The Rat Race by Erik

Team Ark hit the streets of London! Erik wrote this to sum up the weekend's event:

'Adventure Racing' is written on Ark in Oundle's van and this is what 6 members of the Pit Stop team did last Saturday in London!

The RAT RACE! - 4th edition in London, 30th overall.

They wrote 'urban adventure challenge event that turns cities into high-adrnaline adventure playgrounds'... for us it was the greatest team bonding experience eveeer!

We left Oundle at 11am, jumped on the tube at High Barnet and got in the event village by London Bridge just before 2pm. The Rat Race course was kept secret until a few hours before the race. At registration we were given a map and directions to the check points and then the 'points rush' began.

Running, rolling and jumping in search for check points. Some of the things we had to do were

• find Silvester Stalone's hands in Leicester Square
• eat salty and sandy cockles
• sing and dance the 'macarena' in the middle of the street.

All of these were on the streets of one of the busiest cities in the world. They were right when they said 'expect the unexpected!'

Overall is was a great experience, and I think that all of us want to do it again next year. Maybe next year we could go for the whole weekend!

Erik Borbinceane

Check out www.ratraceadventure.com/page422.asp to see the results!