2/21/2009 - Tampa Bay
2/28/2009 - Phoenix
3/21/2009 - Los Angeles
4/4/2009 - Austin
4/18/2009 - Atlanta
5/2/2009 - Washington DC
5/16/2009 - San Francisco
5/30/2009 - Boston
6/6/2009 - Portland
6/20/2009 - Madison
6/27/2009 - Denver
7/11/2009 - Minnesota
8/1/2009 - Chicago
8/15/2009 - New York City
8/29/2009 - Seattle
9/12/2009 - Charlotte
9/26/2009 - Philadelphia
10/3/2009 - Dallas
10/16/2009 - Normal, Illinois
10/24/2009 - San Diego
11/7/2009 - New Orleans Championship
Team Presidential Racers
Linda Odden & Polly DuRose
Place finished in the 2008 Minneapolis race:
112th
Our goals were: 1) to finish, 2) to hopefully not be last. We achieved ALL Goals.
How do you know each other?
We went to college together.
What’s your favorite part about participating in The Great Urban Race?
It was fun meeting the onlookers along the way. We had a lady on the bus who knew all the places. She would randomly say, “Have you been to such and such, that's the place for this question. You can get your chopsticks at Macy's Marketplace.” I told her that she must have been riding the bus way too long to know where all the clues were.
Would you recommend The Great Urban Race?
Most definitely!!!.........I’m already trying to get a group of eight of us together to do it in ’09!
We’ll be returning to Flour City again in 2009! Teams will find checkpoints, complete challenges and navigate the streets of areas like Uptown, Dinkytown and The Warehouse District.
$10,000 Grand Prize at the New Orleans National Championship.
Think you know Minneapolis? Then sign up today for The Great Urban Race!
Field will be limited to 500 teams.
Packet Pick-up: 11:00am - 11:55am
Start Time: High Noon.
Start / Finish Location: Coming soon.
Directions & Parking: Coming soon.
Results and event pictures will be posted here within three days after the event.
Shop GUR
$50 per person until 6/15/09
$60 per person until 7/10/09
$70 per person on race day
1st Place: $300 and free Championship entry
2nd Place: $150 and free Championship entry
3rd Place: Free Championship entry
4th-25th Place: National Championship qualifier medal
Best Costume
Funniest Pictures
Top Family Team
In the event of a Disaster including hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, etc. the race director and The Great Urban Race staff will decide whether or not to cancel the event based on the safety of participants and staff. Participants will NOT receive refunds in the event of a Disaster, but will have the option to transfer registration to a different 2009 city (Championship not included). Every participant accepts the risk of his or her entry.