This team has participated like 8 years in a row: the "Cow-mations" had longhorns on the front of their "sled" but it kept poking runners. This guy also graciously offered to let me join their team mid race.
Another event I'd always wanted to go to was Urban Iditarod- where else do you come home from with plastic leis, condoms, dog bones, and a nice buzz? Instead of the huskies of Alaska, the San Francisco version has people simply dressed as dogs and since sleds large enough to tote a keg are quite scarce in California, they push shopping carts. Whether you run it or watch it, you always participate, and everybody wins. My favorite part of this event, besides the costumes and heavy drinking of course, is that there are no traffic controls. The organizer figures that with 250 people dressed up like dogs pushing shopping carts, that is enough to stop traffic on its own. Unfortunately, the photo didn't turn out from the best entry- they were dyslexic and had all dressed up as Greek Gods instead of "dogs", but hopefully there is enough pictorial to give you a taste of what things were like.
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| I kid you not that over 250 people participated. This is the first mandatory drinking... er! "rest stop". | Aliens invade with bubble guns and bubbly drinks. | Not sure of the theme here: some were angels, some were devils and they all gave out free condoms. | Dressed as middle easterners who had landed Bush's head on a pike, these entrants represented the "Axels of Evil". Note the bomb icon on their shopping cart! | |
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| I think a few "real" dogs were also along for the ride. | The "Chi-chi-wah-wahs" served margaritas, of course! | Check out the chopped ride these downtown dogs are pushing. | ||
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This team has participated like 8 years in a row: the "Cow-mations" had longhorns on the front of their "sled" but it kept poking runners. This guy also graciously offered to let me join their team mid race. |
Of course I love anything island themed- and these Dalmations served up wicked cocktails and left many gals, including me, "leid" in their wake. Also shown here during the race action. | |||
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| Apparently the Pope drinks Bud. | His sacred cart was really a shrine. | The scottie dogs had bagpipe music coming from their cart and served good Scotch. | More dogs from space. | The thrusters must have given them quite an advantage. |
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| Here are several shots of them running the actual "race". Out-of-town onlookers were shocked, to say the least! But isn't this really why they come to San Francisco? | And here they are running through the famous Chinatown gates. | The stragglers all seemed to need veterinary attention. | ||
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