We Veggie Runners are full of the Blitz spirit. We’re all about make do and mend, waste not, want not and putting a few stitches in our lucky race knickers so we don’t have to buy new ones. We’re the same with food. Why make one meal when you can stretch it out to two,…
Archives for January 2015
5 Amazing Reflective Accessories for Runners
Hey, you, runners! You are great, you are powerful, you are better than you were yesterday. You are, however, NOT INVINCIBLE. This winter, I have been seeing a lot of runners out in head-to-toe black, no reflectors, headphones in and it gives me the screaming heebie-jeebies. We need to have a talk about reflective gear….
Get Faster, Fast! How to smash your marathon PB in 2015.
This guest post comes from the fantastic Laura Fountain, the brain behind Lazy Girl Running and half of our favourite event of the year, run blogging conference Write This Run. Having run ten marathons, she knows a thing or two about training. When I heard her Marathon Talk interview and found out that she had…
7 Reasons I F***ing Love the ‘This Girl Can’ Campaign
I love the #ThisGirlCan campaign, and I’m not afraid to say it. I know I’d get more clicks by posting a scathing critique. After all, it’s more click-baity to see people tear each other down than to support and nourish each other. But I wouldn’t really know where to start. I love that it’s body positive. I love that…
Indian-Spiced Brussels Sprouts
Sprouts – you are having a bit of a moment, as far as a cruciferous vegetable can be said to ever have a moment. For years it’s been ‘Kale, that’ and ‘Kale this’ but now its (very) little cousin is taking the time to shine. What are the signs? No January-blues superfood salad would be complete without ‘shaved’…
Goji Berry Multi-seed Flapjacks
Goji berries are very good for you but, on their own, they don’t really suit my palate. Nutrition experts will tell you they have a ‘herby after-taste’. That may be true but my tongue reads it as ‘ick, bitter, blurgh.’ I need to blend them with a few choice ingredients to make them palatable for…
Runners Need Leeds – new store
We’ve been saying for ages that running is the Best. Thing. Ever. It seems that now millions of other people agree with us. Yippee! According to recent research from Sport England (they do loads of research, you know – check out their latest stats), more than 2 million – 2 million! – people in Britain…