Relentless Forward Progress_ A Guide to Running Ultramarathons - Bryon Powell [42]
Ideally, adhere to Leave No Trace principles that call for you to “Deposit solid human waste in catholes dug 6 to 8 inches deep at least 200 feet from water, camp, and trails. Cover and disguise the cathole when finished.” These principles also call for you to pack out toilet paper. In the heat of a race, few follow Leave No Trace,* but courtesy remains paramount. Moving a rock or small log will create a small receptacle for your waste. After taking care of business, replace the object while being certain to fully cover all toilet paper in a manner that assures it never blows away.
* Please take the time to dig a rudimentary cathole in especially delicate environments, such as in deserts or above tree line. In such places, waste is slow to degrade and toilet paper may last for decades.
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Protect-A-Place, for the Places You Want to Protect Most: A New and Improved Formula for Running Trails Responsibly
Dakota Jones
Hey there! Have you ever been hurt by development? Have some of your favorite places in the world been cut down by uncaring human expansion? Well, worry no longer! Science estimates that way too much open space has been filled with irresponsible development in the past 50 years alone, and humans are showing no signs of stopping soon. But that does-n’t mean you can’t stop them yourself! Try Protect-A-Place! It’s responsible trail running in a can. Guaranteed to remove any development within 100 yards, or you can just do it yourself! It’ll keep the places you like best, like the places you like best.
We’ve all been there: A pleasant day running along a mountain trail when you round a bend and all of a sudden bam! a big ol’ road in the way. In the past you might have accepted this blow and kept running. But no longer! With Protect-A-Place you don’t have to just sit idly by while the Man bulldozes your wilderness! All you have to do is open up an affordable can of Protect-A-Place and watch your Place get Protected!
Protect-A-Place was founded in 2004 by a group of friends dedicated to saving our wildlands. One day while running in Colorado they came across a brand-new condominium development being installed right on the side of a mountain! Clearly this had to go, so they spent the next several weeks working in a garage in Telluride. The end result was Protect-A-Place, the world’s first ever productive-activism in a can! Protect-A-Place uses a unique formula that, when exposed to air, reacts with any unnecessary development happening within 100 yards and wipes the place clean. Just like running eliminates poor fitness, so Protect-A-Place eliminates poor decisions*!
*This does not include those decisions resulting in loss of money, personal injuries, or children. Only poor environmental stewardship.
But what exactly does Protect-A-Place do? It utilizes the finest in environmental management techniques to render a place degraded by human development whole once again. Whether it’s a road, development, or a coal-fired power plant, Protect-A-Place can reshape a landscape into the healthy ecosystem it once was. Listed below are the active ingredients, all of which are all organic, all-natural, free-trade-certified, hippie-approved, and can actually be useful to runners while out on the trail themselves.
Ingredients in Responsible Trail Running
Stay on the trail. Trails are ecologically friendly ways to see the backcountry. They generally take the smartest course through an area and, as a result, are used by wildlife as well as people. Cutting switchbacks or running off-trail is decidedly lame and degrades the landscape by encouraging others to follow in your footsteps.