Patrick

Age: Younger than I look - that's what I get for working for Dave.

Occupation: Dave's bitch...I mean associate

Relation to Dan/Dave: Dan is a good friend. I work for Dave.

Why will you win? I paid off Satanya down at Staples to make me a copy of the clue cards. While I was at it, I asked her to have several sheets of cards laminated in a random pattern to incite Dave's OCD. Worked like a charm for several weeks.

Why will you lose? I forgot where I put those cards.

Not including your team, which team stands the best chance of winning? Anyone related to Dave, as you have an unfair understanding of his neurosis.

What have you done to prepare for this race? I've drawn a detailed map of New York complete with annotated historical events under my shirt, since Dave gets the odd pleasure of frisking everyone. I'm running out of skin - why couldn't the Dutch have founded this place in the 1950's?

What do people tend to underestimate about you? Because I was born in Oklahoma and raised in Georgia. Yankees tend to consider those states nothing but indian territory and cotton fields, respectively.

For those of you who did not enter last year’s race

…do you have any idea what you signed up for? Probably better than anyone else who wasn't involved last year, as Dave talks about it for hours on end everyday. I mean, all I want to do is get a little work done, but no its GothamQuest this and GothamQuest that.

What one song have you listened to the most in your lifetime? University of Georgia fight song, "Glory, Glory to Old Georgia" (get to hear it after every touchdown).

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up (and how close did you come)? An equity research associate for a slave-driving, neurotic M.D. with an MBA from Harvard. I think I hit the jackpot.

What is the area of Manhattan that you know the best? Hell's Kitchen

Who probably looks better naked - Dan or Dave (remind yourself who is organizing the teams before writing your response)? Yikes, I am now permanently scarred for ever having had to entertain that mental image. Dan for sure.

Say something nice here about Dan and Dave:
Dan is a wonderful person. He is a warm, caring, compasionate person and an excellent cook. Dan has a quick wit and an amazing amount of patience to put up with Dave.
Dave is an ok boss.

Anything else you would like to say? The South will rise again.

Josh

Age: 28

Occupation: stock analyst

Relation to Dan/Dave: Former co-workers with dave, willing participant in dan’s culinary extravaganzas

Why will you win? I already got one GQ under my belt

Why will you lose? Cause I still don’t know this flippin city well enough

Not including your team, which team stands the best chance of winning? Who else is in the race?

What have you done to prepare for this race? Befriended the kind folks at kinkos who are cutting the laminated clue cards

What do people tend to underestimate about you? My utter hatred for pigeons

For those that were in last year’s race…
…what was the best part of the race for you? Team PEMA (Pete and Emma)

…and what advice would you give to this year’s new racers? Don’t be afraid to ask random people to help you out. The more gray hair, the better…

What one song have you listened to the most in your lifetime? Blue Sky, The Allman Brothers Band

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up (and how close did you come)? I wanted to be a construction worker cause they got to wear jeans in the summer. My mom NEVER let me wear jeans in the summer. I’m not too handy, so I did not come close.

What is the area of Manhattan that you know the best? Upper West Side

Who probably looks better naked – Dan or Dave (remind yourself who is organizing the teams before writing your response)? Patrick tells me that Dan definitely looks better in the nude.

Say something nice here about Dan and Dave: As far as couples go, the most pleasant to be around of any I’ve met in NYC

Anything else you would like to say? Nope