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The Urban Iditarod is a shopping cart race in which teams of five people (one musher and four dogs) tie themselves to a (sometimes modified) grocery store shopping cart and run through the streets of a metropolitan area to different locations where they compete in "challenges". The race usually features people in costumes and themed floats/carts. The races are fun competitions where friendly sabotage, costume, and presentation are rewarded. It's a sled dog race without the dogs and without the sled. Instead, grab your four best buddies (of the non-canine variety), get a shopping cart, create costumes, and decorate your cart for the ride of your life.