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Oct 2018
6:57pm, 27 Oct 2018
3,289 posts
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run free
Halfpint, before you cut it up etc, give to the kids to play with. They can learn how to put up a tent, take it down without poking others in the eye....the 4 year old might like creating his own home?
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Oct 2018
8:17am, 28 Oct 2018
20,050 posts
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fetcheveryone
Following a chat with RF, I've added a new category to our race review, so you can now score the races you've done on their "Plastic free"-ness, from "SOS" up to "Amazing".
We were also wondering how to measure the amount of litter generated by the event - but realised it's difficult. If you win the race, you probably won't see any litter at all, but the tail end runners will see a different story. Plus I know that some races organise post-race litter picks, whilst others don't appear to. All suggestions welcome.
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Oct 2018
12:37pm, 28 Oct 2018
174 posts
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roberton
Nice, good idea to add the extra category. Thanks!
I agree that measuring literness (?) just by looking at the time would be misleading for the reasons you say. I'd like to see races get better with the bins they provide, as well as instructions to runners on what is the best way for them to dispose of their litter during a race.
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Oct 2018
4:20pm, 28 Oct 2018
15,625 posts
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Carpathius
Beachy was appalling for plastic. Fleecy saw the baggage system and said she thought "Carp won't like that".
Large plastic sack for each runner to place their bags in, with a sticker for name and number and then bags piled up under large signs with letters on all around the walls of the sports hall - so unnecessary.
Post race food in the school canteen; what looked to be possibly compostable containers, plastic cutlery, plastic bottles of water, plastic cups for squash or tea/coffee.
Water stations had those rolled-edge paper cups which I think have some plastic in them, and OMG the amount of litter dropped by runners! I rocked up to every checkpoint with my race vest full of sticky gel wrappers, jelly bean packets, tissue wrappings, plastic bottles and after one checkpoint (after any usual dropped cups would probably be collected by the volunteers) I picked up nine paperish cups.
I'm also the proud owner of three gels that didn't start with me.
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Oct 2018
4:26pm, 28 Oct 2018
3,290 posts
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run free
At the Windsor Half - there were loads of bins, yet many just threw their stuff anywhere and everywhere. After the cleaners had gone through, I picked up a bag of runners' rubbish from the grass for a 100m stretch. In Singapore full marathon, we went along a 5 km stretch afterthe cleaners and picked up 4kg of runners trash from the grass.....and this is in an area where there are bins every 20-50m.
During the Richmond Half, started to get grumpy with so many people just simply dropping their stuff, lobbing it on the banks .....even when there were bins in front of them that I had a rant .....and then runners around me started to put their garbage in the bin!!!
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Oct 2018
4:31pm, 28 Oct 2018
15,627 posts
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Carpathius
It somehow makes it worse if it's trail races. I can't bear litterers.
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Oct 2018
4:52pm, 28 Oct 2018
39,440 posts
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Velociraptor
Cyclists are worse. And with less excuse, because they have big pockets in their jerseys.
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Oct 2018
4:55pm, 28 Oct 2018
26,756 posts
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halfpint
I can't help wondering if people would drop their rubbish like that if they were out on a training run on their own. Is there an assumption the race organisers will pick it up? Or is it pack mentality, i.e. once a couple of people have done it everyone follows. I can never understand how people can carry the item with them but then not carry the empty wrapper.
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Oct 2018
4:58pm, 28 Oct 2018
14,006 posts
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Sharkie
I know this is preaching to the converted but did any of you read Fellruning's post this morning on the Anti hunting and animal cruelty thread? I will quote as it really brings the message home.
'On the subject of responsibility. This summer I shot a doe that was clearly very ill. As a matter of course I had the Ministry Vet do a PM in case of something sinister. The doe's stomach was blocked with...
Gel wrappers'
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Oct 2018
5:07pm, 28 Oct 2018
15,630 posts
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Carpathius
That's terrible 
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