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 Relationship:
friends, adventure racing teammates and we practice law in
the same field-workers compensation.
What do you plan to do
with $50,000? I have no plans for the money, since
I don't have it in my hot hands yet. Once I do have it , betting
it all on red at the roulette table sounds appropriate, but
highly unlikely. Partially funding next year's competitions
(doing Urban Challenge three times already has not been a
cheap form of practice for Vegas, no matter how fun it has
been) is a cetainty.
What do you like best about
Urban Challenge: The best part of Urban Challenge is
the oddly childlike joy I get in figuring out a clue for a
checkpoint. Exhalting in one's own cleverness is the cheapest
thrill imaginable.
How are you preparing for
the finals? Due to the unique format of the race, Rob
and I quickly agreed that the only meaningful way to practice
(other than maintaining a level of cardiovascular fitness,
which we would do anyway because we were already training
for a twenty-four hour adventure race in Chicago and for the
Mrs. T's triathalon (Rob) and the Lasalle Chicago marathon
(me) ) was to race again in other cities, which we did in
Boston (DQ'd- damn that plaque in Boston Common) and Dallas
(4th- not bad for a city I had never been in before race).
Advice for the competition?
Other than making sure you have the clue absolutely, without
a doubt right (and you will know it if and when you see it),
I'd just tell people to do the same things that got you there,
whether it was a high level of fitness, an information team
full of Mensa geeks, or just sheer dumb luck, because focusing
on the potential money you could win is just going to distract
you from keeping your mind on target and from having fun with
this whole thing. Through this competition, I've had fun in
my own town, finding things I didn't even know existed in
Chicago, and I've taken in baseball games and great meals
in both Boston and Dallas, not to mention a trip to the Texas
State Fair (you haven't lived 'til you've seen the booming
figure of kitsch that is Big Tex).
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