­­Thanks to all who participated in the second annual Cinciditarod!

Congratulations to the winners! ­

First Place: US Airways 1549 (team #25), adjusted time 0:39:00
Second place: Thriller Cart (#34), adjusted time 0:51:37
Third Place: Team Oz/Spice Girls (#1), adjusted time 0:55:11
Best Cart & Costume: ER Great (#39)
Best Performance: Team w­ith Sleeves/Snuggie Rap (#11)
Best Glamour Shot: Octomom (#30)
Best Obstacle Course: Cops & Robbers (#14)
Best Test Score: Cellars Dwellers (#22)
Best Sabotage: Celebrate OTR (#29)
Best Swag: I Love You, Man (gave out movie passes & T-shirts)
Drama Queen: Snuggies (got hit with a water balloon and called 911)
­Spirit Award: Team Awesome/Jamaican Bobsled (cheered every team as they finished)

The Cinciditarod, sponsored by New Horizons Credit Union, 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.

Special thanks to title sponsor New Horizons Credit Union and presenting sponsor Rippe & Kingston!

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

Articles & Photos:
If you post photos or videos to Flickr, YouTube, or similar sites, be sure to tag them with "Cinciditarod," "Fountain Square," "Cincinnati," and other appropriate tags.
Zany race metes challenges (Cincinnati.com)
Photos from Cincinnati.com
Behind The Scenes Of The Cinciditarod Race (MSNBC/WLWT.com)

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

Mush on!