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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A Tale of Two Races: The Legend 2023 Sustainability Report
Saturday, August 5 By Green Team captain Emma Kubitz It was a fairly sleepy and overcast Saturday morning in Sleepy Hollow State Park (hence the name), but runners gearing up for the RF Events 2023 The Legend were anything but. We had appearances from many enthusiastic runners and even one special appearance from a friendlyContinue reading “A Tale of Two Races: The Legend 2023 Sustainability Report”
The Legend 2022 Sustainability Report
What’s better than a trail run through a pretty state park? How about a bike race the next day? The Legend – so named due to its location being Sleepy Hollow State Park – has been a Saturday morning trail run for many years. New for this year was a Sunday morning bike race onContinue reading “The Legend 2022 Sustainability Report”
The Legend Races 2021 Sustainability Report
The image you see above is of a Zero Waste Station that was unattended through an entire event. In earlier years I would not have dared to attempt this. And yet this year it has been successfully managed twice! In both cases the waste bins required only minor sorting before dropping them off at theContinue reading “The Legend Races 2021 Sustainability Report”
The Legend 2019 Sustainability Report
Our third cupless event of the year, with over five hundred runners out on the trails on a warm morning. Did anyone lose their heads over it? Not that we could see!
No Scare Here! The Legend Run 2018 Sustainability Report
Another beautiful day for trail races at Sleepy Hollow State Park, and while the Headless Horseman was nowhere to be seen, there was another terrific Zero Waste result.
Happy Trails: The Legend races achieve 97 Percent Diversion
An absolutely perfect morning for a race at Sleepy Hollow State Park, and another great Zero Waste result. (Pictured: our race director holding the single bag of trash from a 650-person race.)
Happy Planet Running 