­­Team registration for 2010 is now open! Please review the 2010 Rules (under Downloads, below). Print and complete the Team Registration & Waiver form (also below) and follow the instructions to submit the form. Deadline to register is 5 p.m. on Friday, February 26.

The Cinciditarod is a wacky shopping cart race through the city. It's named in tribute to the Alaskan Iditarod - a brutal 1,100-mile dog-sledding race - but instead of dogs, it's people; instead of sleds, it's shopping carts; and instead of Alaska, it's Cincinnati.

The race starts on Fountain Square on the first Saturday in March – the same day as the real Iditarod. And yes, we stole the idea from similar races in San Francisco, Portland, New York, and Chicago.

While physically attached to their grocery carts, teams push through a nearly five-mile course over the streets of downtown,­ Over-the-Rhine, Newport, and Covington, picking up items on a grocery list and stopping at five mandatory checkpoints.

Grocery items benefit Cincinnati’s FreestoreFoodbank, and a challenge awaits team members at each checkpoint.

Volunteers wanted! Click here for details. 

Thanks to our 2010 title sponsor New Horizons Credit Union!

Special thanks to our media partner Frequency 94.1.

Forty-one teams participated in 2009. To see how each team placed, see Downloads, below.

Articles & Photos:
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Photos from Metromix.com

Watch the 2009 video, produced by the awesome people at The Projectmill:

Mush on!