Another team, however, received a clue sending them to checkpoint five. For example, as one team finished their initial set of puzzles at the church, their first clue sent them to checkpoint one. To win, all teams needed to complete all the checkpoints, but they did not all start in the same location. This also meant we did not have to have enough resources for all the teams at each checkpoint. The Race: Due to our self-imposed time restraints, instead of sending everyone off to the first checkpoint, we decided to split them up so that each checkpoint did not start with more than four teams. Again, this event has a lot of moving pieces, so make sure to over-prepare and over-communicate with your team. Each of those volunteers required strict information about what to do at their checkpoint. And because we ran two races at the same time, that meant we needed double the volunteers. Not only did we have volunteers help with setup and cleanup, but we had a few people at each checkpoint. You’ll need a team around you to help with all the prep work beforehand but also a host of people to help the day of the event. Volunteers: An event like this requires a lot of people! Do not even try to do this alone. Here are a few of our challenges: make five free-throws at a park, thaw and put on a frozen t-shirt at the church, drink a cup of salsa at a local Mexican restaurant, and make five paper airplanes that flew 5 yards each at the airport. I recommend personalizing this for your community as much as possible. Some of the locations were at church members’ houses, some were at local businesses, and others were in public parks. We purposely spaced out our checkpoints around town, often having the teams double-back, which helped us fill the time. Once they solved one challenge, they received an envelope, which contained a puzzle or riddle that led them to their next checkpoint. Some involved eating, others involved a physical challenge, and others involved solving a mental puzzle. Each clue was also printed off and placed in an envelope with our Amazing Race logo on it (to make it look official).Ĭhallenges: The challenges at each checkpoint varied. Remember you want everyone to be challenged, but you also want them to keep having fun. How much you help them, though, is up to you. If you want, you can allow teams to ask for hints via text, like we did. Some did not have any problems, while others struggled with things like deciphering. And others were identifying the location from a set of photos. We had a couple with latitude and longitude coordinates. Some of the clues had them deciphering a code to get an address. They then journeyed to each checkpoint around town before ending at the finish line in the church parking lot.Ĭlues: As stated above, in order to get to each checkpoint, the teams needed to first solve a clue. Once their team finished that puzzle, they received a clue to take them to their first checkpoint. We decided to have everyone begin at the church with some “spot-it” type puzzles. Some of our teams were families, and some were friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc.Ĭheckpoints: You will need enough checkpoints for teams to actually fill the time, but you don’t want to give them too many, or no one will finish in time. (I do not recommend this for everyone, but we did it this first time.) We also had a minimum of three and maximum team size of how many will fit in your team’s vehicle. The advanced race was for elementary-age kids through adults, had one more checkpoint, and more difficult challenges. It had one less checkpoint, and the challenges were easier. The beginner race was for those with really young children. Audience: We wanted to make sure to include as many people as possible of all ages, so we had two races happen at the same time.
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