Ready, Set, Idiotarod?!

Photo via itsnotthatfar's flickr

The Idiotarod is coming, and tomorrow teams will freeze as they push their carts through the city streets... if it doesn't all fall apart before then. About an hour ago we received an email from organizers Corporation X which alluded to some people having suspicions about the validity of their ownership of the race—which they took over from Danger Zone. They claim Danger Zone (pictured) have been intercepting emails and causing havoc.

Anyway, if you register, you'll get the starting point from Corporation X and all the details you need. They included two warnings in their latest correspondence: 1) you can't throw food this year, and 2) do not listen to anything you hear in the press. So, we suppose you should stop reading this now.

One team is hopeful that the race will go down as planned tomorrow and recently told the NY Post of their cart theme, explaining: “We’re going to speak in silly British accents and move in chess characters. The knight can only move in L shapes. Our costumes are amazing. We’re going to get into fights with each other discussing about moves.” Right. So, um, if you see any of these shenanigans going down, send us your photos!

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on January 29, 2010 3:55 PM

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glen glenn

young people outside having fun??? what scumbags, go back to Omaha, or something

dugpol

someone leak the location after you get your text tomorrow plox o.o

Kevin Walsh

The third leg of the winter follies. Santacon, no pants, idiotarod. Combine all three...

www.forgotten-ny.com

NannyState

A tri-asshole-on?

NannyState

I mentioned the Idiotarod on the Sarah Palin website. So if you see a snowmobile filled with guns weaving and being driven by a very confused couple...

WT

yeah, cause you all sound like a hell of a lot of fun too.

imadick

omigod. all hipsters are from ohio and want to ruin our city with their shitty self-absorbed 'fun'. let's hope they all freeze in jail.

Eric

Oh man, hipsters freezing to death. Awesome.

mrguy

i've run the idiotarod twice and i am definitely not a hipster. nor are the friends I ran with. In fact, the whole enterprise of acquiring a cart, decorating it, making costumes, and then running 5 MILES in the cold New York winter seems like a lot more work than most hipsters I know would ever do.

imadick

#1. you're right -- it's more work than most hipsters would do.

#2. you are a hipster. accept it and set yourself free.

#3. you are better than the average hipster. because you've done this thing twice.

Jake Dobkin

We couldn't figure out how to register as a team this year, so there's a good chance Gothamist won't be at the race taking pictures. That means it's up to you, idiots- upload your best shots to Flickr and tag them with Gothamist. Good luck!