- Reduce the use of plastics by sourcing water from local fire hydrants for on-course hydration
- Reduce the use of disposable cups by providing participants with a reusable HydraPak SpeedCup
- Donate leftover athlete food and water to charity partner, Move For Hunger
- Donate t-shirts and other leftover clothing items to The Bowry Mission who works to combat homelessness
- Offer athletes the option to donate or receive no participant shirt during registration
Future Sustainability Goals
- Develop and implement an organization-wide sustainability policy that guides daily operations and decisions across all of our events and programs
- Donate leftover swim caps to local youth swim programs
How You Can Help
- Utilize Reduce.Recycle.Reuse stations to dispose of waste properly
- Carry your own reusable hydration bottle, and utilize self-service water refill stations
- Don’t throw away your old running sneakers. Donate them to charities that will redistribute them to people in need or will recycle them
- Extra Tips –
- Carpool on Race Day
- Take Public Transportation and/or bike when possible