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Tampa Urban Dare an Amazing Race

The highlight? Weaving through the crowds at the Gasparilla Art Festival as we ran down Franklin Street in downtown Tampa in search of the ArtLoud art installation. I am an avid fan of Amazing Race (Sun. night at 8p.m. on CBS), and I felt just like I was on the show.  Wearing my race number and dressed like my daughter and teammate, Wendy, it was  clear to onlookers that we were not there to view the art. They weren’t surprised to see us, however, because 74 other teams were also navigating the downtown and Ybor areas in search of checkpoints and dares.

I Dare You!

The Urban Dare Adventure Race is coming to Tampa on March 7th. Will you be there? I would not miss it.

I have done four urban adventure races, two in Tampa and one in New Orleans teamed with my daughter Wendy. Then, I did one in San Francisco with my son Ben as my teammate. What fun! If you've ever watched The Amazing Race on TV, it's like that except that it only lasts a few hours.

Two-person teams leave from a location downtown. Each team must go to the same ten checkpoints, but they must solve clues to determine where to go. If they solve the clue incorrectly and go to the wrong place, they're disqualified, but don't worry, that  hasn't happened to us yet, so it's not that hard to get the right answer.