Urban Dare Albuquerque Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Urban Dare Albuquerque.

Congratulations to Sean Smith & Jill Oldewage for coming in first with a time of 2:15:34.

Second place went to Kristin Garrison & Kirstin Kalberg, and third place honors go to Erin Ferreira & Arien Gessner.

Kudos to Betsy Sutton & Wendy Anglin of Wunderpants who won the costume contest and also came in fifth place.

Here are the top five finishers of Urban Dare Albuquerque:

2:15:34 - sean smith & Jill Oldewage - off in the shower
2:38:47 - Kristin Garrison & Kirstin Kalberg
2:50:07 - Erin Ferreira & Arien Gessner - Truffle Shuffle
2:57:48 - Brian Helms & Angelica Helms - Luna Moon
2:59:13 - Betsy Sutton & Wendy Anglin - Wunderpants

Urban Dare Albuquerque - Sat, Sep 25

Urban Dare Albuquerque runs Saturday, Sep 25. We will kickoff at Noon. The race will start and end at Kelly's Brew Pub at 3222 Central Ave SE.

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 San Antonio Winners

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

Congratulations to Michael Kelly & Raul Juarez for finishing first in a time of 1:47:54.

Peter & Joey Raubenheimer took second, and Kris & Cathi Davis had third place honors.

Randy, Gina, Ryan & Megan Noland were the first family team and 7th overall.

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

1:47:54 - Michael Kelly & Raul Juarez - Los Locos
2:04:33 - Peter Raubenheimer & Joey Raubenheimer - Road Trippers
2:09:45 - Kris Davis & Cathi Davis - Beauty and the Beast
2:10:52 - Donna Dodd & Miriam Sobre-Denton - Dixie Vixens
2:10:52 - Jason Dendy & Stephanie Corley

Urban Dare NY II Winners

Thank you to everyone who competed in Urban Dare NY II.

Congratulations to our joint winners Andrew Arens & Ben Schneider and Troy Miller & Peter Senftleben. Yes, we had a tie.

Third place went to Charles Walz and Ray Wadkins.

Our family winners were Sweet 16: Ali Hahn, Cyndi Hahn, Keri Wagner and Katherine Hartig (I don't think anyone had a better time except for maybe the team that finished well behind the pack but partook in all the available refreshments & were feeling no pain).

Specials kudos go out to team PMX-Train for completing all the tasks plus all of the bonus's while accompanied by a very well behaved one year old.

A wonderful team of ladies decided to be creative. Instead of getting a photo of two people doing a piggy back, they took a pricless photo of a pink PIGGY BANK. It
goes without saying that they got full credit. If the aformentioned team reads this, please send us the photo. I gaurantee it will be published.

Here are the top five finishers of Urban Dare NY II:

2:54 Andrew Arens and Ben Schneider
2:54 Troy Miller and Peter Senftleben
3:14 Charles Walz and Ray Wadkins
3:21 James Daley and Pat Finnegan
3:23 Tim Bickford and Christine Glueckert

This Saturday NY and San Antonio Urban Dares

This Saturday, September 18, we host 2 races - Urban Dare NY and Urban Dare San Antonio.

Urban Dare NY begins at 12Noon at Kenny's Castaways on Bleecker St.

Urban Dare San Antonio begins at 12Noon at Waxy O'Connors at 234 Riverwalk.

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 San Francisco Top 5 Teams

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

Congratulations to Martin Dent & Colby Leno of Taintastic! for successfully defending their title of Urban Dare San Francisco champions.

Second place went to Irwin Tran & Peter Kim of Magnum P.I., and the GrapeHunters, Nancy Hwang & Graham McAden, took third place honors.

Here are the top 5 teams of Urban Dare San Francisco:

1:51:04 - Martin Dent & Colby Leno - Taintastic!
2:25:40 - Irwin Tran & Peter Kim - Magnum P.I.
2:40:07 - Nancy Hwang & Graham McAden - GrapeHunters
2:43:45 - William Saunders & Steve Mcmahon - Dads - IITWI
2:44:05 - Kari Rice & Kristy Toph- Sir Topham Rice

Urban Dare San Francisco - Sat, Sep 11

Urban Dare San Francisco runs Sunday, Sep 11. We will kickoff at Noon. The race will start at the median in front of the Ferry Building, near where the street cars run. Closest BART is Embarcadero.

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 Long Beach Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Long Beach.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Epstein & Kimberly Gimenez for winning the first Urban Dare Long Beach.

Tony and Chris Vaca took second and third place honors went to
Mark Dressner & Shayna Howitt.

Also pictured is the First Family team of Andrew, Yedid & John Stanton

Here are the top 5 finishers:

1:44:37 - Elizabeth Epstein & Kimberly Gimenez - Long Beach Dutch Girls
1:49:06 - Tony Vaca & Chris Vaca - The Skeleton Crew
1:52:09 - Mark Dressner & Shayna Howitt - The I1's
1:52:21 - Kim Newport & Rob Papandrea - Team Papy
1:57:38 - Cindy Carlson & Jason Watanabe - ohana

Pacific Beach by Bike Video

Urban Dare Long Beach - Sunday, August 22

Urban Dare Long Beach runs Sunday, August 22. We will kickoff at Noon. The race will start and finish at Panama Joe's at 5100 E 2nd 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.

Pacific Beach by Bike Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first Urban Dare by Bike.

Congratulations to debi & Tom Preece who finished in first place, by making their bulls-eye ahead of second place Wendy Hoier & Yolande Hamilton.

Noelle Espinosa, Brian Burgess , Nicole Burgess & Mika Burgess took third place overall and won the family division.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare PB by Bike:

2:24:15 AM - Debi Preece & Tom Preece - Preece
2:25:35 AM - Wendy Hoier & Yolande Hamilton - Red Bra No Panties
2:56:12 AM - Noelle Espinosa, Brian Burgess , Nicole Burgess & Mika Burgess - Devil Cats
3:07:16 AM - Brian Poffenberger & Clint Reed - Village Idiots
3:07:25 AM - Mari Rago & Jeff Rago - RAGO'S RULE

Pacific Beach by Bike - Sat, Aug 7

Urban Dare Pacific Beach by Bike runs Saturday, August 7. We will kickoff at Noon. The race will start and finish at Kate Sessions Park. Race-day check-in will begin at 11:00am and we will be taking registration up to the start of the race.

We look forward to hosting our first bicycle race. We will have hot dogs and beverages at the finish.

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. 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 Jose Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first ever Urban Dare San Jose.

Congratulations to Gary & Kelly Black, a father-daughter team, who now reign as Urban Dare San Jose Champions.

Kevin Moul & Keith Devey placed second.

Bonuses came into play for third place. Stephen McMahon & Bill Saunders were the third team to finish, but were passed with a five minute bonus by Jane Shinn & Adam Burger.

We'll be back next year.

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

1:46:41 - Gary Black & Kelly Black - Black Sheep
1:56:30 - Kevin Moul & Keith Devey - Victorious Secret
1:57:41 - Jane Shinn & Adam Burger
2:01:38 - Stephen McMahon & Bill Saunders - DIITWI
2:02:10 - Alvin Chen & Mike Wiesner

Urban Dare San Jose - Sat, July 24

Urban Dare San Jose runs Saturday, July 24. We will kickoff at Noon. The race will start and finish at Britannia Arms at 173 W Santa Clara 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 Denver Winners

Urban Dare Seattle Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Seattle.

The Avenging Narwhals, John & Eric Zobel, successfully defended their title of Urban Dare Seattle Champions. They've become the team to beat in Seattle. Given their record, I can't figure out just what it is they are out to avenge.

Matt Mast & Milena Basile of Ah-Man came in second. Kimberly Koenig & Dani VonGunten of Mama Said Knock you Out took third place honors, and won first place for best dressed.

Also pictured is the First Family - Lisa Dufresne, Connor Jason, Chelsea Peare & Alexis Dye of shiny angry people.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Seattle:

1:20:30 - John Zobel & Eric Zobel - Avenging Narwhals
1:37:12 - Matt Mast & Milena Basile - Ah-Man
1:43:50 - Kimberly Koenig & Dani VonGunten - Mama Said Knock you Out
1:51:18 - Dan Nolte & Katherine Fountain Mackinnon - The Viaduct Tunnelers
1:54:42 - Tai Luu & Wilson Wang - Chickety China the Chinese Chicken

Urban Dare Chicago Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Chicago.

Congratulations to Anand Parekh & Dan Daly who finished in a time of 1:47:47.

Second place went to Carann & Patrick Flynn, and Julie Miyamasu & Laura Busse came in 3rd.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Chicago:

1:47:47 - Anand Parekh & Daly Dan - Daly / Parekh
2:07:32 - Carann Flynn & Patrick Flynn - Iowa Flyers
2:37:02 - Julie Miyamasu & Laura Busse - Team KBM
2:39:09 - Elizabeth Charton & Traci Blazosky - Team MILF
2:39:55 - Bjorn Hanson & Mark Shirbroun - Twack And Field

Urban Dare Minneapolis Winners

Thank you to everyone who competed in Urban Dare Minneapolis.

Congratulations to David Stillman & Erik Reisetter for winning in a time of 1:12:56.

Second place honors went to Greta & Nathan Hanson, and Amado Sleiman & Todd Petit came in third.

The first family was the Urban Marines - MIke LOCASCIO, Luke LoCASCIO & Clay Penca.

Here was the clue that caused a good deal of separation in the race:

The USS Minneapolis served in the Pacific theater of operations during World War II, and fought in many of the major sea battles. Get your picture with a bell for the USS Minneapolis.

As it turns out, there happens to be 2 USS Minneapolis bells in the metropolitan area. The one from the ship that served in WWII is located downtown next to the convention center. The other bell is located on the northeastern shore of Lake Calhoun, a good distance away from all the other checkpoints. The ship it comes from, also the USS MInneapolis, was commissioned in 1896 and decomissioned in 1921.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Minneapolis:

1:12:56 AM - David Stillman & Erik Reisetter - Stillman/Reisetter
1:14:52 AM - Greta Hanson & Nathan Hanson - FTW
1:17:31 AM - Amado Sleiman & Todd Petit - Vegas Express
1:33:26 AM - Toby Neal & Tom Daymont - Unky's Bar and Grille
1:44:45 AM - Julie Weninger & Mark Weninger - JUMA

Urban Dare Sacramento Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare Sacramento.

Congratulations to Matt Sheehy & Ken Mejica of White Rice! They successfully defended their title of Urban Dare Sacramento Champions.

Second place went to Todd Moore & Doug Shinoda, and Barbara Oleachea & Roxie Anderson took third place honors.

I learned a long time ago that some clues have more than one correct answer. That was the case with this clue:

This establishment, that specializes in a green form of transportation, has a rhyming name. Get your picture in front of it.

The place I had in mind was Mike's Bikes, which is the picture most people came back with. A couple teams came back with Fleet Feet, and another couple teams came back with Bicycles and Tricycles. All of these were correct.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare Sacramento.

1:11:51 - Matt Sheehy & Ken Mejica - White Rice!
1:33:52 - Todd Moore & Doug Shinoda - Dropping Sac
1:34:27 - Barbara Oleachea & Roxie Anderson - Auntinators
1:42:42 - Richard Julian & Catlyn Legault - Team Metropolis
1:46:46 - Ben Deland & Scott Himmelberger - Team Davis Hardcore

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.