Environment

Running is environmentally friendly... right? Or at least not environmentally unfriendly. I mean, I throw out my GU wrappers. A while back, Runner's World investigated the carbon footprint of runners - nearly 5500 lbs of CO2! Travel accounts ~4500lbs (with the majority of this being attributed to flying to races), and gear accounts for the remaining bit (and I personally think that some of their figures are conservative). Want to figure out your carbon footprint? At least we're not as bad as the Olympic torch!