Fort Stewart school teachers Dr. Edith Allison and Nancy Cintron made the voyage to Atlanta on Saturday to race in the 2009 Red Bull Soap Box Race, but crossed the finish line on foot after a slight problem forced them to improvise.

"Sadly, we didn’t get to fly with our Red Bull wings," Allison said. "We jumped into the car like we were Batman and Robin and heard a crack. We tried to go on, but lost a wheel."

Allison said Cintron just grabbed her by the arm and said, "Let’s go."

"We ran for the finish line, hand in hand," Allison said. "One of the judges, Michael Knight from ‘Project Runway,’ gave us a score of 7 (out of 10) just for style, I suppose. They wrapped up the wheel we lost in a ribbon and gave it to us for a ‘booby prize.’ "

Allison and Cintron are both breast cancer survivors.

After she was diagnosed in 2006,
Allison decided she would beat the disease and challenge herself to live life to the fullest. Inspired by the book "101 Things To Do Before You Die," she made her own list. Driving in a soap box race was the seventh item she has completed on her list.

Allison’s sister, Jean Marie, helped her design the car by incorporating the breast cancer awareness symbol, a pink ribbon.

Allison embarks on her next adventure this weekend at the 2009 Dragon-Con event in Atlanta. She will dress up as a female Klingon and compete in a beauty pageant. Allison isn’t sure what she’ll tackle after the pageant.

"The way it works is that I draw out the next adventure from a jar and the name of someone who has agreed to be an adventure companion with me from another jar and then the fun begins," she said. "We don’t get to pick; fate throws us together. I have been taking ballroom dance and Argentine tango lessons and that’s kind of ongoing."

Follow Allison as she tackles her list of 101 items at: http://edidod.blogspot.com/2009/03/welcome.html.