Brighton plogging relay with Green Team 2 at the Brighton Marathon
Team up to keep our green sport environment clean
Sunday 12th April
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Led by STEFANIA ROSSO (she/her)
Empowering my passions for a circular good while being active sustainably!
Who's going?
About the task
For the 2026 Brighton Marathon weekend (taking place on April 11-12, 2026), a few dedicated "Green Teams" , organised by The Green Runners + Leave No Trace Brighton, will actively "plog" (jog and pick up litter) along the 42-km route. This initiative aims to remove dropped gel sachets, cups, and other waste, following a successful 5K community plogging event held in February 2026 to promote sustainability.
On Marathon's day 12th April, GoodGymers will take part as the "Brighton Plogging Team 2" to run, walk and litter pick alongside the marathons' runners. We will cover 10 Km starting at 12:15 pm until 14:15 ish pm from Drinking Station 4 in North side of Marine Parade j/w Grafton Street (https://what3words.com/wake.laws.league) to Drinking Station 5 in North Side of Madeira Drive in line with Atlingworth Street (https://what3words.com/deep.topped.worm).
We will run, walk and litter pick for 10K in a relay with other green runners on the marathon route from km 11.3 to km 24.1 while doing a green community mission - litter picking!
Each GG runner will have a litter picker, a pair of gloves, a hessian bag and a green hi vis vest with the strapline "Plogging Team". We’ll be swapping all kit and hi vis vests at the handover with Team 3. The plan is to pick up all litter along the route at a steady pace approx 30 minutes ahead of the back pace car. The actual pace will be approx 7:30 - 8:30 km pace.
👉 IMPORTANT: To keep up with latest news from Darren, Green Runner founder and our master coordinator of the Brighton Plogging Team, please join this Whatsapp Group HERE
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This session supports the organisation The Green Runners
It is time to pick up the race on Climate Action!
“Runners who love the environment and Environmentalists who love to run”. We are a community-based group of runners focused on helping make the world around us a better place. There are 4 key pillars to being a Green Runner: 1) How YOU Travel 2) How YOU Kit-up 3) How YOU Fuel 4) How YOU Speak Out
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