About Us

The inaugural Wild Onion Urban Adventure Race was launched in the great city of Chicago in 2000, by John O’Connor, John Hamill and Will Burkhart. The race was featured in a two-hour primetime special in 2001 on ESPN. The Washington Post named it one of the top 6 Adventure Races in the World! The event has also been featured in Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic Adventure Magazine, USA Today and Adventure Sports Magazine. Since the inaugural race in Chicago in 2000, the event has been held in Houston, Indianapolis and New York. The race is now making preparations to go international in the exotic city of Chengdu, China—the panda bear capital of the world!