Superhero Runners Try Out ‘Plogging’ For The First Time Along Upper Bukit Timah Road Swedish fitness craze, plogging, is making its way to our shores. The term is a mash-up of Swedish “plocka upp” — meaning “pick up” and “jogging”. Started in 2016, well-meaning joggers in Sweden wished to do something about the litter along their running routes. It didn’t take long before many Scandinavian and European countries caught on to the trend. 2 years after its inception, there are now over 20,000 #plogging posts on Instagram. Source Looks like exercising with a trash bag in hand, might not be a ridiculous idea after all. Superhero runners try out plogging 12 members from a local running group ‘Superhero Runners’ tried ‘plogging’ for the first time in Singapore on Sunday (29 Jul). It made perfect sense to them – while they’re running to keep fit, why not help the Earth keep fit as well? Especially when it didn’t require a lot of extra time or effort. 8 bags of trash for a 2.9km run Equipped with reusable plastic bags and tongs, they started at 8.15am and ran a total of 2.9km from Hillview MRT Station to a bus stop opposite Beauty […]
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