One Letter

Sometimes we take for granted how much of a difference one letter can make. A friend of mine sent out a message today about this urban race that's supposed to take place in Chicago this October. She suggested that a group of us do it as a relay team, and it sounded like it could be fun, so I decided to go on the website to check it out. I launched the link that came with the message, expecting to see information on registration fees, start times, total race and individual leg distances and obstacle descriptions. Imagine my surprise when instead I found links to information about premature ejaculation, male menopause, prostate disease and male enhancements. I'm not saying these aren't important topics, just not what I expected to find.

After a little email traffic and doing a Google search instead of going to the website directly, I was able to find what I was looking for. It turns out that the original link to the website was missing one letter. One little letter was the cause of all this confusion. Thankfully, there wasn't anything really bad on that first website, since I went to it using my work computer - that will teach me.

We'll have to see about the race. It looks like fun, but I'm not so sure about the obstacles. They include a tire obstacle, monkey bars, marine hurdles, stair climb (inside Soldier Field), the taxi hurdle and the wall. The are time penalties if you don't complete some of them in a certain number of tries. I have no upper body strength and am afraid of heights on top of it (pun intended), so I'm afraid I may be useless in this particular challenge.

What do you think? Should I go ahead and try it anyway? It's not like I haven't done crazy things before. This would be par for the course.