A cold morning in Ann Arbor, but the annual downtown Turkey Trot put on by RF Events drew its usual thousands of hardy runners. Santa was there to welcome in the Christmas season, even singing the national anthem, and colorful costumes were everywhere. As usual we set up the main Zero Waste station at theContinue reading “Ann Arbor Turkey Trot 2025 Sustainability Report”
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Ann Arbor Marathon 2025 Sustainability Report
Sunday, October 12 was a perfect day for the Ann Arbor Marathon, with cool temps and partly cloudy skies, and a great turnout with over 2,000 runners doing the full, half, 10K, or 5K runs. That combined with pizza, popcorn, ice cream, and the classic Epic Races full breakfast promised to make it a busyContinue reading “Ann Arbor Marathon 2025 Sustainability Report”
Firecracker 5K 2025 Sustainability Report
The annual Firecracker 5K is a fixture of the July 4th celebrations in downtown Ann Arbor, along with the parade immediately following the race. This year in addition to the hot dog contest division (eat four hot dogs in 76 seconds, then run the 5K), there was a flag-carrying division and for the first time,Continue reading “Firecracker 5K 2025 Sustainability Report”
Ann Arbor Turkey Trot 2024 Sustainability Report
It was a chilly morning in downtown Ann Arbor, but the Turkey Trot sold out, with over 4,000 people running the 5K or one-mile races. A quick snack, perhaps a visit to Santa, and then they’re outta there and we get everything cleaned up and done before noon. But the RF Events folks know whatContinue reading “Ann Arbor Turkey Trot 2024 Sustainability Report”
Ann Arbor Marathon 2024 Sustainability Report
A wet, cold day in downtown Ann Arbor didn’t stop nearly 2,000 runners from showing up for our annual marathon, hosted by Epic Races. Whether they ran the full 26.2 or one of the shorter races, they all got a good run in, and ate and drank a lot afterward. So the Green Team hadContinue reading “Ann Arbor Marathon 2024 Sustainability Report”
Fast and Clean! Ann Arbor Firecracker 5K 2024 Sustainability Report
This year’s July 4 Epic Races Firecracker 5K returned to downtown Ann Arbor after last year’s construction moved it to Briarwood Mall. As usual, there was a hot dog contest division (eat four hot dogs in 76 seconds, then run the 5K), and a kids race led by the amazing Larry the Giant Hot Dog,Continue reading “Fast and Clean! Ann Arbor Firecracker 5K 2024 Sustainability Report”
Happy 50th! Dexter-Ann Arbor Run 2024 Sustainability Report
The 50th anniversary of the Dexter-Ann Arbor Run this year achieved a couple of sustainability milestones, appropriate for the special year: And all this with attendance up 33 percent from last year, a post-pandemic high of over 4,100 runners. Waste streams included: Our single bag of landfill consisted of tape, diapers, contaminated plastic, laminated paper,Continue reading “Happy 50th! Dexter-Ann Arbor Run 2024 Sustainability Report”
Cold One for St. Patrick’s? Make it a Double! Corktown and Shamrocks & Shenanigans Sustainability Reports
Mother Nature picked the perfect time to stick a windy, freezing day in the middle of terrific early spring weather. “Perfect” for laughing her butt off. Certainly the HPR crew was freezing its butts off! But we persevered and pulled off two successful Zero Waste efforts, at St. Patrick’s day themed races: Shamrocks & ShenanigansContinue reading “Cold One for St. Patrick’s? Make it a Double! Corktown and Shamrocks & Shenanigans Sustainability Reports”
Go, Gobble, and Gone! Downtown Ann Arbor Turkey Trot 2023 Sustainability Report
The RF Events Turkey Trot in downtown Ann Arbor on Thanksgiving morning is something like a “here and gone” event. I arrived at 6:30 a.m. to set up, the runners were off at 8:30, and we were packed up and outta there at 10:45, with Liberty Street clean and open to traffic like nothing hadContinue reading “Go, Gobble, and Gone! Downtown Ann Arbor Turkey Trot 2023 Sustainability Report”
Lots of Flash, but no Trash! Ann Arbor Firecracker 5K Sustainability Report
The Epic Races Firecracker 5K was back at Briarwood Mall this year, thanks to construction in downtown Ann Arbor that made the standard location of Fourth and Liberty unavailable. Attendance was up from 2022, with a large number of onsite registrations, likely due to people making sure the air quality would be okay. The hotContinue reading “Lots of Flash, but no Trash! Ann Arbor Firecracker 5K Sustainability Report”
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