We started the day participating in The Great Urban Race, then went to the DC United Game!!! Fun times had by all!
The Great Urban Race is a race for teams of 2 and you get 12 clues. You can skip one clue and have to do 11. You can do the clues in any order, so the amount of running/walking depends on your planning skills. You can use public transportation but no cars or taxis etc...
Lisa and I knew we couldn't win and didn't even know if we could complete it. So we decided that we would participate in the other fun aspect of the race which was the costumes. Many teams dress up in ridiculous costumes to do the race. As Lisa and I put it, we focused more on the "GREAT" part, than the "RACE" part. :) You have 5 hours to attempt to complete it. We dressed up as the 'Anarctican Gladiators'. I was FROSTBITE. Lisa was GLACIER. We were both AMAZING:
Complete photos and descriptions can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=163550&id=646347013&l=f17d4df3c9.
With the help of my iPhone and a few phone calls to Phil (Thanks, Dad!) we figured out everywhere we needed to go and plotted them on the map they gave us. We then worked our way around the city systematically. We think we went the most efficient way, but who knows. They say that you average between 6 and 7 miles and it seems that we did. I will map it out later, but a quick map shows that. We worked our way from north to south, then metro-ed back to the finish! We got there about 4pm but we done at 3. We stopped for coffee and chatted with some other teams...again, we focused on GREAT, not RACE. :)
We are so so so happy that we finished! We are rock stars. As for the costume contest--we don't want to talk about it. And we will never watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ever again...
The DC United Game was also super fun! The didn't win (::frown::) but Lisa and I had a great time in the crazy fan section!!!!
Off to Florida! :)
Sounds like fun! Make sure you check out CitySolve Urban Race DC on Sept 25th
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