Environmentally Aware

[Veronica]

Something called a Hydrapour that's suppose to deliver 6 oz of fluid in a second. It will be interesting. The water stops have not been super crowded the last two years, maybe 10 - 12 people at a time, but if you're all crowding around a couple of pouring stations...

It's a good thing I'm not overly concerned with lost seconds on the run.

I am glad they are trying it. Somebody has to be first and if it works well, it will be a good thing. Apparently it has been used at several running races. This is the first tri to do it.

Veronica

[OakLeaf]

I'm envisioning Daytona 200-style pit stops - dry break fuelers, stop signs on long bars, and most importantly a pit lane speed limit...

[Tri Girl]

that's great! I hope it catches on and becomes the norm. All the trash at races makes me so sad.
We started recycling at all our tris (that our club puts on) last year. We contacted the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and they provide us with recycle bins and they come and collect it. With budget cuts I don't know how much longer they'll do it- but it's been a blessing. We still produce a lot of waste, but at least a good portion of it is being recycled.

Let me know how you like the hydrapouches from an athlete perspective. I'm on the committee that puts on an iron distance race in our city. If it works well, we might consider doing that in the future.

[GLC1968]

I saw that discussed on BT and I was amazed at how down on it everyone was. I think it's a good idea and I'm really curious to see how it works out.

This is a good video of how the refill thing works:
http://www.hydrapouch.com/cupfree/

I think that if you carry a flask, then you could fill the flask and the hydro pouch and use one for your head and one to drink...but what do I know, I've only ever raced a 5K.

[Trek420]

That sounds really great. Kind of like bringing my own coffee cup to the LCS (local coffee shop) on a massive scale.

Another program I like and wish more of our events did:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=21165

[colby]

Way cool! It actually looks better than cups, too, if you want the water to go IN you AND you don't have to drink all your water at once. I would love to see this at more races.

As for the water in/on you, maybe if you carried two of them, or carried a single regular dixie cup that you could use to pour water on yourself, or as you said filled it once, poured it on, filled it again, carried it for drinking? I'm big on the water on myself during races, so I'll be curious to see how that works out. Actually, maybe if you filled/carried two of them, you could pour water on yourself periodically, which would be super awesome.

I have heard that a lot of races recycle the paper cups now, but it still seems wasteful.