Register

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!

Gather your team and get ready.  To race, you must have a team of 4 or 5 people, a decorated shopping cart, REGISTER, pay the registration fee and cart deposit, have at least one team member attend a racer orientation, and bring the correct poundage of food to the starting line. There are absolutely, positively NO walk-up, race-day registrations allowed.

Team Registration

Register Teams here!
  • Opens January 19, 2022
  • Registration closes on February 21, 2022 at 00:00 am CT
  • $85.00. That’s it. One tier.
  • All teams are required to pay a separate, refundable $44 cart deposit.

Individual Registration

Register Individuals here!
  • Introducing a special individual registration option for 2022.
  • Registration closes Feb 27, 2022 or when sold out.
  • The registration price is $22.
  • You are required to bring 10 lbs of food!
  • Please consider fundraising as well.

As in years past, registration fees are non-refundable. All times are in the USA Central Time Zone. 

CHIditarod in a Nutshell

  1. Read all of the rules. Yes, all of them.
  2. Click on the “Register Now” button (above, if registration is open)
  3. Register your team and submit registration fees and your cart deposit
  4. Receive email from us confirming your full registration, which also has links to your automatically-created fundraising page
  5. Customize your team’s fundraising page
  6. Borrow a shopping cart (or buy one)
  7. Figure out a theme
  8. Unleash creative beast on selves and cart
  9. Collect food — 69 pounds minimum
  10. Fundraise like maniacs
  11. Attend mandatory racer orientation on Thursday Feb 24th, 7:30pm CT.
  12. Receive informational emails from us about race day. Read them all
  13. On March 5, 2022, bring all your stuff to CHIditarod (food, cart, teammates, good cheer)
  14. Give your food to the food truck. You will not be able to check in without all of your food.
  15. GLORY, EPIC, FUN, ADVENTURE, MUSH!
  16. Run with Epic smiles and strides across the finish line
  17. Attend award ceremony.
  18. Take your cart home with you
  19. Follow instructions for getting cart deposit back
  20. Begin nefarious planning for next year…