The Subaru Urban Assault Race: The Amazingly Fun Bike Race

The Subaru Urban Assault Race: The Amazingly Fun Bike Race 2006 schedule is now up and online, with races in Los Angeles, San Diego, Dallas, Ft. Collins, Austin, Denver and Boulder.

That's me and my daughter on the right side of the picture in the blue and yellow... if you click on the video you'll also see us running at the start on the right side of the screen, and then you'll see a white and silver car stopping at an intersection and you'll see us sprinting across the intersection from the right side of the screen, and finally you'll see a close-up of us riding down 6th street as I give my daughter a boost (it was near the end of a 3 hour race) . It's absolutely the most fun you'll have in a race, and if you live anywhere near one of the cities I recommend doing it... I've already signed us up!

From the website:

"The Urban Assault Race™ is a combination of an Adventure Race, Scavenger Hunt and Bike Race. For the past 2 years, the event has been the biggest adventure race in the country! Sweet!

Teams of 2 race through the city to reach checkpoints where they perform fun physical and mental challenges. Racers can be ages 7 – 100 (anybody can do it!).

Checkpoints are listed on the website before the race and racers pick their own course to the checkpoints, which can be reached in any order. The first team to complete all the checkpoint challenges and return to Start/Finish wins the race! Then the party begins!

The standard race distance is approximately 20 miles and includes up to 10 checkpoints plus the final challenge at the finish. The Family Division is for kids (ages 7-12) and their parents/guardians. The family division will hit 5 checkpoints and ride around 10 miles."

They didn't have the "family" distance last year when we did it so we did 20 miles and with the checkpoints it took us 3 hours or so... and we would have been faster had we not been delayed 45 minutes at one check point! Regardless, it was a hoot!