San Francisco Marathon – Going Green

I spent Sunday cheering on and being inspired by my great friend Fanny Retsek as she completed her first marathon (5 hours, 38 minutes – thank you very much!) .  As I and friends waited at one of the cheering sections for her to run by, I noticed all of the discarded water cups on the street and wondered if they were eco – friendly, going to be recycled, etc. so I did a little snooping:

Compostable!!  Nice job.  Some other great green things I noticed:

-The Health & Fitness Expo – generated by bio-fuel

-Runners could donate to NativeEnergy, and help offset their carbon footprint in getting to and from the race

-My favorite: Used running shoes were dropped off at the expo for donation to St. Vincent de Paul Society

Cool event, cool organization – while I may never run any farther than the distance between my car and my favorite flea market booth at the DeAnza -  if I do, it will be at the SFM…

http://www.runsfm.com/home.html

to green wonders and wanders,

Gussy