Happy Holidays

We wish everyone a happy holiday season.

All Urban Dare races are on sale through the end of the year. The regular price per team will be $30 off for the holidays.

Please join the fun in a race near you. It's the perfect time of year to give the gift of adventure.

Super Dare will take place on April 6 & 7 in New Orleans. Super Dare is a 2 day challenge that pits you against an Urban Dare style obstacle course and a trivia quiz on day one. Day 2 you will run Urban Dare New Orleans. The team with the best combined score wins $5,000.

All teams that finished in the top 5 in 2012 races are eligible for free entry to Super Dare. All other entries are $170 per team of two during the holiday sale, and $200 beginning January 1. Join us in the Big Easy.

2013 Races

We have added Savannah, Richmond and Carlsbad to the 2013 race calendar. We'll probably add a few others before all is said and done. To register go to www.urbandare.com and click on the city.

See you at the races.

Urban Dare Houston Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Houston.

Congratulations to Wade Kao & Judy Jones for defending their title by winning in a time of 1:23:17.

Quang Thai & Nam Nguyen came in second, and third place honors went to Siong Ming Wong & Chadwich Holmer.

The Cordovas were the first family team.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Houston:

1:23:17 - Wade Kao & Judy Jones
1:41:46 - quang thai & nam nguyen
1:43:24 - Siong Ming Wong & Chadwick Holmes
1:43:55 - Victoria Lopez & Daniel Valdez
1:45:33 - Mark Braswell & Michelle Braswell

Urban Dare Fort Worth Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Fort Worth.

Congratulations to Heather & Kris Floyd for winning in a time of 52:07.

Dana & Al Chase came in second, and third place honors went to David Do & Amy Buben.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Fort Worth:

52:07 Heather & Kris Floyd
1:04:30 Dana & Al Chase
1:12:27 David Do & Amy Buben
1:14:09 Cathy Rendon & Lindsey Knoss
1:16:19 Valerie McDonald & Katy Cagle

Urban Dare Raleigh Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Raleigh.

Congratulations go to Andrew Owens and Lauren Hutton who finished in a time of 1:57:55.

Second place went to Miriam Williamson & Gordon Paulson. Third place honors went to Hilary Schaefer & Brad Schaefer

Kudos to the Orr family and the Maloney family who finished at the top of the pack in our family division.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Raleigh:

1:57:55 – Andrew Owens and Lauren Hutton
2:12:33 – Miriam Williamson and Gordon Paulson
2:25:54 – Hilary Schaefer and Brad Schaefer
2:28:23 – Iris Clement and Andrea Pratt
2:31:28 – Jessica Roy and John Huaser

Urban Dare Orlando Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Orlando.

Congratulations to Kristen Rizzo & Bianca Prieto for winning in a time or 1:34: 07.

Blake Miller & Ramon Clayton came in second place, and Sherry Cioffi & Allison Carcaise took third place honors.

Here are the top five finishers of Urban Dare Orlando:

1:34:07 - Kristen Rizzo& Bianca Prieto
1:35:16 - Blake Miller & Ramon Clayton
1:38:20 - Sherry Cioffi & Allison Carcaise
1:38:33 - Kaitlin Jackson & Rebecca Thomas
1:43:34 - Brandon Carter & Joe Tchen

Urban Dare Santa Monica Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Santa Monica.

Congratulations to Amanda Aardsma & Ryan Rowland-Smith for winning in a time of 1:33:24

Joshua Zappala & Katrina Herskern came in second, and third place honors went to Ekaterina & Alan Hardin.

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

1:33:24 - Amanda Aardsma & Ryan Rowland-Smith
1:39:25 - Joshua Zappala & Katrina Herskern
2:03:05 - Ekaterina Hardin & Alan Hardin
2:29:41 - Ron Eickler & Maria Gordon
2:35:38 - Jessica Weber & Michael Palermo

Urban Dare DC Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare DC. Congratulations go to Colin Cushing and David Horgan who finished in a time of 1:18:45.

Second place went to Matthew Goodrich & Robb Gray. Third place honors went to Aaron Safer Lichtenstein & Michael Morella.

Our DC race was extra special this year because several racers were able to take their photos with the actual artist (Joel Shapiro) of the bonus location “Loss and Regeneration.”

Kudos to the Willison family who finished first in the family division. Congrats to Allison, Scott, Owen and Ethan.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare DC:

1:18:45 – Colin Cushing and David Horgan
1:36:12 – Matthew Goodrich and Robb Gray
1:49:10 – Aaron Safer Lichtenstein and Michael Morella
2:10:26 – Matthew Lettrich and Joshua Gay
2:13:11 – Matthew Rumbaugh and Kristy Rumbaugh

Urban Dare Philadelphia top 5 finishers

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Philadelphia.

Congratulations go to Ed Wagner and Nichola Ventrola who finished in a time of 1:42:00.

Second place went to Lisa Kotokis & Kerstin Palombaro. Third place honors went to Jed Singer & Mairead McInernny who actually met at last years race. Yes, cupid does do magic at Urban Dare.

Great effort from everyone but I would have to say that Team Zombie ruled the day. If there was a national race with our best costume winners, John and Ben would be the team to beat.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Philadelphia:

1:42:00 – Edward Wagner and Nicholas Ventrola
1:44:35 – Lisa Kotokis and Kerstin Palombaro
1:45:09 – Jed Singer and Mairead McInernny
1:49:30 – Karen Horn and Mark Dixon
1:55:07 – Carla Fisher and Sue Anne Clark

Urban Dare Nashville Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Nashville.

Congratulations to Mike Alexander & Stacy Cooreman who won with a time of 1:18:20.

April Lee & Chris Lee came in second, and third place honors went to Kellye Smith & Kristen Pfister.

Leslie, Robert, Madison & Emily Stewart were the first family.

Here are the top 5 teams of Urban Dare Nashville:

1:18:20 - Mike Alexander & Stacy Cooreman
1:18:55 - April Lee & Chris Lance
1:28:06 - Kellye Smith & Kristen Pfister
1:28:51 - Christopher Standley & Jill Standley
1:30:38 - Rebecca Hollandsworth & Erin Johnson

Urban Dare San Antonio to 5 finishers

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

Congratulations to Karina Alderete & Marisa Ayala for winning in a time of 1:28:53.

Kristyn Gonzalez & Chris Calimlim took second place and third place honors went to William Monterrey & Arli Martinez.

The Markusfeld's were the first family team.

Here are the top five finishers of Urban Dare San Antonio:

1:28:53 - Karina Alderete & Marisa Ayala
1:50:26 - Kristyn Gonzales & Chris Calimlim
1:51:33 - WilliMonterrey & Arli Martinez
1:52:58 - Hannah Rinn & Jonathan Bruce
2:11:15 - Michael Leahy & Letty Medina-Salinas

Urban Dare Boston Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Boston. Who would have thought that with all the rain that Boston has had this week that we would end up with perfect racing weather. Second place went to Jeff Bridges & Ann Marie Micikas and third place honors went to Sarah Layne & Kimberly Ferris.

Special shout out goes to the ladies of team “Rub a Duckie” who killed the costume contest . Also, our First Family rocked the course carrying possibly our youngest racer ever (8 weeks old).

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Boston:

1:15:08 – Ellen Vickery and Sydney Mcgrane
1:18:30 – Jeff Bridges and Ann Marie Micikas
1:33:13 – Sarah Layne and Kimberly Ferris
1:33:57 – Alison Ferris and Tracey German
1:34:00 – Kerry Murphy and Bob Mitteholzes

Urban Dare Santa Monica - October 27

Urban Dare Santa Monica will be held on Saturday, October 27. We changed the date due to Carmageddon II, the closing of the 405 this weekend.

Urban Dare NY top 5 finishers

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

Congratulations go to Cliff Young & Federico Sacerfoti who won with a time of 2:03:57.

Anna Duffy & Michelle Christenson came in second and third place honors went to Paul Berman & Rachel Harap.

Congratulations to our first family Vivek Rajgarhia, Huynh Nga Nguyen and family.

Here are the top five winners of Urban Dare New York:

2:03:57 - Cliff Young & Federico Sacerfoti
2:16:42 - Anna Duffy & Michelle Christenson
2:39:57 - Paul Berman & Rachel Harap
2:39:58 - James McGrath & Matthew Elkus
2:40:29 - Sujit Adhye & Jesse Madrigal

Urban Dare Portland Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Portland.

Congratulations to Jennifer Cullison & William Gardner for winning in a time of 1:05:10.

Roger Horner & Hackett Thomas came in second, and third place honors went to Mitch Dornfeld & Andrew Yarborough.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Portland:

1:05:10 - Jennifer Cullison & William Gardner
1:06:30 - Roger Horner Jr & Hackett Thomas
1:17:57 - Mitch Dornfeld & Andrew Yarborough
1:23:03 - Stacy Grabb & Amy House
1:26:08 - eric brockman & Anastasia Perrigo

Urban Dares NY & Portland - Sat, Sep 22

Urban Dare NY runs on Sat, Sep 22 starting at 12 noon. The start and finish will be the W 79th St Boat Basin Cafe

Urban Dare Portland runs on Sat, Sep 22 starting at 12 noon. The start and finish will be Kells Irish Pub at 112 SW 2nd Ave.

We will start checking people in at 10:30 am for both races.

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.

See you at the races.

Urban Dare San Francisco Winners

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

Congratulations to Martin Dent & Colby Leno who won with a time of 1:33:13.

Liberty Kikerpill & Kelly Christian placed second, and third place honors went to Jeff Tsai & Steven Lee.

John, Karen, Nicole & Lydia Korinetz were the first family.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare San Francisco

1:33:13 - Martin Dent & Colby Leno
2:08:01 - Liberty Kikerpill & Kelly Christian
2:15:14 - Jeff Tsai & Steven Lee
2:21:22 - Atalie Chan & Cecilia Huang
2:22:41 - Rich Borbon & Gina Caya

Urban Dare Long Beach Winners

Urban Dare Indianapolis top 5 finishers

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Indianapolis.

Congratulations go to Travis Brunic and Kelsey Gurganus who finished in a winning time of 1:33:52.

Second place went to Carrie Alles & Mike Oliver and third place honors went to Amanda Hemerbach & Aaron Phillips.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Indianapolis:

1:33:52 – Travis Brunic and Kelsey Gurganus
1:41:31 – Carrie Alles and Mike Oliver
1:42:59 – Amanda Hemerbach and Aaron Phillips
1:47:48 – Alyson Donica and Edward Oliver
1:51:10 – Lori Leroy and Nick Leroy

Urban Dare La Jolla Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare La Jolla.

Congratulations to Paul Kim & Katherine Scarfo for winning in a time of 1:11:09.

Heather Gartrell & Courtney Wills came in second, and third place honors go to Kyle Saul and Tania Manchenkov.

The Pattersons were the first family.

Here are the top 5 teams of Urban Dare La Jolla:

1:11:09 - Paul Kim & Katherine Scarfo
1:18:36 - Heather Gartrell & Courtney Wills
1:18:43 - Kyle Saul & Tania Manchenkov
1:20:19 - Eric Beck & Katharine Tremblay
1:20:37 - Callan Parra & Braden Fudge

Urban Dare Toronto top 5 winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Toronto.

Congratulations go to Tammy Hall and Mike McIntosh who finished in a winning time of 1:35:39.

Second place went to Andrei Ordine & Susan Quach and third place honors went to Ewa Bzorek & Jerome Townsend.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Toronto:

1:35:39 – Tammy Hall & Mike McIntosh
1:38:41 – Andrei Ordine & Susan Quach
1:40:36 – Ewa Bzorek & Jerome Townsend
1:43:08 – Robb Davis & Astrid Lange
1:46:20 – Laura Williams & Keith McCarthur