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LIVESTRONG Austin Marathon and Half Marathon Trash Run on September 13

1st September, 2011 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

Each winter, usually in February, the Austin Marathon and 1/2 marathon take place.  As people are training for the race through the year, Livestrong has a lot of fun events planed to gear up for it, including a series of trash runs, during which you can run along different sections of the Austin Marathon and 1/2 Marathon route, pick up waste along the streets, and end the run with a happy hour at a local neighborhood restaurant. The website says:

The organizing staff and volunteers will meet at 6:00pm and plan on running from 6:15pm to 7:00pm, wrapping up the run at the restaurant with happy hour until 8:00pm. Each run would cover about 2-4 miles and locations would rotate to cover different neighborhoods on our race routes. Helping the effort will be local businesses, government agencies, eco-friendly advocates, and area runners.

It sounds like a lot of fun if you like to run, and may even involve free food and drinks, although the website isn’t specific. I wish I had known about this earlier but the first 2 trash runs of the summer have already passed by.  However, there’s one more run scheduled this summer if you’re interested -it’s Tuesday, September 13th starting from Hickory Street Bar and Grill.  Hope you can make it!