KSR, as in Kinetic Sculpture Race. One of Baltimore's more bizarre and perhaps not-so-well-known traditions, which Jenny and I have seen parts of in years past. This year we're volunteers, so we're particularly excited. I'll be helping to create the mud pit at the Patterson Park obstacle course portion of the 15 mile race, while Jenny will be at two checkpoints near the Inner Harbor, with a wooden chicken-on-a-stick and a polaroid camera. Don't ask, you just have to come and see.
This is a race where finishing in the middle garners the top prize, the Grand Mediocre Champion, where 'kinetic cops' can be bribed to avoid tickets (time penalties), and where a giant pink poodle and a massive, fuzzy, skateboarding blue wombat race alongside an igloo, a rat made of trash bags, and a metal platypus, just to name a few.
For more info, check out the handy spectator's guide, which includes descriptions of all 31 entries, the race schedule, and a map of the course.
3 comments:
Think I could handle a 1 year old and a three year old there myself?
Kinetic Greetings from the Port Townsend KSR.
I hope that you have a Glorious weekend, and I salute your spirit in volunteering . I myself have been the " BogMeister" here in PT , and now I have been demoted to the Kinetic Konsortium . Please give our Kourse Kommisioneer aka. " the Earl of Bit" a big sloppy kiss on the cheek, from the Konsortium . For the Glory!!!!!!!!
PS. Children cannot be used for floatation.
How'd it go today?
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