Blog Post Dump!
I guess like anyone that has a blog, you either don't have time to make a post or don't have anything to post. Well, that has happened to me. So I am sitting down this weekend and doing a post dump! So here we go...
It seems like everyone is doing one of those mud/warrior/obstacle course 5K runs. I have yet figured out why anyone wants to do this. "It's fun", "It's a party" or "A bunch of us run together"! Well, I guess that's great, but just not my thing. A couple of weeks ago there was one of those mud/warrior/obstacle course 5K runs (I will not name which one it was) on the fire roads near my house. I heard the turn-out for people racing was about 3500. That's a lot of people who know more about fun than I do...
A week after the racers and the race promoter had cleared the course, I went out on a trail run on the same fire roads that the course took. I was surprised by all the trash that was still on the (trail) course. I figure I would find a couple of paper cups or tissue or gel, but this was over the top!
This section of the fire road had the most trash on it.
I don't know if you see it or not, but there is a tail of a toy airplane in the picture. I found the parts of one or two toys planes. I have not figured why you would be racing with toy airplanes. Doping is so yesterday! Toy airplanes make you faster.
Race trash
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15-gallon trash bag
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I could not carry any more trash while riding the bike and I guess I still had a mile or less still to do. I think the thing that pisses me off about this is; that a race promoter needs to clean up the course or resources (the park) that it uses for these events. They charge enough for race fees to cover the clean-up and it's just the right thing to do. Not only for the park but the other park users. I know I have limited time to help support the park, but I don't want to use my free time cleaning up after someone who is making money on the event. I will get off my soapbox now.
It seems like everyone is doing one of those mud/warrior/obstacle course 5K runs. I have yet figured out why anyone wants to do this. "It's fun", "It's a party" or "A bunch of us run together"! Well, I guess that's great, but just not my thing. A couple of weeks ago there was one of those mud/warrior/obstacle course 5K runs (I will not name which one it was) on the fire roads near my house. I heard the turn-out for people racing was about 3500. That's a lot of people who know more about fun than I do...
A week after the racers and the race promoter had cleared the course, I went out on a trail run on the same fire roads that the course took. I was surprised by all the trash that was still on the (trail) course. I figure I would find a couple of paper cups or tissue or gel, but this was over the top!
This section of the fire road had the most trash on it.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QMbDhj3wG4YcHnNao77_gj98PzktjLdzMIvrecgo39nfDbHxMaMu9AjMB_V0OBJLZPCdn2NFSCj7MAhAq4kofpM0Mu7yljb201RANU0UE7YbK9puzmssf6ojEiFjW9tSM5vg-lpQSu4/s320/IMG_20130517_130537_651.jpg)
I don't know if you see it or not, but there is a tail of a toy airplane in the picture. I found the parts of one or two toys planes. I have not figured why you would be racing with toy airplanes. Doping is so yesterday! Toy airplanes make you faster.
Race trash
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGbjm79_h2Y_m-CRWzIAgSkpV6vQ9Qq3EAPmKno_AKQ-dUMgVO5-CP_u7yoCkKc24mPymyW9mgJh5MIAwmpXY-nsrmfP7gTSHMsDqbo3mkVAQLVNTC2c_7f0xZOAx7PbuYioprB0TsPY/s320/IMG_20130517_134800_831.jpg)
15-gallon trash bag
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQCcJx2V4GeaDtaRDzuBEdl9FAB3I45Gdw3KTF1X0TPAssmWysyn9_Bc8TjoB67ELp553jHeYIyqXDGIT7ASBgwfFYM4n7vpCL4Pgp-WaIaQ7yGoGO7AlKbae3l7x03b7tppUcLrT6ZU/s320/IMG_20130517_134747_206.jpg)
I could not carry any more trash while riding the bike and I guess I still had a mile or less still to do. I think the thing that pisses me off about this is; that a race promoter needs to clean up the course or resources (the park) that it uses for these events. They charge enough for race fees to cover the clean-up and it's just the right thing to do. Not only for the park but the other park users. I know I have limited time to help support the park, but I don't want to use my free time cleaning up after someone who is making money on the event. I will get off my soapbox now.
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