Finger Lakes Running Club Announces Race and Running Shoe Recycling Events for Late 2008

March 23, 2008

The Finger Lakes Running Club in upstate New York is sponsoring several races from July through October. At each race, the club also offers on-site running shoe recycling. That’s great news for runners in the New York area who are looking for late 2008 events—as well as a place to donate used running shoes!  The late 2008 Finger Lakes Running Club race schedule is as follows:

  • Saturday, July 5, 6:30 a.m.: Finger Lakes Fifties Trail Runs; 25K, 50K and 50 mile; Finger Lakes National Forest, Hector, NY; race and on-site running shoe recycling
  • July Outdoor Track Meet, 6 p.m., location to be announced: Activities varied; on-site running shoe recycling program available
  • Thursday, July 10, 6:30 p.m.: Women’s Distance Festival; 5K; Dryden Lake Park, Dryden, NY; race and running shoe recycling
  • Sunday, July 20, 9 a.m.: Forest Frolic Trail Runs; 7K, 15K, Virgil State Forest, Virgil, NY; race and running shoe recycling
  • Thursday, July 24, 6 p.m.: Forge the Gorgeous Trail Runs; 7 mile; Fillmore Glen State Park, Moravia, NY; race and running shoe recycling
  • Saturday, July 26, 9 a.m.: Fillmore 5K; Moravia School track, Moravia, NY; race and on-site running shoe recycling program
  • August Outdoor Track Meet, 6 p.m., location to be announced: varied activities; running shoe recycling available
  • Sunday, August 10, 10:30 a.m.: Finger Lakes Running Club 40th Anniversary Event; 12K and 30K; Dryden Lake Park, Dryden, NY; race and running shoe recycling
  • Sunday, August 17, 8:30 a.m.: Virgil Mountain Madness Trail Runs; 12K and 30K; Virgil State Forest, Virgil, NY; race and running shoe recycling
  • Sunday, August 31, 7 a.m.: Monster Marathon and Half Marathon Trail Runs, 13.1 mile, 26.2 mile; Virgil State Forest, Virgil, NY; race and running shoe recycling
  • Sunday, September 14, 9 a.m.: Ithaca 5 & 10; 5-mile and 10-mile; Ithaca High School, Ithaca, NY; race and running shoe recycling
  • Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22, 9 a.m.: Iroquois Trail 100; 100-mile; Finger Lakes National Forest; race and running shoe recycling
  • Sunday, October 12, 9 a.m.: Danby Down & Dirty Trail Runs; 10K and 20K; Abbott Loop, Danby, NY; race and running shoe recycling

At these events, any donated used running shoes that are still wearable will be donated to the Greater Ithaca Activities Center. Donated used running shoes that can no longer be worn will be given to the Tompkins County Solid Waste Division.

Tompkins County and Monroe County ship used running shoes to Nike’s ReUse A Shoe recycling program. With this running shoe recycling program, donated running shoes are ground into a material called Nike Grind. Nike Grind created from donated running shoes is then used to fashion new running tracks, athletic fields, playground surfaces and indoor courts in communities throughout the U.S.

Please note that donated used running shoes with any type of metal cannot be accepted; that includes eyelets, zippers, cleats or spikes. Also, this shoe recycling program is unable to accept any other type of shoes.

For more information about these races with running shoe recycling collection, contact Diane Yates at dry2@cornell.edu.

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