In the preceding post, I mentioned that there’s a movement afoot to reduce the impact of running events, triathlons, bike races and the like. One of the driving forces behind this nascent movement is the Council for Responsible Sport.

Jeff Henderson and Jonathan Eng launched the Council in September 2007 with the thought that the broader world of sport could do with a little cleaning. To that end, they’ve developed a draft set of standards for green event certification which can be viewed here. The key word in the previous sentence is the word DRAFT. Jeff and Jonathan are sincere in wanting these standards to be objective, transparent and inclusive and, thus, are encouraging folks to comment on the draft standards using this form.

I’ve already let them know how I think the standards should be tweaked. Why don’t you take a few minutes to do so as well?

Are you part of the problem of part of the solution? What do you do with the thousands of cups, water bottles and other trash generated by your event? What efforts do you or should you make leading up to race day?

On April 5th, in Arlington, Virginia, running event directors from across the country will gather to learn:

• Which U.S. road races are setting the Green Standard?
• What are best practices?
• Where do you go to find green vendors?
• And much, much more.

Please join me as I lead this all-day workshop presented by Road Race Management.