Saturday, February 9th 2008

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1. Each team must consist of 5 members and a shopping cart. At all times, 4 people (pullers) must be attached to and running in front of the cart. The fifth person (the musher) needs to be in or on the cart. You can switch positions if you'd like during the race, but you will always have to have four pullers and one musher. You choose who does what. We encourage all mushers to wear a bike helmet, especially if they will be riding *IN* the cart.
2. Any regular shopping cart is acceptable. Children-sized and toy carts are not.
3. You are responsible for your own cart. A bike lock might be a good idea. It would be very hard to win if you can't find your cart after a checkpoint.
4. You can make modifications to your shopping cart with restrictions.
   1. All race carts need to ride on the original 4 hard rubber caster wheels it was made with. You can not substitute any other kind of wheels such as pneumatic or anything else.
   2. Every bit and piece of your cart must be accounted for. You can cut your race cart apart, but every single piece needs to be reattached somewhere on your cart.
   3. You cannot make a cart that is designed to inflict pain or otherwise pose a hazard to other racers.
   4. Your cart cannot be motorized. It has to be 100% human powered.
   5. You can grease the wheels, add platforms, etc.
5. You must follow all traffic laws. Do not run red lights. Do not go the wrong way down one way streets. Yield to all pedestrians. Further, be polite when you are at the checkpoints and pitstops. There will be people there that aren't having as much fun as you, and will resent you for spilling your fun on them.
6. You cannot push other teams into traffic or pedestrians. This race is about fun, not about lawsuits. Any team causing pedestrians or other teams to be put into harm's way will be disqualified.
7. Your entire team must remain at each checkpoint for the full 20 minutes. We will not tell you when your 20 minutes is up, but don't try to leave before telling the marshall. If your team isn't clocked in *AND* clocked out, you may end up disqualified.
8. Shenanigans are allowed, but if your skull-duggery causes any serious physical injuries, you will be disqualified. If you get caught fighting or scuffling with other teams, you will be disqualified. If the police see you fighting, you'll probably be arrested.
9. Team members must be on foot at all times. No bikes, scooters, rollerblades, skateboards, rollerskates, etc. are allowed. We shouldn't have to mention it, but no other sort of transportation can be used either. (No pickup trucks, etc).
10. After the race, you must take your shopping cart away and dispose of it properly. This might mean returning it to a parking lot where it can hang out with its family. That would be a good idea.
11. Finally, this *is* a race, in that there will be a winner. Really though, we're all here to have some fun on an otherwise boring Winter Saturday. Do not break any laws, and do not cause any harm to yourself or to any others. It's all about getting out there, getting silly, falling on your ass and laughing. We do not expect you to remain sober. Indeed, we expect people will get a bit knackered throughout the race. There are no prizes for drunkeness, but it could be pretty damn funny. We absolutely hate the idea of people getting in their motor vehicles while drunk, so don't even think about doing that.
12. There will be referees along the route to disqualify cheaters. Nobody likes a cheater. Seriously, that's how feelings get hurt, fights start, lovers cheat, and great-grandparents roll over in their graves. Don't cheat and don't hurt anybody and you'll have a great time!