Costumed racers rush past seated man
Four people racing with shopping cart down street
Person dressed as milk carton runs under overpass
Man dressed as Robin throwing flour on racers
Women dressed in blue costumes and bathing caps
Two men dressed as Robin
Three women dressed as bakers race alongside wall
Suited man passing shopping cart over a median
Racers dressed as Roman soldiers
Three people dressed as gnomes
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Idiotarod Racers, Manhattan BridgeWelcome to the Idiotarod, where sabotage is encouraged, elaborate costumes are required, and physical stamina is an afterthought. This five-mile (eight-kilometer) race through New York City in winter is only for the (fool)hardiest. The American Festivals Project captured the madness in 2009.

Here, a competitor from Team Scuba takes a breather and obstructs racers on the Manhattan Bridge. Read more about the Idiotarod on the American Festivals Project blog.
Photograph by Andrew Owen, American Festivals Project

Idiotarod

See photos of the 2009 Idiotarod shopping cart race in Brooklyn, New York, in this American Festivals Project travel photo gallery from National Geographic.

April 05, 2010

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