You know us, we looooove a good piece of running kit. And we also love Top Sante magazine‘s positive, friendly, healthy ethos. (I’m a subscriber and my favourite Saturday of the month is when my magazine is waiting for me at home after Parkrun). So, we jumped at the chance to do a shoot with Top…
Archives for April 2014
I Believe I Can Fly – Cross Training on the Trapeze
Face your fears, they say. Try new things. Battle your demons. So when I got chance to try out the flying trapeze, I jumped at the chance!* *I didn’t. I’ve always been afraid of heights and especially of jumping from them. To my mind, this isn’t an irrational fear. If you jump from a height you…
Swede Pakoras – Eat Seasonably
I’ve made a real effort this year to eat all produce grown in my own country. The difference in flavour (not to mention the environmental impact) is fantastic. It’s really obvious with things like strawberries, which taste mealy and pappy out of season, but you can taste it too in other fruit and veg. Produce…
Vegan Nutella Cookies
These Vegan Nutella Cookies help me forget that I totally failed at Lent. I’m not religious but I do like a challenge. My Lent-alution (Lent-resolution) had been to start meditating every day for ten minutes. I managed a week. I did feel the benefits of that one week, but I didn’t properly prioritise it, and…
Best Blog in the 2014 Running Awards – Thank You!
All weekends are created equal but some weekends are more equal than others, or something like that. We incredibly lucky Veggie Runners had the most fabulously unequal weekend ever – hurrah! First, we went to the glitzy Running Awards ceremony in London. We wore our best frocks, put some slap on and rocked our high…
3 Ways Running Makes You a Totally Rad Skiier
When I was a teenager, we lived in Canada, just 2 hours’ drive away from a ski resort. Most years, either out of charity or some comedy value, we, “The Brits” would end up being invited for the weekend at someone’s chalet. I loved the big dinners with friends, the apres ski, hot chocolate with…
Vegan Beetroot and Chickpea Spread
‘Abandon everything else you’re doing and start producing this stuff full time!’ So said our taste tester for this Vegan Beetroot and Chickpea Spread, which we reckon says all you need to know. It’s super-tasty, of course. Easy to make, naturally. Plus you get a good protein hit from the chickpeas, as well healthy doses…