Bogle - Vignette-KD
1:28:34 AM - Jason Mittman & Michale Koranek
2:32:39 AM - Amber Green & Doug Mammoser - Holo Holo
2:38:28 AM - David Sammon & Kenton Nelson
2:39:29 AM - Betsy Tieman & Chris Lalich

Urban Dare Austin - Saturday, March 21

Urban Dare Austin begins Saturday, March 21 at Noon. The race will begin and end at Mother Egans Irish Pub, at 715 W 6th Street. Check-in will begin at 11:00am and will be taking registration up to the start of the race.

Proceeds from the race will go towards the fight against breast cancer.

This will be our first race with 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.

We will host 5 events in Texas this year, so we will have a series champion. We will take your 3 best finishes for champion points. The winning pair will get Urban Dare belt buckles. I've always been jealous of belt buckles from rodeos, so we are creating them for the Texas series.

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. There will also be a $50 prize for the best photo from the race. 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.

Here is the Texas series schedule. Austin is March 21, Dallas on May 2, San Antonio on Sep 19, and Houston on November 21. We will also add Ft. Worth in the Fall.

See you at the race.

Urban Dare Tampa - Best Dressed

Congratulations to Irene Pistorino & Laura Maiocco of Stimulus Package for the best costuming at Urban Dare Tampa. If only those $100 bills were real.

Urban Dare Tampa Winners

Congratulations to Jeff Orchards & Jon fleming of Miahohchu for winning Urban Dare Tampa with a time of 1:55:14. Ray Sanchez and Dave Shultz of TPA Confidentail finished second and third place honors went to Regan & Jennifer Weiss of Big Play Ray.

Urban Dare Jacksonville - Top 5 Finishers

Thank you to everyone who participated in today's Urban Dare Jacksonville.

Congratulation to Peter Baci & Don Page of Urban Meyer's Dare Team for winning in a time of 2:03:13. Peter Rowell and Justin Allen were the first to finish the last challenge, but had to go back for the Coming Home statue which proved to be the toughest clue for people to find.

Here are the top five finishers:

2:03:13 - Peter Baci & Don Page - Urban Meyer's Dare Team
2:22:06 - Peter Rowell & Justin Allen - Murray Hillbillies
2:27:39 - Jill Sheets & Uli Bittenbinder - Secret German Detectives
2:32:11 - Randy Tennant & Eric Church - Moses Rules!
2:37:11 - David Mitchell & Mike Rumbaugh - Team Extreme

Urban Dare Jacksonville - Sat, Dec 13

Urban Dare Jacksonville starts at Noon Saturday, Dec 12 at Friendship Park at 1025 Museum Drive. We will begin check-in at 11:30am and will be taking registration up to the start of the race. Look for us in the light blue t-shirts.

You must wear your Urban Dare shirts throughout the race, which we will give you 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.

Urban Dare Coral Gables - Top 5 finishers

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Coral Gables.

Congratulations to Lynn and Karen Davis of Dead Last who, contrary to their team name, finished in first place. They got their team name by where they finished last year's race that started and ended in Coconut Grove. One of the last year's checkpoints was Domino Park. I had intended for racers to go to Domino Park just a few blocks from the heart of the Grove, but Lynn and Karen went all the way to Domino Park in Little Havana. Before the start of today's race, I told the racers that sometimes there is more than 1 correct answer and that they should travel no more than 3 miles from the start. It's great to see a team go from last to first place. Well done!

Here are the top 5 finishers:

3:00:27 - Lynn Davis & Karen Davis - Dead Last
3:17:39 - Sharon Barkwill & Lisbeth Colon - ForSci Chicks
3:56:13 - Valerie Fender & Nick Boyce - Sobe
4:20:13 - William Thomson & Pamela Onorati - Happy Hour
4:53:59 - Tham Cao & Garren Owens - Monchichi's!!!!

Urban Dare Winter Park - Top 5 Finishers

Thank you to everyone who came out today for Urban Dare Winter Park.

Congratulations to Michael and Louise Garvey of Raiders of the Lost Clue for winning with an impressive time of 1:28:12. Sherry Cioffi and Allison Carcaise came in second place and third place honors went to Rebecca & Michaela Potvin.

Here are the top 5 finishers:

1:28:12 AM - Michael Garvey & Louise Garvey - Raiders of the Lost Clue
1:40:40 AM - Sherry Cioffi & Allison Carcaise - Splitsville
1:50:37 AM - Rebecca Potvin & Michaela Potvin - Team Awesome
1:52:45 AM - Jodi Bech & Leigh Ann Ledford - The Flamin' Hot Cheetos
1:57:01 AM - Kane Morris-Webster & Amy Ramos - 2nd Chances

Urban Dare Scottsdale - Top 5 Finishers

Thank you to everyone who came out to make Urban Dare Scottsdale a success.

Congratulations to Nicole Moest and Julie Peterson of the Desert Wahinis who won in a time of 1:56:14. Edward Langlois and Michael Toguchi finished a mere 21 seconds behind them. Who says jigsaw puzzles can't be exciting.

We'll be back sometime next Spring.

Here are the results:

1:56:14 - Nicole Moest & Julie Peterson - Desert Wahinis
1:56:35 - Edward Langlois & Michael Toguchi - Drunken Monkeys
2:15:58 - Mynde Cannamela & Nicole Thomsen - Mynde & Nicole
2:16:03 - Tara Cerveny & Alicia Hill - T & A
2:16:30 - Megan Eikenberry & Suzanne O'neal - Team S&M

Urban Dare NY - Top 5 Finishers

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare NY. Forunately the rain held off most of the day.

Congratulations to Harvey Fine and Simon Chang of Oriental Express who finished with a time of 2:09:19. The Bookhouse Boys made use of both bonus opportunities to move up to second place over Lanthy Truong & Radford Lin. All in all, it was a good race.

Here are the top 5 finishers:

2:09:19 - Harvey Fine & Simon Chang - Oriental Express
2:50:00 - CHARLES WALZ & FRANK MARINO - THE BOOKHOUSE BOYS
2:50:48 - Lanthy Truong & Radford Lin
2:52:18 - Phillip Kinnison & Angi Taylor - Boilermakers
3:02:35 - Tiffany Chin & Serge Gershkovich - Victorious Secret

Urban Dare NY - Sat, Oct 18

Urban Dare New York starts at Noon Saturday, May 10 at Central Park. The precise location will be announced the week of the race. We will begin check-in at 11:00am and will be taking registration up to the start of the race. Look for us in the light blue t-shirts.

You must wear your Urban Dare shirts throughout the race, which we will give you 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.

Urban Dare Arlington - Top 5 Finishers

Thank you to everyone who came out for Urban Dare Arlington.

Congratulations to Karen Walsh & Susannah Harris who finished first with a time of2:19:54. Karen learned from her experience in this year's Urban Dare DC and moved well through the checkpoints. Well done!

Zorn Stars and Team Goodwill came into the finish at about the same time, but Kate & Danny Seikaly proved to be faster on their puzzles.

2:19:54 AM - Karen Walsh & Susannah Harris - We Saw Russia Too
2:22:36 AM - Kate Seikaly & Danny Seikaly - Zorn Stars
2:26:20 AM - Katherine Neebe & Nick Cannon - Team Goodwill
2:40:33 AM - Fatimah Mateen & Steve Royster - Off the Record
2:41:11 AM - Krystal Kovalick & Greg Kastner - Drop It Like It's Dowww

Urban Dare Atlanta

Thank you to everyone who participated in Saturday's race.

Congratulations to Michael Beasley and Rustom Maneksha for winning Urban Dare Atlanta.

And a big thank you to Jeff White who ran his first race as race director and creator.

Urban Dare Fresno - Top 5 Finishers

Thank you to everyone who came out to make the first ever Urban Dare Fresno a success.

Congratulations to JK & James Lundberg of Team Animal who won with a time 1:25:33, a whopping 40 minutes ahead of the next team. Second place honors go to Joshua Tehee & Travis Sheridan, and Terri & Rich Mejorado took third place.

Believe it or not, a couple teams decided to go all the way to Belmont Park to get a picture with Bill Vukovich's grave marker. Sometimes there is more than one correct answer, but you don't get any bonuses for the extra miles.

We'll be back next year.

Here are the top 5 finishers:

1:25:33 - J.K. Lundberg & James Lundberg - Team Animal
2:05:32 - Joshua Tehee & Travis Sheridan - Team CF
2:37:05 - Terri Mejorado & Richard Mejorado - Rich & Terri
2:38:21 - Felicia Matlosz & Anne Ellis - The Firth Girls
2:48:14 - Doug Gordon & Kathryn Forbes - Yellin' Magellans

Urban Dare San Francisco - Sat, Sep 27

Thank you to everyone who came out today for Urban Dare San Francisco.

Congratulations to Gina & Greg Cibuzar for winning with a time of 2:15:02. Edward & Kacey Coles of Team More Powerful that Spiderman, Batman, and Superman Combined came in second place, but won the longest team name contest. Also picutred are our third place team of Katie Barten & Tyler Yearby.

Here are our top 5 finishers:

2:15:02 - Gina Cibuzar & Greg Cibuzar - GGC
2:18:04 - Edward Kramlich & Kacey Coles - Team More Powerful that Spiderman, Batman, and Superman Combined
2:23:25 - Katie Barten & Tyler yearby - front runners
2:25:36 - Sacha Connor & Tim Connor - Fierceness from Philly
2:29:17 - Jessa Chin & Sam Marcum - Sass Marchin' Poo

Urban Dare San Diego

Thank you to everyone who made Urban Dare San Diego a big success.

Congratulations to Jonna & Rachael Griggs who won our first race in Pacific Beach with an impressive time of 1:36:27. They were followed by Peter Lombard & Kelly Wilson.

Kudos to 11 year old Emma Hobscheid who, along with her mother, was the youngest contestant to successfully negotiate her way through all the checkpoints.

The only thing people seemed to have a hard time with was the 5:00 minute bonus for getting your picture with an authentic stagecoach. This was located on the corner of Ingraham & Taylor. Most racers passed right by it, but only about 20% noticed it.

We anticipate filming a pilot show here in San Diego next Spring.

Here are the top five finishers:

1:36:27 - Jonna Griggs & Rachael Griggs
1:41:11 - Peter Lombard & Nelly Wilson
1:45:44 - Anne Westmoreland & Steve Katz - Show us your Boltz!
1:46:28 - Ryan Ingle & Chantal Jansen - KNVB
1:47:48 - Jeff Piller & Chrissy Piller - Pillers

Urban Dare Santa Monica - Top 3 Teams

Thank you to everyone who came out to make Urban Dare Santa Monica a great success.

Pictured above are Urban Dare Champions Richard Ward & Peter Kyriacou of the Throckies, and our 3rd place team of Stephanie Pollok and Hannah Levin. Mindi Hertzog and Scott Howard of the Pirates of Santa Monica took second place honors.

Our new champs took third place last year. They told me they were pissed to come into the finish and see some racers already drinking beer. This time they were the ones hoisting a few as the other racers streamed in.

Here is the clue for which I saw widest variety of photos: "This is where someone with a foot fetish, who has lived a very good life, goes when they die." There were a few pictures of shoe stores, a picture of a cemetery, and one team saw on a blog that someone said the Santa Monica steps were heaven for someone with a foot fetish. Most racers came back with a photo of Toe Heaven, conveniently located a block and a half from the finish.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Santa Monica:

1:46:10 AM - Richard Ward & Peter Kyriacou - Throckies
2:15:55 AM - Mindi Hertzog & Scott Howard - The Pirates of Santa Marina
2:24:19 AM - Stephanie Pollok & Hannah Levin - 2Legit2Quit
2:26:39 AM - Myles Nye & Price Peterson - Weak Nights
2:28:35 AM - Rich Hebert & Joel Hebert

Urban Dare Seattle - Top 5 Finishers

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Seattle.

Congratulations to John Zobel for defending his title of Urban Dare Seattle Champion. This time he did it with his son Eric. Second place honors went to Matt Hulett & Spicey, and Laura Feinstein & Justin Fallstrom came in 3rd.

Here are the top 5 finishers:

1:51:40 John Zobel & Eric Zobel - Avenging Narwhals
2:05:31 Matt Hulett & Spicey - Big Bucks
1:55:10 Laura Feinstein & Justin Fallstrom - F-Troop
2:29:53 Greg Harrison & James Baird - Big Bear
2:32:39 Susan Parker & Trish Priest - Trish and Sue

Urban Dare Seattle - Saturday, Aug 9

Urban Dare Seattle begins Saturday, August 9 at Noon at J & M Cafe at 201 1st St S. We will begin check-in at 11:30am. We also end at the J & M Cafe.

You must wear your Urban Dare shirts throughout the race, which we will give you 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.