Yesterday was a fun day in the city. A few months back, Robin came up with the idea to register a team for The Underwear Affair’s Booty Hunt race. The Undewear Affair (www.uncoverthecure.org) in Calgary is sponsored by the Alberta Cancer Foundation. The purpose of the event? To fight cancers below the waist, such as testicular, prostate, colon and ovarian. And the most fun about it? You get to complete the events in your underwear! In addition to the usual 5K Walk and 10K run, the Booty Hunt was added this year, which is described as a “challenging scavenger quest through the city”. Fast-forward to yesterday where, dressed in Cookie Monster underwear, we ran past unsuspecting citizens of the city in our skivvies to complete a bunch of tasks.
The team, consisting of team captain Robin and fellow members Rachna, Samir and Shari, arrived at the Max Bell Centre early and ready to race. It was amazing to see the level of comfort some people had with their bodies. Many were pretty much wearing nothing but tight underpants and running shoes. But whether ripped or not, everyone was there to participate in a fun event and raise money for a great cause.
After a quick orientation, the teams were released into the city at 2:00 pm. We opened up our clue package (teehee) and read the clues. The goal: complete 10 of the 11 tasks and receive a charm for each task completed. Then race back to the Max Bell Centre for the finish. Sounded easy enough, but boy was it a lot of running and deciphering! The tasks were scattered all around the downtown core and included events like a World Health workout in Eau Claire Park, finding a man with a giant bag of nuts in a market, visiting a yoga studio to learn some moves, re-enacting the Lady and The Tramp noodle scene at a mediterranean restaurant, taking photos of different monuments around the city, and spraying colour into Robin’s hair at a salon. All in all, it was exhausting and took us 2 hours, but it was so much fun! We raced to the finish to discover we had come in third place, yay! Too bad we misread a clue and did much more than we needed to. I’m convinced we would have had a first place finish if we slowed down and read more carefully. Typical Amazing Race-style error.
We then stayed, celebrated, and accepted our third place medals. Thanks to Robin, Shari, Rachna and Samir for an awesome day; and to Robbie and Tushna for coming out and supporting us. What a great event for a great cause! And truth be told, it was kind of fun to run around the city in our unmentionables… 🙂
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