On Saturday, August 11, South Philly Striders competed at Mayor’s Cup, the annual competition between Philly’s running clubs. SPS put up a strong showing, placing 3rd in the Men’s division as well as 6th out of 30 teams overall. The post-race grill and party was also solid. Congrats to the squad!
This morning, SPS went plogging – the Swedish trend that’s “sweeping” the running world. Plogging combines running with picking up litter. Our friends at West Philly Runners teamed up with the Clean Air Council and Not in Philly to organize Philly Plogging Week among the various running groups.
Armed with gloves and trash bags, SPS runners picked up a ton of debris along Columbus Boulevard in the course of the run. While there is still plenty of litter around, we still made an impact.
