The Mayor's Cup -
Columbia's Urban Adventure Race
Top five finishing teams
1st - #402 - 67 pts - Ella Ingram & Debi Hanuscin
2nd - #411 - 65 pts - Adriene Caton & Jana Heitmeyer
3rd - # 422 - 59 pts - Sheli Ryan & Debbie Briedwell
4th - # 409 - 57 pts -Melinda Schnyder & Nikki Antimi
5th - # 434 - 56 pts - David Aulgur & Ben Moore
Date: October 18, 2008
9 am - Boone Tavern
(811 E Walnut St)
Starts at 9 am. Cut off time is 2 pm. Pizza party starts
at 1:30 pm
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Starts at Boone Tavern
Registration: Register
on-line - Printable PDF Form
$40 for two-person teams Until Oct. 4
$50 for two-person teams After Oct. 4
Check-in and registration
will take place at Tryathletics
on Fri. Oct. 17 from 4-7 pm and at
Boone Tavern Sat. Oct. 18 from 8:00-8:45 am.
Don't worry... there is no home football game this weekend!
This is the perfect opportunity to get out on
the town, make some friends,have
some fun,
and eat some pizza!
Enjoy the following:
The best of downtown Columbia,
the secrets of Columbia's parks,
door prizes and free stuff,
post-race party at Shakespeare's,
the most crazy fun ever!
Each team will receive one free pint glass
and tote bag!
Required Team Equipment:
Bike and helmet (one for each member of the team!)
Bike lock
Water bottle or camel pack
Backpack for gear
Digital camera (must photograph sections of the event
Top secret gear item for the Mayor's Cup:
A secretly borrowed "mascot" for your photo hunt. |
Ever see the movie "Amelie"? No? Well, maybe you have seen the "Travelocity" commercials? No?
Dangit! Anyway, both of these have a secretly borrowed traveling gnome in them. A guest mascot that is present in photos in many different locations. Now, we aren't saying that you need to bring a "gnome" but a small borrowed item...
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Recommended Team Equipment:
Running shoes * Sun glasses
Digital video camera *
Better Judgement
Get out of jail free card * Rain Jacket
If you are looking for an ultra-intense, painful race, this isn't it! If
you are looking for a fun, social event that is both physically and mentally
challenging, then...ROCK ON!
Some words from Mayor Darwin Hindman
 "Columbia is an awesome city. It is the perfect place
for the Urban Adventure Race. Columbia is filled with people
who love life and activity. It has a wonderful park, trail
and sidewalk system which is growing every day. It is a green
city with a fun-filled downtown. Columbians will love the
Mayor's Cup; you might say it is Columbia's cup of tea."
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Although the details are "top secret" until the start of
the event, we can tell you that you will do things that you have never
done before!
Register On-line at Active.com
Register
on-line
Printable Registration Form
Printable PDF Form
11-30-07 - The date is
determined for next fall's Mayor's Cup! The Mayor's Cup will take place
on October 4, 2008! Mark your calendar now!
10-24-07 - The
Mayor's Cup results are in! After countless hours of passport,
photo and video reviewing along with countless interviews with volunteers
and random street folk the winners of the Mayor's Cup 2007 have been
determined. There will be an official international press release soon.
Prizes wil be distributed soon. Here are the winners:
1. TEAM 231 - Alex & Oscar Chavez
2. TEAM 224 - Steve & Jordon Wright
3. TEAM 202 - Michelle & Steve Windmoeller
4. TEAM 217 - Gina & Tim Overshiner
5. TEAM 214 - Matt Drier & Steve Spellman
SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS:
Best Time Traveling Photo Journalism Award
TEAM 223 - Office Warriors Carson and Williams of the Future Solutions
Clan
Team 223
Office Warriors Carson and Williams of the
Future Solutions Clan
--Outfitted with the traditional warrior’s attire, and armed only with
what weapons they could find, Derek (Carson) and Chris (Williams) were sent
back in time to prevent the apocalypse that had shaped their meager existence. The
elders of the clan determined that the road to armageddon started at the
first Mayor’s Cup, October 13, 2007, which set off a butterfly effect that
would eventually envelope the human race in darkness. These photos
document their odyssey.
Event report from one of the survivors
Sunday, October 14, 2007
The race was divided into three sections. The first was on foot downtown
and included challenges such as guessing the middle name of the proprietor
of Ninth Street Deli, a one minute air guitar session on the stage at
the Blue Note, and getting your picture taken from a bird's eye view
at 10th and elm with the sponsor's restaurant in the background. The
latter involved a six story stair climb at the Hitt Street Garage.
Before leaving downtown we were also required to sing a song about rain
in Peace Park and to give an ugly doll to the troll-in-the-tunnel on
the MKT Trail.
The second section was on bikes and required finding landmarks on campus
and taking a pic of your teammate at those landmarks. Everyone knows
where Thomas Jefferson's gravestone is, right?
That section concluded in the stadium tunnel singing the Ole Mizzou song
to Hugh. Lyrics were provided however tone, pitch, and cadence were not.
Poor Hugh.
That was the moment of truth. The temperature had dropped from 60 to
50 and the intermittent showers had become a strong steady rain. Hugh's
instructions were to find the farmer in charge in Grindstone Park. The
tunnel was dry, hot pizza and home was north, but the mission was not.
It may have been the inspiration I have learned from watching outstanding
CMC athletes go above and beyond, it may have been perseverance learned
from Tues/Thurs runs, or it may have been lack of good judgment, but
down Paige Hill we went.
However, whatever inspired me to Grindstone Park and held me through
two trips across the bridge imitating a barnyard animal failed me eventually.
There was talk of a creek crossing 30 inches deep (and rising) to find
a boogie man in a gila suit. Tempting yes, but... fueled by a hit of
Red Bull we abandoned Grindstone Park and headed back to the hot, wonderful,
warm, incredible narnia of Shakespeare's.
With this race report I respectfully submit the event worthy of a bead!
I also encourage everyone to watch for more Off Track Events. They are
not typical chiped timed event (to say the least). Swim, bike, then run
is good but so it the off season!
Steve Kullman
Read
the Missourian write up on the Mayor's Cup
