Summary: You've no doubt heard of racing clean, but have you heard of racing green? When you think about it a typical big city marathon or Ironman triathlon leaves a pretty big garage mess in its wake. Just think about all of the millions of water cups that are used and discarded like so many dead leaves in the fall. Most endurance athletes don't give this refuse much thought but Roman Mica spoke with a former professional triathlete and a longtime runner who understand and really appreciate the meaning of the word sustainability. Jeff Henderson is the executive director and co-founder of the Council for Responsible Sport. He has spent the last 11 years immersed in the sport of triathlon as an official, journalist, professional triathlete, and race director of such events as the Musselman Triathlon, Fly by Night Duathlon, and City of Portland Triathlon. Now he's working with Nike to help ensure that their races are green. In his own Portland Triathlon he has pioneered green racing with environmentally friendly trophies, race shirts made from organic cotton and transition bike stands made from bamboo. Staley Krause is a long time runner and the founder of MindsetTriathlon.com. She has seen the writing on the wall, and to her it says that ebooks are the wave of the future. Her web site let's readers download triathlon related books and literature in PDF formatted files which makes the books: a) less expensive and b) completely tree free. So sit back and relax and click play to listen to this very green and very environmentally friendly episode of the everyman endurance podcast. Please note that absolutely no tree were harmed in the taping of this podcast. And please don’t forget to please visit http://www.everymantri.com for more podcasts and endurance sports news and views.
