Willamette Week's Cartathlon III!

The Portland Mobile Restaurant Group and Willamette Week, present "Cartathlon IIIâ! This mobile-eatery-themed combination of a scavenger hunt and urban footrace celebrates Portlandersâ love of food carts, defiance of winter weather, and affinity for oddball competition.

Working in teams, participants will have 3 1/2 hours to decipher riddles, eat, ride Tri-Met, find Portlandian items, and take photos. The route will encompass Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and North Portland as contestants race between some of Portland's most popular food carts, completing fun challenges and eating tasty food.

Participation fee for contestants is $55 for a five-person team, and will include breakfast snacks, complimentary beverages, free food along the route, and admission into an after party hosted by Willamette Week.

Founding carts include: Big-Ass Sandwiches, FlavourSpot, Grilled Cheese Grill, Koi Fusion, Potato Champion, and Whiffie's Fried Pies.

Top team will win free food cart food for a year! Win prizes for best dressed team, best team name and more!

^{Saturday, February 23}^{10:30 am}^{Willamette Week Headquarters}^{2220 NW Quimby St.}^{$55. All ages.}

Race starts 11:30 am-12:00 pm, ends 2:30 pm-3:00 pm. After party at the Green Dragon sponsored by Ninkasi Brewing.

Registration deadline: Thursday, February 21 at noon

To sign up a team of five people, email promotions@wweek.com. Please include team captain name, telephone number and best time to be reached for payment.

Cartathlon is generously supported by: Car2Go, Happy Cup Coffee, Ninkasi Brewing, Cart Compass PDX, KIND Snacks, Secret Aardvark Hot Sauce, Green Dragon and Food Carts Portland.

WWeek 2015