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Asheville Idiotarod 2009

Issue: 
November 2009

Costumes, shopping carts, and running shoes in what may be the area's most eccentric 5k race.

Team Ms. Pack-A-Lacky
This team—paying homage to workout icons Denise Austin, Suzanne Somers, Jane Fonda, Kathy Smith, and Olivia Newton John—won the Richard Simmons Award for best use of Spandex.
WNC magazine's Dodgeballers team finished a very respectable fifth place.
The PaddleWheelers rigged their cart with a banana launcher.
The Jackson 5 reunited for one more tour (albeit a tour of Riverside Drive).
Event organizers and volunteers
Teams gather near the starting line.
The Monty Python-inspired K-Nig-Hts
Team Green Bastards
Team Mineless won the Chuck Norris Award for kicking so much butt with their homemade shopping cart boot locks.
Event organizer Richard Handy tells everyone the rules of the road before the start.
WNC Magazine's team of Asheville Tourists haul lumber at one of the challenge stops.
A flour fight broke out as teams waited for a train to pass right before the final sprint.
Team Rudolph's Revenge won the Hasselhoff Award for general coolness. Their sleigh was equipped with a Miami-grade sound system that pumped out beats through the race and the after party. Appropriately, they played "Chariots Of Fire" while approaching the finish line.
WNC magazine's Dodgeballers team hits the road after one of the challenges.
WNC magazine's team of Asheville Tourists at the finish line: soggy, cold, and having a great time.
The race may be over, but team Coyote Ugly rides on.
If there was an award for best fake afro, they would've taken it hands down.
Team Don't Call Me Shirley shares a beer at the finish line (in the Wedge Brewery parking lot).
The Super Turbolicious Divas won the overall race.
Rudolph's Revenge rocked the party at the Asheville Pizza and Brewing Co. into the wee hours of the afternoon.