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English athlete skips Worlds over carbon impact

Trail: an English athlete skips the Worlds because of his carbon footprint

Andy Symonds, who was chosen to represent England in the Worlds, will not travel to Thailand for the event.

An excellent selection. Andy Symonds won the Lavaredo ultra trail in 2016, the Ventoux trail in 2013, and the Templars in 2011. Despite being logically selected with Great Britain for the world trail running championships for his record, Andy Symonds will not be making the trip to Thailand, where the event will be organized from November 1st to November 7th. Why is that, exactly? Its impact on the environment. My carbon footprint is expected to reach 6.3 tonnes of CO2 in the year 2022. That is already an excessive amount,” he writes on Instagram.

The athlete, who is 41 years old, provides a supporting diagram in which he details his portion of these 6.3 tonnes of CO2, which is three times greater than the recommendations of 2 tonnes per year and person. Therefore, 33 percent of his time is spent on his travels, which might refer to either his holidays or his international shopping trips, for which he frequently needs to take an airplane. The interested party acknowledges that “the few races I took part in away from the home account for the majority of my emissions, especially once I had to fly there,” and then invites everyone to calculate their carbon footprint. “The few races I took part in away from the home account for the majority of my emissions,” says the interested party.

“I don’t want to lecture anyone, I’m a bit of a hypocrite myself about this, I have a swimming pool and I eat a burger every once in a while,” continues Symonds, of which 23% of the carbon footprint comes from its food. “I don’t want to lecture anyone, I’m a bit of a hypocrite myself about this, I have a swimming pool and I eat a burger every once in However, it would be particularly inconsistent to advocate for sustainability in public while simultaneously embarking on an eight-hour flight to Thailand.

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