Chiditarod 2010 from Katie Bordner.

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Chiditarod V salutes all who helped make Chiditarod 2010 truly, totally, off the hook EPIC.  This crazy race just gets more and more legendary.  Thank you.  Thank you... thank you for choosing to live adventurously, artistically, and with good humor... all while fighting a common foe: Hunger in Chicago.  Prizes, times, and cart deposits will be handled in the next few days if not sooner. For now, let's see the media!

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A few memorable quotes:

• "Radtacular"
• "It will be a day long remembered"
  
• "Good heavens, was it EPIC! It ran so smoothly, I can't believe there were 120 teams. Really liked having different routes for different teams, it never got too crowded at any of the bars. And we loved karaoke."
• "So much carrion this year... weird."

Read all of this.  You'll be happy you did.

Food Drive

The Chiditarod is probably, most likely, we assume, the largest mobile food drive in the universe.  This year you must finish the race with at *least* 40 pounds of quality, non-perishable, preferrably high-protein food in your cart.  This year all food and monentary donations go to The Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation.  If you have friends who aren't racing or volunteering, ask them to participate by bringing food to the start or finish line.  Times are tough; especially tough for those in real need.  Chiditarod isn't just a wild, incredibly EPIC race to glory. You are doing good work. Please dig deep and help your fellow citizenry. 

Hear ye, hear ye!!!  Let the EPIC begin.  Again.

Chiditarod (ʃai*dit'*ə*rɒd): n.) the annual Chicago-based phenomenon that combines elements of the Alaskan Iditarod with Chicago's finest brand of debaucherous social activism.  One part food drive, one part pub-crawl, one part costumed race, all parts radtacular.

“RUNNING ROUGHSHOD OVER HUNGER SINCE 2006”

The *AWESOME* known as Chiditarod is now in its 5th year.  On March 6th, 2010,  Chicago's mushers, artists, pub-crawlers, enthusiastic leisurists, professional badasses, cartoon characters, activists, ninjas, saboteurs and of course, robots, will assemble yet again to perpetrate what is "nearly definitely the largest mobile food drive in the known world."

Epic mushers, veteran and new.  We salute your bravery, ambition, utter disregard for the resonable, and HEART.  The results of the 2009 Chiditarod are in.  First and foremost, the food drive.  The Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation is the recipient of the food drive this year.  Thanks to your generosity and cunning, the 2009 Chiditarod raised 7,758 pounds of food for Chicago's hungry.   That's almost 4 Tonnes!

7,758 pounds!

Thanks to the large majority of you who took your carts home with you after the event. We salute you. As for the few of you who figured you'd let someone else clean up your mess...

 

Starting line: 1900 W Hubbard, 60622

DO NOT SHOW UP WITH A CART IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED. If you have registered, you may check in at 11 am.

Safety is our first, second, and third priority. You are responsible for keeping yourself and your team safe and in compliance with the law. That means obeying traffic signals and laws restricting public consumption of alcoholic beverages, staying on the sidewalk, and being respectful and responsive to pedestrians, motorists, and especially members of the Chicago Police Dept., should you have the occasion to interact with them.

You must be at least 21 to participate. Bars will be carding at the door. Form a line, and be patient. Life is a gift, so take those moments in line to experience, with ecstatic wonder, that burning feeling in your lungs, that blister on your toe, those rivulets of rain mixed with snot running from your nose.

This is a leave-no-trace event.  Make plans to take your cart HOME (not down the street) with you after the race.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.

WAITING LIST IS CLOSED.

We will not be able take ANY day-of registrations. You can still volunteer, or come out to watch the race (don't forget to bring your non-perishable canned goods with you!).

Hear ye, hear ye!!!  Let the EPIC begin.

Get a year's portion of GLORY in a single afternoon.  For serious.

Chiditarod (shy*dit*a*ROD): n.) the annual Chicago-based phenomenon that combines elements of the Alaskan Iditarod with Chicago's finest brand of debaucherous social activism.  One part food drive, one part pub-crawl, one part costumed race, all parts radtacular.

The AWESOME known as Chiditarod is now in its 4th year, and promises even more ridiculousness than ever before – but we need you.  YES YOU!!!

On March 7th, 2009, Chicago's mushers, artists, pub-crawlers, cartoon characters, activists, ninjas and robots will assemble yet again to perpetrate what is "probably the largest mobile food drive in the world."

PARTICIPATE!!!

1) RACE

Assemble a team of five - answer the call to glory.

iditarod = dogs+sleds+tundra
chiditarod = people+carts+asphalt+food+mayhem

part food drive.
part happy hour.
part war game.
part talent show.
all chicago.

THE 4TH ANNUAL Chiditarod 2009
Launching March 7, 2009

Chiditarod is FOR the people, BY the people.  racing is one way to participate, but in order for anyone to race, we need to have participation through volunteers.  we need some good people to help us co-create this sucker.  leadership opportunities in the rawest, realest form.  this is not a test.