Postmortum Urban Max

A sunny and warm day greeted us last Saturday at the Sydney Entertainment quarters for the start of this years Urban Max race.

As there were over a 1000 runners to be managed, the teams of 2 were split , with one group standing way away from the start, and with the other group with the other team member now at the starting point. Ready, set, go and you had 500+ running over the oval towards an embankment to pick up the clue sheet, and then having to run back to find their other team mate...it was a mad scramble, but once the teams found each other it was heads down, iPhones on to solve the 20 clues on where to find the checkpoints and figure out a route, for example:

Named after the 13th Premier of NSW, travel to the park in the Eastern suburbs where a game of hoop de loop awaits.

Shipped from the Motherland. This shop will satisfy even the most demanding sweet tooth in the red light district.

Solve the Anagram: HET LSTAIUANRA TOEHL.

So activities at check points included a long & high jump (hadn't done that for over 30 years!!), gaming at Time Zone, swimming, hops and kayaking in the Rose Bay area, burlesquing in New Town, answering questions at a pub and in a bike store, stacking 3 golf balls on top of each other, some bike activity in Centennial Park.....it was really all fun and games.

After clocking up more or less miles (public transport is permitted) it was back to the EQ for some much needed food, and perhaps some shopping at the markets.

Congratulations to Clare and Catherine who came 3rd in the Female racing category !! Here are the results of the Uringa contingent:

Female Racing (14 checkpoints):

3rd Murphys Law Clare and Catherine Murphy 4:34:19

Mixed Racing (14 checkpoints):

20th Amazing Race Wannabees Hannah Watts & Michael Weiner 5:01:11

Female Social (10 checkpoints):

54th Uringa FastFeet Maggie & Jane McK 5:09:47

Mixed Social (10 checkpoints):

9th Team Hangover Chris Barazza & Kerryn 3:29:10

36th Dynamic Duo Linda & Ald0 4:38:59

Next years date has already been announced, so if you want to try something different and have some fun along the way, and do as much walking or running as you want, why not pencil in 17th November 2012 !!