This was my second time participating and it's a pretty brutal race. On top of the sabotages from other racers (that are legal and encouraged) such as the possibility of a fake checkpoint, lots of food and condiments being thrown, and even bowling balls being dropped in your cart to make it heavier, the whole race is 5 miles long! For someone who is as professionally lazy as I am, this is the most daunting part. However, I overcame this feat with only a sore knee afterwards, along with getting pegged in the face with a handful of flour and someone lining our shopping cart handle with ketchup.
Teams are also strongly encouraged (if not required) to come up with a team theme and dress up, the most ridiculous and over the top the better! I had the brilliant idea (if I do say so myself) of having our theme be The Price Is Right, with our official team name being The Price Is Wrong, Bitch! The best part being (aside from our sweet t-shirts with Bob Barker's floating head on them) the spinning wheel in our cart! Check out a video below:
I was pretty proud of my mobile creation, and also felt like a badass for a day since I was also the one who stole the cart. Here are some photos of other carts & teams I really enjoyed (in no order):
Fake Work Police Department
Bullfighting team
My friend Leila's team - the Oregon Trail of DEATH!
Another friend's team - Wayne's World (I was Garth for Halloween this year, btw ;)
Batman and Robbins
My whole team at the first checkpoint
And you can see a ton more great photos here and here!
Now it's time to start brainstorming and training for next year's race!
- Alix!
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