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An intense group of Challengers for Urban Challenge Miami, which
was challenging because it was held in Fort Lauderdale!
Winners:
Anita Allen and Arthur Sarakas took the honors of first place. Sarakas
opened the first running shoe store in the Fort Lauderdale area,
so we were proud of have an old-schooler of the scene take the prize.
Andy Wiener and Mandy Miller took second. Miller, an adventure racing
veteran and Ironman qualifier, has broken three ribs and suffered
four concussions in a long list of injuries attained while living
the adventure life. She almost added another one as her foot disappeared
into a hidden hole while racing towards Las Olas bridge. She rolled
like a pro, and watching challengers were amazed to see her run
back, reach past her elbow into the hole and pull out her shoe.
Congrats to all our tenacious challengers. Complete
list of winners »
Checkpoints:
About half of the field biffed a checkpoint, and almost all were
different misses. Going to the machinist's (not seafarers) union,
guessing at the wrong drawbridge, going to Shirttail Charlie's instead
of Ernie's … a series of headslapping errors that went down
easier with the cold beers and stories at Sloppy Joe's. It's hard
to think in the heat, folks. Check
out the checkpoints »
Trivia
Challenge:
In "The Brady Bunch," who brought Alice the meat? Test
yourself with the Fort Lauderdale Trivia Challenge »
More photos: Exciting photos,
with a visual story from the Florida Sports media crew.
Thanks:
Our thanks to Sloppy Joe's (www.sloppy-howl.com)
for their polite attention and free round for the UC crew. Thanks
also to our Skip Man, Glenn Norris, who just happened to be a former
challenger visiting from San Diego. Good thing he dropped by, cuz
once again our Skip Woman slept in and turned off her cell phone.
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