Written by: Melanie Stuparyk
Posted: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
The Council for Responsible
Sport has chosen a number of seedling races to help the group to “guide the
development of the standards, the certification process, and supporting
documentation.”
“The pilot program will allow CRS to
apply and refine certification standards with real-world events confronting
real-world sustainability challenges,” states the website www.resporting.org.
A local choice among these
eco-friendlier races is Tri-Maine’s Zone Urban EPIC on July 26 in Portland,
Maine. The urban triathlon has a 40K downtown bike course normally unavailable
to cyclists, and a great 10K ocean run. Designed to be participant and
spectator friendly, this race offers a great festival with a climbing wall,
martial arts demos, sculptures and artwork, vendors, beer gardens, music and
more. The city can only handle so many happy triathletes, sign up now to secure
your spot at www.urban-epic.com.