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Save a life

Jason — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:48:40 +0000

Today is my one year anniversary donating bone marrow. It has been the proudest moment of my life. I urge everyone to sign up for the national registry. If everyone was on it then the world would be a better place. Here’s how you can save a life: http://bit.ly/be-the-match It’s easy and practically painless. By the way, I HATE needles and I’m not going to sugar coat it, you’ll be pricked over a dozen times throughout the entire process, but it’s worth it!!!

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We’ll Make It Up To You

Jason — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:46:33 +0000

We goofed. The CitySolve Urban Race registration went down for several hours on Sunday, which is why we are extending the deadline for the $25 per person ticket one day through the end of Tuesday, January 17th.

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Happy Friday the 13th! Boo!

Jason — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:20:33 +0000

Cornhole Challenge

CitySolveMitch — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:37:34 +0000

Super Social Media CitySolve Queen Caitlin here to rave about this years Bagtoss.com Cornhole checkpoint at our 2011 Las Vegas Championship Race & Las Vegas Public race.

This checkpoint made the game very exciting for our racers, as they rallied back and forth trying to toss the bag into the corn hole. With the abundance of laughter and aiming, CitySolve racers thoroughly enjoyed this game. For any of you who don’t know what Corn hole is, well you’re missing out! Corn hole is a classic game for the backyard and tailgate party. It goes great with BBQ, beer, family and fiends. Players each take turns throwing the bags into a platform, boards made of plywood are the best. A cornhole match is played until the first player or team reaches or exceeds twenty-one points at the completion of an inning. In order to score, the bags must either be tossed into the hole or land on the board. Landing on the board is worth 1 point, a bag that falls through the hole is worth a value of three points, (and bags in the BagToss.com slot are worth 5 points.)

To get your own cornhole set go to www.BagToss.com Check the pics on their site, you can get a sweeeeet custom board like the Rad Cornhole sets we gave out in Vegas.

CitySolve’s TOP TEN for Vegas Baby. Yeah!

CitySolveMitch — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:51:31 +0000

Hey CitySolvers,

Social Media Super-Dude Mitch here with our top 10 things to do in VEGAS! We got the hot spots on & off the strip. Thanks to Social Media Caitlin & Romantic Rob for contributing to this list. This years CitySolve Urban Race Vegas is off the hook. We have a Championship Race for $5000 Grand Prize with participants from all over the US, and Las Vegas Public Race to raise money for StandUp for Kids LV, which helps homeless youth for Las Vegas. So tie your sneakers tight and pound that RedBull to Solve VEGAS!

1. Crave the taste of Hawaii? Check out Vegas’s own “Snow Ono” Shaved Ice! Enrich your palette with various flavors such as pina colada, guava and lilikoi. Snow Ono offers a variety of flavors and combinations to suit anyone’s needs. http://bit.ly/lCqfjb

2. Think you can hold your own while in a Santa costume? On December 3rd, try joining in on the Las Vegas Santa Pub Crawl as you venture out to various pubs and drink specials at every pub you visit. Don’t forget, it’s a pub crawl, so keep your merry butt moving along! Proceeds goto benefit a local charity http://bit.ly/s44mDC

3. Start your day off right with a special take on Eggs Benedict. While we love our classics, you can’t deny the deliciousness of the Prime Rib Benny at The Egg & I Café. They start off with a croissant, which they top with sautéed spinach, bell peppers, poached eggs, prime rib, and finally hollandaise sauce. http://bit.ly/pS0h8p

4. You’ve now gotten some food in your system, and created just enough energy to lounge by the pool and do absolutely nothing. Vegas is for indulging, after all. Wet Republic on the Strip is one nonstop pool party, offering swimming, cabanas, bottle service, live music, and the best people watching outside of the Playboy Mansion. http://bit.ly/oKzWcs

5. It’s still early in the day, so before it’s scorching, partake in some of the best hiking the natural rock formations of the desert have to offer. Valley of Fire is the place to go, offering ancient hieroglyphics in plain view and natural red stone formations. Blaze your own trail, or hike on one of the many already in existence in the park. http://1.usa.gov/oB0yJt

6. Still want to beat the heat, preferably inside of a cool, dark movie theatre? We know that aside from being fearsome racers, CitySolve’ers are also intellectuals. Independent filmmakers showcase their work at the Giordano Theatre to various test audiences, seeing whether they have the potential to go global. Tickets are $7 a show, or $15 for a day pass. http://bit.ly/qWRvxU

7. Tired of dousing your burger with ketchup and mustard? Want to munch on a burger you’ll only find in Vegas? Bachi Burger serves “The Ronin”, a grass fed beef patty, kicked up a notch with Japanese coleslaw, caramelized onions, BBQ sauce, a friend egg, and spicy aioli. It’s so exotically delicious, you’ll forget for a moment that you’re in the Nevada desert. http://bit.ly/rbxdxd

8. Speaking of things you can only get in Vegas, try sailing. On land. What in the world am I speaking of, you ask? GoLandSailing.com offers sailing across the desert on ‘yachts’, complete with sails and rugged tires. We don’t recommend flip-flops for these boats. http://bit.ly/qRIKBG

9. Ready to get your heart pumping without exchanging your life savings for plastic chips that a blackjack dealer takes away from you with pleasure. Buffalo Bills Resort offers one of the steepest, fastest, and longest roller coasters in the world, “The Desperado.” That’s how we get high in Vegas. http://bit.ly/r8LFyP

10. Las Vegas can leave person feeling not so fresh, for many reasons. Before you leave, sweat out your toxins and rejuvenate with a hot yoga session at Vegas Hot! Yoga and Pilates. You’ll feel reborn (hopefully as someone who didn’t indulge in the all-you-can-eat buffet at your hotel multiple times). http://bit.ly/oHtcU1

New CitySolve Photo Gallery

Jason — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:53:19 +0000

Do you have photos of your CitySolve Urban Race still in your digital camera? Let them out… NOW! You can now put them on CitySolve Urban Race’s brand spankin’ new photo gallery powered by LiveShare! It’s totally rad n’ easy to share! So what are you waitin’ for…

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CitySolvers Meet Jessica, Jessica Meet CitySolve!

Jen Of All Trades — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:29:16 +0000

Introducing … Jessica our newest intern (muuhahah)!

A proud Chico State Wildcat, Jessica is entering her senior year at CSUC. She is currently pursuing a BS in Recreation Administration, with a double option in Resort and Lodging Management and Special Events. A bay area local, Jessica is a loyal beard fearing Giants fan! An athlete herself, Jessica is a captain of the Chico State Women’s Water Polo team. There’s nothing this California girl loves more than a suns out guns out day at the beach! Previous experiences organizing charity events, such as Chico State’s St. Judes Up Til Dawn, have prepared Jessica to work with us. With a playful imagination, and love for adventure Jessica adds to the creative dynamic here at CitySolve.

Stay tuned for more from Jessica and the CitySolve interns … Schools out for Summer and they keep showing up! Can we go back to college then? Please?

Fear the Beard Furballs Meets Bamboo Eating Pandas

Jason — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:02:22 +0000

O Yes San Fran you did not disappoint us…we had no doubt you would impress us.
For the First Time Ever CitySolve mastered 2 races on the same day, coast to coast in SF & Rochester NY.
Thank You all for coming out and solving your cities.
Check out our Final SF Results below AND an awesome video of SF racers, checkpoints, challenges costumes and craziness.

Key
* – denotes Top 25 (eligible for Las Vegas Championship Race)
S – Senior Division
F – Family Division
! – denotes an incorrect answer
DNF – Did Not Finish
NFT – No Finish Time
NPC – No Photo Check
*1. 2:10:18 Tristin & Evan Johnson The Furballs
*2. 2:11:50 Mariko Fritz-Krockow, Marc Salem, Person Perhaps Supersonic Tortillas
*3. 2:14:34 Alexandra Karabatsos & Annie Boschetti Fashion Police
*4. 2:14:57 Janet Yu, Anthony Wood, & ? Team Key-o-tea
*5. 2:16:37 Lindsay Johnson & Kevin Bukata Canadian Tuxedo
*6. 2:17:15 Joshua Zerkel & Ken Gwynn Silver Surfers
*7. 2:17:44 Becca Novak, Kat Walsh & Jen Thompson We Will School You
*8. 2:21:18 Bernd Becker, Kevin & Kristen Weiler District 12 Tributes
*!9. 2:21:40 Joyce Lee, Jason Sheldon & A Person J’s speeding ahead
*10. 2:27:22 Jeff Manual & Julie Ho Ninja Please!
*11. 2:28:58 Stacy Haywood, Bill Farner & Ram Ravichandra ‘); DROP TABLE teams;
*12. 2:29:24 Lex Dietz, Michelle Vuckovich & Chris Olson MCLovin’
*!13. 2:30:13 Daniel Kleiber, Dave Schweisguth & Chris Tamas The Crooked Souls
*14. 2:34:22 Aron & Katrina Lee Big Trouble Little China
*15. 2:36:28 Chris Chan & Donna Ma Team Dynamic Duo
*16. 2:39:30 Hannah Tran, Walsy Lam & Theresa Lee The Breakfast of Champions
*17. 2:40:56 Tim Grady & Chris Wall A Team
*!18. 2:41:40 Ricky Tong & Willis Kao Tractor Trump
*19. 2:44:22 Alyssa Petterson & Feras Bselso Pink LambuBank
*!20. 2:44:36 Alexa Morris & Karen Moreland Mountain View Mamas
*!21. 2:46:50 Armida Adams & Andy Casarez The Ay, Ay, Ay’s
*22. 2:48:00 Colleen Chan & Lucinda Foss Fourth Time is a Charm
*23. 2:49:00 Da Huh & James Choi bobo explorers
*24. 2:50:20 Hedwich Kaipers, Yuji Chiamura & Gil Mandel Baum Uriet Orbi
*25. 2:53:20 Sarah Klyap, Morgan Sanders & Laura Hayes Team Make It Precipitate
26. 2:56:56 Alison Williams, Irene Tong & Olivia Patterson LOST: In the City
27. 3:00:48 Iris Hui & Christina Lee SF Inspi(red)
28. 3:01:16 Serena Huey & Diana Ku Team Parney
29. 3:08:22 Anthony Barker & Christina Cardosa Team Smarty Pants
30. 3:08:26 Amy Rodriguez 7 John Dinh Team ATP
!31. 3:09:28 Amanda Gregg & Elizabeth Jackson Amanda & Eej
F32. 3:10:24 Eric, Keli & Alex Schagerus Natural Disaster
NPC 3:13:15 John & Christian Courtney Courtney Crew
33. 3:14:30 Christina Richarson, Vishal Jangla & Andrea Weidermann Here Comes Treble
34. 3:19:26 Miranda Rathbone & Ian Heid Dinosaur Waterbottle
!35. 3:20:40 Chris Wood, Mel Powers & Becca Juskovic Le Cuntasaurai y Bro
36. 3:23:51 Sara Brownell & Mandy Smith Shitzpoo
37. 3:24:15 Samantha Vance & Glenn Newcomer Something’s Coming
38. 3:24:40 Erin & Andrew Shugard Brainzilla
39. 3:27:50 Derrick & Angela Behrens DACOS
!40. 3:31:30 Team 2167 Team 2167
41. 3:33:00 Elizabeth & Brian Latham Flying Fartlekers
42. 3:33:10 Leddee & Simon Hui Hui-licious
!43. 3:35:44 Karen Byers & Kellee Hearn Team We’ll-do-anything-for-a-laugh
44. 3:38:54 YolandaBerry, Chris Arnot & Lori Myers Team Winning
45. 3:39:44 Dylan Rivas & Christina Esfehani Happily Ever After
46. 3:40:26 Stuart Riddle, Jame Schmidt & Darren Hubbard I Can’t Stand Them Jeans
47. 3:41:23 Rebcca Regos, Uri Tzarnotzy & Alex Diaz Innit
!48. 3:43:52 Cathy & Amy Meyer Cropdusting
49. 3:45:56 Zeke Kossover, Christine Mytko & Adam Hunter Synaptic
50. 3:47:52 Tom Griffin & Emily Young Bloom Giraffe & Chipmunk
!51. 3:48:15 Amy Fletcher & Miwa Ng Team Awesome
F52. 3:49:50 Claire Sharifi & Grace Clark Team Osmer
53. 3:53:44 Ashley Fumiko Dominguez & Richard Cookerly Team R & A
54. 3:57:07 Pheobe Wang & Jeremy McFarland Black and Yellow
!55. 3:58:30 Joe and Team CLASH
56. 4:00:24 Sabrina Matthew Allen Empire Enders
57. 4:00:24 Luara McKeegan & Rob Clima Anything for a T-shirt
58. 4:02:07 Aditya Prabhakar & Alda Luong A-Team
59. 4:02:18 Lisa Faucher, Julie Carling & Nancy Legato Nutty Banana Insurgents
!60. 4:05:10 Pobert, Jami & Haleiwa Price The Price is Right
!61. 4:07:18 Stephen Goo & Julie Chang Team Cashew
NPC 4:07:33 Amy Holman & Angela Infusino The Elements
62. 4:09:00 Jeff Anderson & Laura Schneider Fun For All
!63. 4:09:50 Anne Cabrinha & Ben Chiaramonte Banana
!64. 4:15:30 Stephanie Masuda, Michelle Lema & Julia Merritt G6 Girls
!65. 4:22:15 Erica & Monica Zamora Hmmm…
!66. 4:22:34 Team 2135 Team 2135
67. 4:23:38 Phillips Huang, Yann Malato & Julia Freimuth master of pipetts
!68. 4:28:38 Amy Liu & Tim Wong Team 2126
!69. 4:29:11 Lisa Shew & Carl Lee Poop Power
!70. 4:37:48 Igal Perelman & Aya Bellicha Time Out
!71. 4:39:24 Jessica Liu & Claire Siu Super Troopers
!72. 4:39:30 Dianne, Brian & Hannah Cline Team Cline
!73. 4:41:00 Trish Ward & Heidi Boynton Chopas
!74. 5:21:34 Chirstina Miller * Jeremy & david Hennessey Two Guys and a GaGa
S!75. 5:22:15 Laurie Ustruck & Bill Van Iden Team Trojan
!76. 5:36:10 Michael Lam & Cynthia Moy Skadoosh
S!77. 5:39:58 Greg & Marian Bradley Doppler Raiders
!78. 5:43:51 Karen Abate & Natalya Gray SNK
S!79.5:50:00 Joyce Hooks & Francell Haskins Baja Divas
!80. 5:55:02 Joe, Didi & Jennifer Benedict Benedict Bunch
!81. 5:57:20 Kenny Gong, Thomas Pham & Gabriel Ho Mama Jean
!82. 6:00:04 Sonya Lowe & Stacey Mullins The Sasssys
!83. 6:20:00 Casey Gil & Suzanne Tousseau Nerds!
!84. 6:37:44 Chris Leong, Kaori Leong & Shaun Chung That’s What She Said
!85. 7:24:00 Megan Pool & Linda hui Megan’s team
!86. 7:34:56 Christopher Umagat, Cindy Razo & Cathy Cruz Guam Bears
NPC: Shannon Chatigny & Anna Taylor: Elements 2
NPC: Kirk & Jennifer Copeland & Rochelle Cooper Threes
NPC: Catherine Coulam & Jesse Czelusta Tandem Misadventures
NFT: Justin Galicia, Andrea Waitrovich & Denise DeChaine Three Amigos
NFT: Jeremiah Lee & Beatrice Wang
NPC: Becky Lunders, Holly Haavik & Kim Tomei Fresh Squeezed
NFT: Dominic Moresi & Kristen Haney
NFT: John Nguyen & Kim Chu
NPC: Rikke Pedersen & Kristin Guess The Hunny Chasers
NPC: Amanda Phillips & Lynn Feldman Palo Alto Girls
NFT: Anthony Ramirez, Beth Harmon & Iris Weiss
NPC: Janell & Michael Robertson Where’s the Bar
NFT: Susan Lee, Anita Wong & Sonny Lau Beer Belly
NPC: Team 2175 Team 2175
NPC: Team 2200 Team 2200

Hey SF, Guess Who’s Goin to VEGAS?!?!

Jen Of All Trades — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:46:24 +0000

Hey San Francisco and the vast Bay Area!

Thanks so much for being troopers and sticking with us through the rain and challenging course, we knew you could do it!

Be sure to share your own photos on Facebook! OR email (jen@citysolveurbanrace.com) them to us! We LOVE them!

VEGAS, BABY! Top 25 Teams qualify for Championship Race in Vegas! Grand Prize $5,000! Don’t know if you qualified? Check it out below. CLICK TO REGISTER FOR VEGAS! OR see our home page and click on the Las Vegas date.

Special thanks and shout out to our Bay Area Non-Profit Partner, One Brick. We’d like to thank Tooks Hats, Live Share, Sports Basement, Thirsty Bear Brewing Co., Cykel, Rogue and all of our race partners! Thanks again and we look forward to seeing you soon … maybe in August!?!

Key
* – denotes Top 25 (eligible for Las Vegas Championship Race)
S – Senior Division
F – Family Division
! – denotes an incorrect answer
DNF – Did Not Finish
NPC – No Photo Check

*1. 2:10:18 Tristin & Evan Johnson: The Furballs
*2. 2:11:50 Mariko Fritz-Krockow, Marc Salem, Person Perhaps: Supersonic Tortillas
*3. 2:14:34 Alexandra Karabatsos & Annie Boschetti: Fashion Police
*4. 2:14:57 Janet Yu, Anthony Wood, & ?: Team Key-o-tea
*5. 2:16:37 Lindsay Johnson & Kevin Bukata: Canadian Tuxedo
*6. 2:17:15 Joshua Zerkel & Ken Gwynn: Silver Surfers
*7. 2:17:44 Becca Novak, Kat Walsh & Jen Thompson: We Will School You
*8. 2:21:18 Bernd Becker, Kevin & Kristen Weiler : District 12 Tributes
*9. 2:21:40 Joyce Lee, Jason Sheldon & A Person: J’s speeding ahead
*10. 2:27:22 Jeff Manual & Julie Ho: Ninja Please!
*11. 2:28:58 Stacy Haywood, Bill Farner & Ram Ravichandra: ‘); DROP TABLE teams;
*12. 2:29:24 Lex Dietz, Michelle Vuckovich & Chris Olson: MCLovin’
*!13. 2:30:13 Daniel Kleiber, Dave Schweisguth & Chris Tamas: The Crooked Souls
*14. 2:34:22 Aron & Katrina Lee: Big Trouble Little China
*15. 2:36:28 Chris Chan & Donna Ma: Team Dynamic Duo
*16. 2:39:30 Hannah Tran, Walsy Lam & Theresa Lee: The Breakfast of Champions
*17. 2:40:56 Team #2125
*!18. 2:41:40 Ricky Tong & Willis Kao: Tractor Trump
*19. 2:44:22 Team #2129
*!20. 2:44:36 Alexa Morris & Karen Moreland: Mountain View Mamas
*!21. 2:46:50 Armida Adams & Andy Casarez: The Ay, Ay, Ay’s
22. 2:48:00 Colleen Chan & Lucinda Foss: Fourth Time is a Charm
23. 2:49:00 Da Huh & James Choi: bobo explorers
24. 2:50:20 Hedwich Kaipers, Yuji Chiamura & Gil Mandel Baum: Uriet Orbi
25. 2:53:20 Sarah Klyap, Morgan Sanders & Laura Hayes: Team Make It Precipitate

Got Scavenger Hunt!?!

Jason — Thu, 26 May 2011 00:11:11 +0000

Do you know of any scavenger hunt contests (online or off)? If yes, CitySolve Urban Race wants to know about them. Post ‘em here (on this blog post), our Facebook wall or Tweet ‘em (please mention us if you Tweet: @CitySolve).