{"id":310,"date":"2017-07-10T15:28:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T22:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2017-07-17T10:55:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T17:55:34","slug":"tricycle-race-saved-by-the-trike","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/tricycle-race-saved-by-the-trike\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricycle Race &#8211; \u201cSaved by the Trike\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Allard\u2019s Annual Tricycle Race<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-172\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2016\/files\/2016\/06\/trike-race-champions-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"trike race champions\" width=\"380\" height=\"253\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2016 Trike Race Champs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2016\/files\/2016\/06\/Trike-Race-Nikos-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Trike Race Nikos\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Harris running for the trike!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a member of the ALSS Social Council this past year, I had the pleasure of helping plan and organize the annual Tricycle Race (or Trike Race as it is affectionately known).<\/p>\n<p>The Trike Race, sponsored by Farris, is a longstanding tradition at Allard. It dates all the way back to 1972! (Although much has changed since those early years)<\/p>\n<p>Each year, those students tasked with organizing the event choose a theme. This past y<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2016\/files\/2016\/06\/Trike-Grad-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Trike- Grad\" \/>ear\u2019s theme was Mario Kart, and previous years\u2019 themes have also included Saved by the Trike and Jurassic Trike. Teams show great spirit by dressing up in silly costumes as they face off against one another and battle it out for the timeless title of Trike Race Champions and everlasting recognition on the coveted trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Trike Race takes place just beyond the doors of Allard Hall. This past year we raced up and down Crescent Road, across from the school\u2019s main entrance. Students and faculty sign up for the race in teams of four and one at a time each member of the team must chug aglass of non-alcoholic beer before running to the starting line, mounting their tricycle, and racing to the other end of the course. But there\u2019s a twist, racers must navigate the course as onlookers shoot them with water guns, bombard them with water balloons, and dump buckets of water on them from the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>This event receives widespread support from students and faculty alike, and is without a doubt the most highly anticipated event of the year. TrikeRace takes place at the culmination of spring classes and is a terrific way for both students and faculty to celebrate the end of term together and unwind before April exams. The race is followed by a Friday Social, complete with awards ceremony, where participants can socialize and enjoy food and refreshments.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-339\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/files\/2017\/07\/Trike-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are thankful to Farris and the ALSS for keeping this tradition alive!<\/p>\n<p>Written by Josh Sved (2L)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_173\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Allard\u2019s Annual Tricycle Race As a member of the ALSS Social Council this past year, I had the pleasure of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49885,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49885"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/310\/revisions\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/orientation2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}