The Hyde Park Blast was the first event in the city to go green on a large-scale with the Go Hard, Go Green! Campaign, and is used as a best practice green event model for Hamilton County.
Components of Go Hard, Go Green! in 201 include:
- Recycled/reusable participant race bags and organic fruit from Remke bigg's
- Recycling from AllStar
- Toyota Prius pace car for the 4-mile race and cycling races
Past efforts have included:
- Duke Energy's hybrid was the pace car for the 2009 4-mile RRCA and USATF Championship run/walk as well as all the cycling races
- The PuR Water Filtration brand and the Boy Scouts providex a biodegradable, filled and chilled, reusable water bottle for all run/walk race participants. They were refilled at PuR water filtration filling stations.
- Event-wide recycling program was supported by Turner Construction and the Boy Scouts
- Virtually eliminated all printed entry forms by encouraging participants to register online
- Recycled paper was used for extra print materials
- Participants received “plant-able” race numbers thanks to Duke Energy and the Running Spot
- Mobile technology from Buzz360 and The End Result provided run/walk race participants with live results, race updates and promotions on their cell phone or email and eliminate thousands of print coupons from sponsors
- Children’s coloring book focused on Cincinnati Parks and green efforts
- Participating partners included PuR Water Filtration, Turner Construction, Duke Energy, bigg's, Boy Scouts, Cincinnati Parks Board and Hamilton County Commissioner's Office.