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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wizz Air Ealing Half Marathon video race report. The team had one race target. It wasn’t about PB’s, it was all about highlighting the problems associated with adopting polluting sponsors. Watch the video to see how they got on. Then sign our petition. 🎥 to Talia & Liam @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Meet Leigh, a keen trail runner stepping into the world of ultra marathons while putting our How We Speak Out pillar into action. Inspired by listening to green running podcasts, Leigh joined TGR to make a tangible difference on every trail run 🏃‍♂️
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join us for our Nottingham Local Meet Up. Runners welcome, walkers welcome! 💚 to see you there ⏰️ 17 Oct 08:45 📍 Colwick parkrun 🤝 Meet Weirfields Recreation Ground pavilion 🚆 Sustainable travel options in alt-text 🟢 Look for Kev & his badges. Post run we plan to litter pick 🗑 followed by ☕️
Travel

🚂 The railway station is located approximately 0.8 miles from the start, and Beeston bus and tram interchange is 1.3 miles away.

🚌 The CT4N 18 bus (between Stapleford and Nottingham, via Beeston) provides the closest bus point stopping at the Meadow Road shops (0.5 miles from the start).
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our runners have completed their short haul flight around Ealing. Time for a virtual wizz. Time for sportswashing to take flight. Let’s Wizz! Sign our petition ✍️ Let race organisers know how you feel 📣 Run for good 🏃‍♂️ 💚🌍 @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our green flight crew chatted to fellow runners & spectators along the Ealing HM course. Once over the 🏁, they delivered our letter to Will, CEO of race organisers Race Nation. We hope to continue our dialogue with them for a greener future. @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We take issue with Ealing Half Marathon’s choice of sponsor - Wizz Air. The Green Runners crew are flying around the 13.1km route today calling out the use of polluting sponsors in running. @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Breaking news as Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes spotted taking a short haul flight around the streets of Ealing. #DropPollutingSponsors They’re taking the Whizz! @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Change in pilot at Ealing Half Marathon. Mandatory Green Runners patch looking good. Unseasonably warm running conditions thanks to climate change. We thank the polluting sponsor for their contribution. Brace brace. @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wizz Air, lead sponsor of 9 road races, aren’t hiding their objective. 🥇 Winners get Wizz vouchers. 🏃‍♂️ Every Skopje Marathon entrant gets a voucher. ✈️ Run the most kms across all 9 races & win an annual fly all you can pass. Jasmin Paris explains why we must keep aviation out of running.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This week is Ealing Climate Week. And on Sunday a big polluter is using Ealing as a billboard! It’s the Wizz Air Ealing Half Marathon Running doesn’t go hand-in-hand with promoting flying. It’s a huge contradiction. We hope Ealing Council can help convince the Ealing Half Marathon to drop Wizz Air.
ealingclimateweek.org
Ealing Climate Week 2026 | 19–27 September | Ealing Council - Ealing Climate Week
Ealing Climate Week returns 19–27 September 2026. Browse events, discover hubs across Ealing's 7 towns, and find out how to get involved.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Big polluters have no place in our sport. They’re taking the Whizz. 🤬 Here’s what: Damian Hall @ultradamo.bsky.social Liam Killeen @badvertising.bsky.social Anna Hughes @flightfreeuk.bsky.social & Dan Tipney, Safe Landing have to say about Wizz Air sponsorship. Hint: They’re not impressed!
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What’s the difference between a Green Runner & an airline that sponsors races? Create your own meme highlighting high-carbon sponsors & tag us! Join us, @badvertising.bsky.social & @flightfreeuk.bsky.social in telling race organisers to drop big polluting sponsors.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wizz Air claim to have the lowest airline CO2 emissions in Europe. At the same time, their desire is to provide everyone with flights at the lowest price & all you can fly annual passes. Reducing emissions while fuelling demand for cheap flights isn’t the answer. @badvertising.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Co-founder & Director Darren Evans chats to Zero Waste Medals about his low impact approach as a race director. Race t-shirts, goodie bags, medals, hydration etc. Darren covers it all in his low-key approach. #RunningWithoutTheImpact youtu.be/9pZfzeJSNkk?...
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What Runners Really Want: Better Events, Less Waste | 3WordRuns
YouTube video by Zero Waste Medals
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Polluting companies are using the tobacco sportswashing playbook to divert attention away from their harmful impacts. @ultradamo.bsky.social tells it as it is. Demand an end to sportswashing. Sign our petition 👇🏻 @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nine European races are sponsored by Wizz Air. Together with @badvertising.bsky.social & @flightfreeuk.bsky.social, we call on the races to drop the airline at the earliest opportunity. Big polluters have no place in our sport. They’re taking the Whizz 🤬 ✍️ Sign our petition. 🛑 Stop #sportswashing
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Drop Polluting Sponsors - Stop taking the Whizz
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The BBC’s Ratcliffe interview is shocking. He’s allowed to spout unchallenged nonsense about politics, economics and energy. Ratcliffe is worth listening to because he represents an emboldened and retrograde section of Britain’s ruling class 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Kevin Bowen @superkev79.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We moved our youngest daughter into her uni accommodation this morning. She said two words as I prepared to leave her and her mum to go food shopping, and I returned to work, "you're leaving," and she burst into tears. I've never held her so tight or been simultaneously so broken hearted and proud.
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Kevin Bowen @superkev79.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A brilliant day at the @nottmgreenfest.bsky.social with @thegreenrunners.bsky.social A reminder that there are lots of good people doing lots of good things, and there is hope for humanity, the natural world, and our planet. #TheGreenRunners #NottinghamGreenFestival #NottsGreenFest
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Kevin Bowen @superkev79.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I walked into the kitchen at lunchtime today to find our son with a bowl of leftover pasta carbonara onto which he was about to add leftover meat bolognese. A clear sign that there's an ultra runner hiding within him somewhere.
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Kevin Bowen @superkev79.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
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Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The problem with Sportswashing. You’ll find it at the FIFA World Cup, Tour de France, and even at your local race. We’ve found 42 🏃‍♀️ races worldwide with oily headline sponsors. 24 gas/oil ⛽️, 14 airline ✈️ 4 car 🚘 Running must not be used to distract people from sponsors’ bad practices.
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What is sportswashing and why is it such a big problem?
Companies and governments are exploiting our love of sport to clean up their image.
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Kevin Bowen @superkev79.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My good deed for the day was to replace the rotten front panels and doors on my in-laws' 30 year old garden shed. Hopefully, it's good for a few more years yet.
A garden shed stained in a red/brown colour.
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Calling all nature enthusiasts! Do you want to keep your carbon emissions low when travelling to see amazing wildlife? Sign up to our online event on Thursday 24th September where we will explore how! Tickets: tickettailor.com/events/flightfreeuk/2233645
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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Bowling Green (Marsh) - I cannot recall the water level ever being this low before. The view this morning. The hoard of Little Egrets has moved on. Three Spoonbills remain.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sportswashing is a plague. Running isn’t free from sportswashing with high-carbon sponsors in place across many high profile races. Let us know if you spot sportswashing within running events to add to our oily list.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🔴 NEW Where Are the Climate Protests? Human Rights Group Warns Government Crackdown Is Silencing the Green Movement By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Where Are the Climate Protests? Human Rights Group Warns Government Crackdown Is Silencing the Green Movement
Liberty says a slew of new anti-protest measures, including a ban on 'cumulative disruption' are silencing calls for government action to prevent catastrophic climate collapse
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Kevin Bowen @superkev79.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Heat stress, drought, and a breezy morning are causing our Silver Birch tree to drop its leaves early. Nature is now in self-preservation mode due to human-made climate change. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Drought
A Silver Birch tree.Yellow, light green, and brown leaves scattered on parched brown grass.Yellow, light green, and brown leaves scattered on cotswold stone gravel.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Heading to the Nottingham Green Festival on 13 Sep? Come say 👋 to @superkev79.bsky.social & the TGR gang! We're bringing our community together for a brilliant, free, family-friendly day celebrating grassroots action, local green producers, & ethical living. @nottmgreenfest.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Our biggest London local meet up turn out yet! 7 Green Runners runners ran Greenwich Peninsula parkrun at their own pace before wandering along the river to have coffee & chat. Over refreshments they shared stories of adventures on the trails & training plans for approaching events.
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Kevin Bowen @superkev79.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The boy Bowen was less than impressed having to get up at 06:45 this morning as I'm taking him to a hospital appointment. It turns out the refuse collectors have also started early to beat the heat and emptied the glass recycling bins at 06:50. Now everyone's awake, so he doesn't feel so bad. 🤣
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
TGR Nottingham crew Forest Rec parkrun. 🌳 Caren, Mia, Su, Jon, Matt J, Matt N & Kev ran & walked the hilly course while Grace, joining us for the first time, volunteered as marshal. 🦺 The Forest Rec Ground is easily accessible by public transport. Our crew travelling on foot, via tram & train. 🏃‍♀️🚊
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
1/3 Ready to run as a shoal? Laura chats with Olympic Champion Etienne Stott MBE, Goldman Prize winner Sarah Finch & artist Anne-Marie Culhane about restoring Devon's dying rivers. Find The Green Runners Storytime on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts. @tidelines.bsky.social @sarahfinch.bsky.social
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Salmon Run: Go Hard and Go Home
YouTube video by The Green Runners
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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Listen to this podcast, to hear Olympian Etienne Stott, artist Anne-Marie Culhane and me talk about the Salmon Run – a wonderful day of running and creativity celebrating (and grieving for) the Atlantic Salmon @tidelines.bsky.social @thegreenrunners.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYi4...
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Salmon Run: Go Hard and Go Home
YouTube video by The Green Runners
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Excellent opportunity for athletes concerned about climate change. Oxford Climate Leadership Research Centre are recruiting a cohort of influential athletes to join their Climate Leadership Network.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
UK and Spanish Governments issue a joint statement “Both parties agreed that tackling the climate crisis was an urgent policy priority for all countries- to tackle the cost of living, protect health and wellbeing, and to ensure European economic and energy security.” www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain on Wildfires and Action on Climate Change
The UK and Spain agreed that the climate crisis is an urgent policy priority and committed to co-leading the green transition, strengthening clean energy cooperation and advancing international climat...
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Calling all SE London Green Runners. Join us for our next London Local Meet Up. 💚 to see you there. ⏰️ 8 August 08:40 📍 Greenwich Peninsula parkrun 🤝 Meet Tide Square 🚆 Sustainable travel options in alt-text 🟢 Look for Jeev to find the group. Post run we plan to litter pick 🗑 followed by ☕️
what3words: ///shower.bunch.punch

We encourage sustainable travel and recommend checking the TfL website, TfL Go app, or Citymapper to plan your journey and check for any live disruptions.

🚂 Train: The nearest train stations are Maze Hill, Westcombe Park and Charlton.

🚇 London Underground:
The closest station is North Greenwich, which is on the Jubilee line and is a five-minute walk to Tide Square.

🚌 Bus
The closest bus stop is at North Greenwich station, served by the several routes. The Silvertown tunnel cycle shuttle bus stop is located on Millenium Way,
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The list of climate change impacts continues to grow. “Persistent drought conditions caused by the climate crisis are expected to cause further disruption to trains across England, as the lack of rainfall affects the ground supporting railway embankments.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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More disruption to rail services in England as heatwave shrinks soil
South Western Railway joins operators in east of England in reducing train speeds and changing timetables
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Join us for our monthly Nottingham Local Meet Up. Runners welcome, walkers welcome! 💚 to see you there. ⏰️ 8 Aug 08:45 📍 Forest Rec parkrun 🤝 Meet outside Homemade Café. 🚆 Sustainable travel options in alt-text 🟢 Look for Kev & his badges. Post run we plan to litter pick 🗑 followed by ☕️
We encourage sustainable travel wherever possible.The tram stop is right next to the park 🚊

Course details and public transport information  can be found here 👇 https://www.parkrun.org.uk/forestrec/course/
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Kevin Bowen @superkev79.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Jigsaw puzzle supervision.
A short haired black cat named Sirius sits in the open base of a jigsaw puzzle box. The box is placed on a puzzle board, which has all the puzzle pieces placed face up ready to be completed.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If you see a runner wearing one of our patches, say hello and ask them what being a Green Runner means to them.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New report demonstrates that the gas industry has for decades knowingly mislead the public about the impact& extent of methane emissions. Dirty tactics similar to those used by the tobacco industry in the 20th century.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
1/3 We're always striving to do better! 💚 Got 4 minutes to help us shape the future of The Green Runners? As a volunteer-led crew, we want to give our community the best support possible. Your voice matters! forms.gle/c9acPSEgEx5R... 🏃‍♂️🌿 #TheGreenRunners #EcoRunning
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The Green Runners: Community Perception & Membership Survey
Are you an active TGR member? A former supporter? Or have you just discovered us today? We want to hear from you! This 4-minute survey helps us understand how runners view sustainability, what you e...
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
1/3 - Colwick Country Park was the venue for our Nottingham local meet-up this month. Sadly, our group found an abundance of litter on their post parkrun litter pick. It's frustrating that people can't enjoy beautiful green spaces without littering. 🌿 #TrashFreeTrails
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
BBC News - Villagers and campsites evacuated as wildfire burns across 2km in Highlands www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Villagers in Glenmore evacuated as wildfire breaks out in Highlands
Fire crews have been battling the flames with specialist resources at Ryvoan Bothy in the Cairngorms National Park since about 11:50.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Should we target systematic or individual action in the fight against climate breakdown? In this great article, Hannah Ritchie says we need to take action on both fronts. Is your carbon handprint bigger than your carbon footprint? #ClimateCrisis hannahritchie.substack.com/p/the-false-...
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The false dichotomy of systemic and individual behaviour change
Individuals aren't going to solve climate change, but they are an important part of the system that will get us there.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Caren & Jon joined us at last month’s Gathering. Here they give an insight into the location and a sneak peak of what took place. #TheGathering youtu.be/uU0aY7sMToQ?...
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Green Runners Gathering Run
YouTube video by Ultra Mad Green Running Duo
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Great article. A number of professional athletes are influential climate leaders today. The authors explore why it is important that the number grows and how athletes can overcome some of the perceived barriers. “Climate leadership does not require personal perfection.” Progress not perfection.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Join us for our monthly Nottingham Local Meet Up. Runners welcome, walkers welcome! 💚 to see you there ⏰️ 18 July 08:45 📍 Colwick parkrun 🤝 Meet outside Wired Café. 🚆 Sustainable travel options in alt-text 🟢 Look for Kev & his badges. Post run we plan to litter pick 🗑 followed by refreshments ☕️
We encourage sustainable travel wherever possible.

There are regular bus services from Nottingham City Centre to the racecourse, which is a short walk/jog from Wired Café. 🚌

Trains run from Nottingham to Netherfield railway station, which is a short warm-up jog from Colwick Park.🚆
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