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bajajudy
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Ironman left a lot of garbage behind....a lot
The plastic water bags, boxes of bags, granola bar wrappers and various other pieces of garbage have been left on the side of the road, in the middle
of the road, and under the bridge to La Playa.
If they dont do something today, it will be all over the arroyo and some might wind up in my yard.
I hope this is the first and last race if this is the way they leave my community.
I am angry..oh really, judy?
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David K
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Ironman, was that the name of the local race there? Sounded like Ivan Stewart was getting blamed for something!?
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_'Ironman'_Stewart's_Super_Off_Road
Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road is an arcade video game released in 1989 by Leland Corporation.[1] The game was endorsed by professional off
road racer Ivan Stewart.
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rts551
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maybe it was this guy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man
Sorry Judy. I understand it was a triathlon. Maybe a call to the race organizers could get a cleanup crew out.
After the Baja 1000 this year, we sent crews out to clean up the most popular spots that were near by.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
The plastic water bags, boxes of bags, granola bar wrappers and various other pieces of garbage have been left on the side of the road, in the middle
of the road, and under the bridge to La Playa.
If they dont do something today, it will be all over the arroyo and some might wind up in my yard.
I hope this is the first and last race if this is the way they leave my community.
I am angry..oh really, judy? |
they have a website and facebook page. drop them a note with photo of trash left behind. perhaps organizer is unaware of mess they left,... a social
media posting may get them to respond promptly before they lose control of message...
due to time factor, you may have to round up your neighbors to clean it up before animals and wind spread it about..
people who litter are bad, bad people
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
they have a website and facebook page. |
Who are they? Gotta link? Maybe they need to be severly mocked and scolded be a few million irate people.
We need fotos.
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El Jefe
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I saw the huge piles of trash today too on the bridge to La Playita and along the four lane all the way to Cabo on my Costco run. What an
embarrassment! I can't believe that the race coordinators did not have a cleanup plan for the day of the event.
There were not only the big piles, but plastic bottles and paper cups scattered along the race route that were dropped by the competitors.
Unbelievable.
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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David K
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Really is sad, that whoever was there watching the race just dumped their trash and left?
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willardguy
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plenty of unhappy residents voicing anger on facebook, let em know what you think!
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El Jefe
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No, it wasn't the people watching. It was all the water bottles, cups and associated stuff consumed by the athletes. They had huge piles stashed at
points along the race. Runners would get a drink handed to them, consume it and then toss it. All that was left behind as well as the empty cases and
so forth.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by El Jefe
No, it wasn't the people watching. It was all the water bottles, cups and associated stuff consumed by the athletes. They had huge piles stashed at
points along the race. Runners would get a drink handed to them, consume it and then toss it. All that was left behind as well as the empty cases and
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Oh, what event was this... when I hear Ironman, I think of Off Road Racing solo drivers, like Ivan? Then Ralph mentions about clean up after the
1000...
So, it was a foot race that was unfriendly to the environment here, and not an Off Road race!  
[Edited on 3-19-2013 by David K]
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bajaguy
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http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/ironman/los-cabos.as...
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Archie
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From "FordIronman Los Cabos" facebook site:
[Edited on 3-19-2013 by Archie]
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rts551
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I see nothing but positive stuff on the facebook page. Negative stuff must have been deleted.
I surely hope they organize cleanup crews. You can see them tossing trash when it is televised. bike races too..trash receptacles maybe???
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BajaBlanca
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wow, that is terrible. Sure hope they cleaned up after all.
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capt. mike
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seems mexican authorities never enforce clean up on events. Their own people seem not to care.
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Jim/Liisa
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
seems mexican authorities never enforce clean up on events. Their own people seem not to care. |
I personaly think thats the way they have been brought up. On hollidays the beach area in front of our houses is full of trash leaving it up to us to
clean it up.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jim/Liisa
I personaly think thats the way they have been brought up. |
Makes one wonder what the procedure is in all those bathrooms without TP.
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Jim/Liisa
I personaly think thats the way they have been brought up. |
Makes one wonder what the procedure is in all those bathrooms without TP.
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granola bar wrappers?
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bajajudy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jim/Liisa
| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
seems mexican authorities never enforce clean up on events. Their own people seem not to care. |
I personaly think thats the way they have been brought up. On hollidays the beach area in front of our houses is full of trash leaving it up to us to
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I did not start this thread to trash the Mexican people who had very little if anything to do with the mess left behind from the triatheletes from all
over the world. This is an issue for the event planners or lack of planners.
The trash is still there. I will take a bag down and pick up all the plastic water bags that are under the bridge so they dont wind up in the
estuary.
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windgrrl
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Awesome work, Judy. The trash tossed everywhere may not be our fault, but it is our shared problem.
I collect the trash that washes in on the beach on my daily walks in Baja and in Canada. I think there may even be an opportunity here and am
wondering if I could even fund my retirement by collecting the refundables tossed aside in my home town! I make about 50 cents/week without trying.
On a more serious side...the Ironman should either have a better policy or monitoring regarding non-refundable crap. Maybe before they announce the
winners, the participants should have to run the race backwards and clean up after themselves.
When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
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