City Chase

Yesterday my friend and I went in the Mitsubishi City Challenge. It's like the Amazing Race all in one day. You get a clue sheet with 40 clues on it and you have to decipher them then choose a route to take you to 10 Chase Points where you then do a task at each one. There were over 500 teams. We think there were close to 700 teams actually. Anyway, we crossed the line and placed 36th! We were sooooooooo excited! The City Chase is an amazing experience to share with a friend. We made so many great memories. I woke up today smiling at all we shared and experienced together.

Below are the 10 tasks we had to do (all the tasks have titles):
1) Boot Camp - this was an obstacle course we had to run through twice.

2) Using Your Head - I had to put a helmet with a bucket on it on my head and my partner had to throw a ball in it. Then I had to move 10 yards further away and she had to do it again, then I moved 10 yards further back 2 more times.

3) Burn It Off - At Goodlife Fitness we chose a chocolate bar. It had 240 calories on it so we had to burn that off on the eliptical.

4) Knee Slapper - There was a HUGE line up at this one which was at Absolute Comedy. Luckily, my partner figured out that the first 25 people who went to Boot Camp got a Front of the Line pass so that's why we did Boot Camp first and we did get the pass. So we got to Knee Slapper and simply walked to the front of the line probably saving us an hour! The thing is, we got there and moved so fast that I didn't even know what the task was by the time my partner got up on the stage. We had to pop a balloon with our butt and then there was a piece of paper inside that said Jackhammer. Next thing I know, she goes up on the stage and says she's going to imitate Britney Spears singing while using a Jackhammer! She was so funny but the 'judges' weren't really laughing (everyone else was though). Finally, they gave us our Chase Point if my partner promised to get off the stage!

5) Serve 'em Up - This was at Jack Astor's. I made a drink and then my partner had to balance the glass on her forhead and pour the drink into it.

6) Tissue? - In Yorkville we had to each produce a real tear! Do you have any idea how hard that is??

7) Footie - At Fionn MacCool's we had to answer trivia about the World Cup. My partner went inside and asked the bartended who knew all the answers!

8) Unchain My Heart - On the Danforth they tied us together with a chain and gave us some mathematical clues that we had to figure out to get the combination to unchain ourselves.

9) Tied Up - At Korry's Clothiers my partner had to tie a bowtie around my neck.

10)Chase Point #1 - This was cool. If you raised $50 previous to the race and registered that then you got this Chase Point simply by showing up to one of 2 locations. Always a good bet!

Oh, Craig? I know I've been ignoring you but really...City Chase?...Craig?...City Chase?...Craig?...City Chase?...Craig?....sorry, I have to go with the City Chase on this one Craig. I know you think I'm using you but that's life sometimes so just suck it up.