Today is the Manchester 10k and it is scorchio! Here is an unflattering photo of me finishing the run and unapologetically enjoying my single use plastic bottle of water! An exception to the plastic free week!
I’ve certainly been thinking this week about “the lesser of two evils” – my swaps have been making me think about our food choices particularly.
Being at an event like the 10k that raises funds, awareness and hope for so many amazing people and charities is an incredible, humbling experience. But in some places on the verges along Chester Road you can still see the plastic pollution from last year’s race. So many people, and so many bottles of water from which people take a sip and discard (although this year the heat meant that most people poured the whole thing over their heads!)
We challenge ourselves in our lives, the pace is frantic, we're expected to eat well, be successful and fulfilled, feed our children with superfood and opportunity, enjoy active social lives, be tech savvy but not smart phone addicted, work out every day and Netflix 'n' chill. So it makes sense that plastic has snuck into our lives while we were busy worrying about something else. And it helps us to eat on the go, enjoy healthy, ready chopped veg, meet our daily hydration quota and not smudge our on trend lip while relaxing with an espresso martini.
But what's the true cost? Where does this end? How much do we understand about the plastic that is polluting our food chain, destroying the ocean and costing the planet?
You think a lot when you run.
Being at an event like the 10k that raises funds, awareness and hope for so many amazing people and charities is an incredible, humbling experience. But in some places on the verges along Chester Road you can still see the plastic pollution from last year’s race. So many people, and so many bottles of water from which people take a sip and discard (although this year the heat meant that most people poured the whole thing over their heads!)
We challenge ourselves in our lives, the pace is frantic, we're expected to eat well, be successful and fulfilled, feed our children with superfood and opportunity, enjoy active social lives, be tech savvy but not smart phone addicted, work out every day and Netflix 'n' chill. So it makes sense that plastic has snuck into our lives while we were busy worrying about something else. And it helps us to eat on the go, enjoy healthy, ready chopped veg, meet our daily hydration quota and not smudge our on trend lip while relaxing with an espresso martini.
But what's the true cost? Where does this end? How much do we understand about the plastic that is polluting our food chain, destroying the ocean and costing the planet?
You think a lot when you run.
After a few celebratory drinks I head home for a family BBQ and say a huge thank you for the fact that wine comes in glass bottles and is therefore 100% within scope.
We enjoy our giant prawns and paper wrapped sausages and between us we scoff a giant watermelon - this weekend has been not only plastic free, but we also lived a little slower. And that's been great too.
We enjoy our giant prawns and paper wrapped sausages and between us we scoff a giant watermelon - this weekend has been not only plastic free, but we also lived a little slower. And that's been great too.
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