As race organisers we have a responsibility to our participants but also to the environment. Here are some measures we are taking to reduce the environmental impact of the race…

T-Shirts
As was the case in 2022 and 2023, for 2024 participants won’t receive a race t-shirt by default. Since this race began in 2011, there have been approximately 15,000 t-shirts produced for the event, which comes at a huge environmental cost. We understand that for many people the race top is important so they will be available to purchase separately if desired. However, long term we can’t justify the continued production of thousands of t-shirts.

Medals
For 2024 the medals will be made from recycled metal.

Plastics
It is very hard to completely escape the use of plastics at events but we have significantly reduced the amount we generate by making sure that medals are not delivered individually in plastic bags, switching to biodegradable water bottles (even though we still aim to collect 100% of the bottles used by participants) and using recycled materials where possible.