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25th January 2010:
The next installment of the Urban Max Brisbane will be on the 19th June 2010 and entries will open on the 15th February 2010.
The next installment of the Urban Max Sydney will be on the 20th November 2010 and entries will open on the 19th July 2010.
23rd November 2009:
Sydney Urban Max - Run and Won - Results Now Available!
After a great day on Saturday, the Urban Max Sydney has been run and won for another year.
Race results are now up on our Results page.
Photos and a Race wrap up will be avaiable soon.
If you would like to share your Urban Max story or just give us some feedback, send your race reports via email to Henry.
The two best race report will win a $50 gift voucher courtesy of Blackheart.
Also, if you were one of the many teams with a camera out on the course, send Henry your favourite photo of your team in action or just having fun out on the
course. All photos will be published in our new "My Urban Max" section on the website.
If you have any photos from the day you can also upload them to the Urban Max flickr site, using the following url,
http://www.flickr.com/groups/urbanmax/
Brisbane Urban Max - Wrap Up!
Pole dancing, a Segway obstacle course, clay pigeon shooting and a tai chi class were just some of the challenges that faced the 150 teams in the fourth edition
of the Brisbane Urban Max. Setting off from the picturesque Roma Street Parklands, most teams headed off to West End to locate the elusive kayaking checkpoint
followed by the Nando's Cockerel at the West End farmers market. As some teams discovered, the kayaking was a case of "going uphill followed by a cruise downhill"
as the tidal flow of the Brisbane river made it difficult for teams heading away from the launch point. Teams were also obliged to make way for the odd River Cat
in a serious case of David's vs Goliath - luckily the ferry master was able to negotiate the traffic with ease.
After the action at West End, teams seemed to split up from here with the popular route choices being:
- taking a bus back into the city to collect the Big Issue checkpoint followed by a quick jaunt on a pair of rollerblades to cover off checkpoint 11 or;
- taking a bus down Vulture street to gain access to the eastern checkpoints of the course including the movie quiz, pole dancing and segway challenge.
As teams started to head for home the front runners made an appearance at the finish line clocking up some incredibly fast times. In the social category it was
team "Quack, Quack" - Anna Skinner and Luke Johnston taking line honours in a time of 2h19:27. In the racing category the spoils went to Shayne and Sonya
Palfreyman in a blistering time of 2h45:32. Both teams beat their nearest rivals by over 30 minutes - a remarkable achievement!
In a first for the Urban Max series, teams were able to purchase a "Red Cross fast forward pass" not only allowing them to skip a checkpoint of their choice but
to support the wonderful and necessary work done by the Australian Red Cross. We would like to thank all competitors who supported the fast forward and raised
funds through the MyHero website, your efforts generated a much needed $1850
Full race results from the Brisbane Urban Max are now available for download. To see where your team finished in the rankings, click the link below:
Brisbane Urban Max - Race Results
Supersport Images, the official event photographers are collating all the action shots from the event. The images are now available from the link on the Brisbane Urban Max - Race Results page.
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