Come on out on Sunday, September 22, and help clean up after a bunch of runners!
Every year the Fairbanks Cycle Club helps the Equinox Marathon by cleaning up signs and trash along the marathon route. You don’t have to get up real early and you don’t have to ride the whole route (but you can do both if you want to). Here’s how it works:
We meet at noon in the UAF Patty Center parking lot (usually over by Beluga Field, which is on the west side of the parking lot).
We break up into three groups. Each group handles one Relay leg of the marathon. (The group doing Relay Leg #3, usually drives to the top of Ester Dome to start.)
The groups ride their Relay leg, collecting signs and trash along the way. Marathon volunteers clean things up pretty good, so all we usually have to do is collect the signs.
Carrying signs while on bikes can be tricky, so bringing a backpack and/or panniers can help a lot. We’ve found that bikepacking handlebar bags (like Revelate’s Sweetroll) work awesome. Bungee cords are helpful. (Also, bring a garbage sack in case we do find any garbage.)
We don’t carry the signs for the whole length of the leg. We drop them at points along the way where they are easy to get to by car. (We’ll have a list of good drop points.)
One or more people drive the course picking up the piles of signs and trash bags.
That’s it! When you’re done with your leg, you can ride back to your car. (The group doing Relay Leg #3, usually figures out a shuttle to the top of Ester Dome.)
WHAT TO BRING (besides your bike) * Backpacking handlebar bags (like Revelate Sweetroll) work great for signs! * A fairly large backpack and/or panniers to carry stuff * A garbage sack or two * A couple of bungee cords
Questions? Email Eric at fbxtrails@gmail.com
