This year’s RF Events Legend trail run at Sleepy Hollow State Park was the finale, as the event has been retired. It took place under perfect conditions on a cool October morning with the sun coming up at race start, and everyone who showed up for 5, 10, or 13.1 miles seemed to have aContinue reading “A Green Farewell! The Legend 2025 Sustainability Report”
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Pterodactyl Tri 2024 Sustainability Report
This year’s Pterodactyl Tri had good news and bad news for the Zero Waste team. The good news is the low amount of landfill – just under two pounds – and a smooth event, both for the athletes and the team. And I remembered to bring Zero Waste Rex! Which is the bad news, becauseContinue reading “Pterodactyl Tri 2024 Sustainability Report”
Getting On and Taking Advantage
A warm welcome to the readers of RunBikeThrow, my blog, and Happy Planet Running, my Zero Waste business website. I hope you are well and staying safe through all this. The RBT family – me, my wife Joyce, and my daughters and their partners, and my siblings and their families, are all fine and doingContinue reading “Getting On and Taking Advantage”
The GSB Interview: Jamie Simon, Greening the LA Marathon
Originally posted on GreenSportsBlog:
The Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon is one of the biggest in the United States, drawing 25,000+ runners from all over the world each year. The race passes through four cities, each with their own sustainability (recycling, composting, etc.) protocols and vendor contracts. Getting all four cities to pull together to…
Green-Sports Corporate All Stars: adidas Launches Shoe Made from Plastic Ocean Waste; Patagonia’s “Worn Wear” College Tour
Originally posted on GreenSportsBlog:
Conventional wisdom has it that, given the anti-environmentalist attitudes of the current occupant of the Oval Office, the corporate sector will need to step up, bigly, on behalf of serious action on climate change. With that in mind, GreenSportsBlog will, from time to time, highlight “Green-Sports Corporate All Stars” taking the lead at the…
How to Win Gold in Austin: Go Green!
Originally posted on GreenSportsBlog:
Texas is not the first state one thinks of in terms of Green-Sports leadership. But the Lone Star State is starting to move in that direction. In today’s TGIF News & Notes column, we take a look at last month’s Austin Marathon from a sustainability standpoint, courtesy of the Council for Responsible Sport.…
Great Event, But Where’s All the Trash?
Originally posted on RUN COFFEE WRITE:
Last Sunday was another “first” in my adventures in running – an early morning two-hour drive to Grand Rapids and the Gazelle Girl Half Marathon & 5K. So, one might wonder why a manly man like me would be part of a female-only race. Well, I was not there…
HPR Mission
Running is good for people. It should be good for the Earth, too! Happy Planet Running is dedicated to providing affordable and sustainable Zero Waste services to local race events. HPR promotes and supports running events that are environmentally friendly, energy frugal, and as waste-free as possible, while providing a great experience for everyone involvedContinue reading “HPR Mission”
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