Green athlete tips

Check out these tips on how you can start making a difference every day!

• Bike or run to work

• Bike to your group and track runs

• Start your runs from your home or office

• Carpool or take public transit to get to and from events

• Race in your hometown as much as possible

• Mix your drinks using powdered sports drink mixes

• Carry your own water in a container to reduce race cup waste production

• Use reusable bottles instead of throwaway plastic water bottles.

• Buy apparel made of natural and renewable resource

• Rething your purchasing decisions, and wear your existing apparel as long as you can

• Volunteer to clean up a local trail you like to run or bike on

• Organize a recycling initiative at a local race where participants can bring old equipment and apparel

• Use efficient and concentrated forms of laundry detergents

• Wash your apparel in cold water and hang dry

• Run outside whenever you can (rather than inside on a treadmill)

• For new equipment, such as hiking boots or a set of weights, purchase gently used equipment rather than new gear

• Wear your old running shoes casually after they lack cushioning for a long run

• Donate your old shoes to outfits that give shoes to needy people