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Behind The Scenes Of Chiditarod: Wicker Park's Food Drive And Shopping Cart Race (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Behind The Scenes Of Chiditarod: Wicker Park's Food Drive And Shopping Cart Race (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
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Chiditarod isn't the easiest event to explain. Simply, it's just a food drive and shopping-cart race through Wicker Park. But the details that get omitted are what make the race worth attending: The teams wear shamelessly goofy costumes, push outfitted shopping carts, and make pit stops at bars along the way. I had wanted to check out the event since I first saw videos of it a few years ago and wondered, "How do hundreds of people manage to push shopping carts for miles during the tail end of winter while sucking down beer like water?" It sounded pretty terrible--fantastically so.

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