Littering on the course.
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TryScott posted 12 weeks ago.
Excellent question. If it's a democracy, I vote banana and orange peels do not count as litter. I've gotten a few sticky spots on my legs from stuffing empty gel packs into my shorts, but I draw the line at putting a banana (peel) in my shorts.
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dollfin04 posted 12 weeks ago.
TryScott wrote:
Excellent question. If it's a democracy, I vote banana and orange peels do not count as litter. I've gotten a few sticky spots on my legs from stuffing empty gel packs into my shorts, but I draw the line at putting a banana (peel) in my shorts.
I just got a mental image of this....haha :)
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kylie posted 12 weeks ago.
I'd email the race director on that one. But if you think about it, if all the athetes were tossing peels, they'd add up fast. I would probably just pull off the peel and try to toss it before the end of the aid station.
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PrinceofClydes posted 11 weeks ago.
Can't carry a half-banana peel to the next aid station?
Not even to save the aesthetics of the countryside we are privileged to race through, such as the Indian Reserve in the similkameen valley (one of the most beautiful anywhere)
then you aren't an Ironman, you're a tourist.
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beads1985 posted 11 weeks ago.
Check with the RD as Kylie suggested or suck it up and put it in your back pocket with the used gel pack.
So you get a little sticky. I agree don't be a tourist.
Nothing to it, but to do it
I see in the rules that littering counts as one strike and three strikes and you are out. I completely agree with this rule and am glad it is there.
However, does throwing banana peels in the ditch count as littering? It is composting in my mind, and I feel it is completely different. The bananas they hand out on the course come with a peel on them, are we supposed to stuff it in our jersey until the next station? If so then I guess I will have to deal with it.
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