The Yukon will host another adventure race this fall.

The City Chase Canadian Championships will take place in Whitehorse from September 28-30, Sport Yukon announced yesterday at the MacBride Museum.

The championships involve teams of two from across Canada completing a series of urban tasks — which could be anything from eating bugs to jumping off buildings — before crossing the finishing line.

It's still unclear what the winning prize is. Last year's champions drove home in a new vehicle.

City chase, largely sponsored by Mitsubishi Motors and GoodLife Fitness, is advertised as "part obstacle course and part scavenger hunt”.

Dave Nash, the event's vice president, travelled to Whitehorse from Ontario this week to make the announcement.

"The idea started back in 2003,” he said. "It was conceived at the beginnings of reality TV, back in the early days of survivor and amazing race.”

Nash, who is a partner in Mississauga's InField marketing group, said the race started from a conversation in the boardroom about american reality TV.

"It was like ‘Hey, this is ridiculous we can't participate in this stuff'.”

In 2004 the race launched nationally with a series of regional events. Those that win at that level are invited to the Canadian championships.

Regional races are six hours long and involve anywhere form 1,200 to 2,000 "chasers”.

The championships are 36 to 48 hours, non-stop.

"We will push them to their absolute brink,” said Nash. "We're going to take them completely out of their comfort zone. We're going to put them in an environment that they may or may not be familiar with and may not know anything about.”

Nash explained that the race is aimed to test participants' physical, mental and intellectual capacities.

"In a nutshell, city chase is an urban adventure,” he said. " It requires teams of two to make their way through a city — running, walking, using public transit in a series of what are called chase point challenges.”

Nash explained those designing City Chase are now "feverishly brainstorming amazing adventures” for the Whitehorse race.

The idea, he continued, is to push comfort zones and give chasers a "unique and memorable experience”.

It's also set up to make locals realize just what their city has to offer.

"We are all guilt of not understanding, or respecting or knowing what our own city has to offer,” he said.

An adventure racer himself, Nash first came to the Yukon in 2003. He's been hoping to host the championships in Whitehorse ever since.

He remembers having dinner at a friend's house who said she had a surprise for him: she's signed them both up for the Yukon River Quest.

They ended up winning the red lantern award for the last boat to finish the race.

Nash told reporters after the press conference he's still unsure if there will be a local Yukon team participating in this fall's race.

There will be teams representing Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, two from Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.

Elaine Taylor, Minster of Community Services, and Whitehorse mayor Bev Buckway spoke at Wednesday's announcement. They were both excited for the event to showcase the Yukon as an adventure travel destination.

"I just want to say that when it comes to testing your limit, Yukon is in fact the place to do just that,” she said.

Buckway was pleased participant's will use the city's public transit.

"It's really a fine day in our capital city when we can welcome another exciting event to Whitehorse,” the mayor said.