AT&T Austin Marathon
What the AT&T Austin Marathon is doing to be more 'Green-Friendly':- Keep Austin Beautiful & Austin Out House are working with us to recycle all cardboard and plastic bottles (water bottles and POWERade bottles) on the course and at the expo.
- All Austin Out House units will be serviced with Dyna-Bact Environmental Toilet Deodorizer and they will also provide toilet paper manufactured with recycled content.
- Solar-powered generators at start and finish lines.
- Farmer’s market at the finish line.
- 100% Organic cotton half marathon finisher’s t-shirt.
- Official race vehicles and trucks on racecourse will be using Bio-diesel fuel.
- Racecars & trucks will be discouraged from idling while working race day.
- Commuter offsets will be available for purchase online soon!
- Composting & MORE!
- Solar-powered stage
- Preferred parking for carpoolers
Green Highlight from the 2008 Marathon:
- We recycled a total of 14,375 lbs. of trash - 10,000 lbs. of cardboard and 4,375 lbs. of plastic on the course and downtown!
About the AT&T Austin Marathon:
The 2009 AT&T Austin Marathon and Half Marathon
are USATF-Course Certified race routes that start and finish in downtown
Austin on Congress Avenue. Both races are loop courses. The first
17 miles of the marathon climb a total of 304 feet (or 18 feet per mile)
in a stair-step fashion that allows your legs to use a variety of muscle
groups and allows you time to recover with downhill and level running surfaces. The
final nine miles drop an average of 33 feet per mile.
This race route gives the runner an opportunity for more downhill running during
the second half of the race. Estimates by our elite athletes suggest that the
race route produces a total handicap of about 3 minutes. They characterize
the course as an “honest course”.
February 15, 2009
AT&T AUSTIN MARATHON
For more information:
http://www.attaustinmarathon.com
