Melon and Ginger Recovery Smoothie

This vegan Melon and Ginger Recovery Smoothie uses a secret ingredient – the melon seeds. Melon seeds have some great health benefits, which happen to be perfect for runners when combined with the other ingredients in this delicious recovery smoothie. And, if you run regularly, you’ll know that recovery foods matter. There’s a strange contradiction in…

How to Exercise on a Morning (Even when you really don’t want to)

Find it hard to motivate yourself to run first thing on a morning? Believe me, you’re not alone. Even Paula Radcliffe has said there are times she’d rather stay in bed. It can be hard to drag yourself from slumber and face the day with your trainers on. It’s always worth it though. No matter…

How To Run Your Best 10K

How to run your best 10k is all relative, of course. Some runners will be looking just to cross the finish line, others to improve their speed and others still simply to have a good time and enjoy the atmosphere. Whatever your motivation for wanting to run your best 10k, there are certain things that…

Leeds Waterfront Festival Art Run

We had a fab time leading an Art Run for Leeds Waterfront Festival at the weekend. Sunshine, scenery and great running buddies – just the tonic we needed! #LWF2016 #ArtRunLWF If you ever fancy joining us, sign up our newsletter in the link in the sidebar and we’ll keep you up to date on all…

Run Your Best 10K Ever

4 Tips For A Perfect Wedding Day

You may have noticed that we Veggie Runners have been a bit on the quiet side these past couple of weeks. This is because Bibi got married last weekend so we were a little bit pre-occupied. It was the perfect day, full of love, joy, laughter and, of course, tears – and not just mine!…

Veggie Runners Race Diary 2016

We Veggie Runners have an action-packed spring and summer of running coming up. It’s easy to get caught up in the data and spend time stressing about pace, splits and PBs. This year we want to take time on our runs to smell the roses, get covered in mud, slither down soapy slides, you know the…

How To Have A Healthy Hen Do

Is it possible to have a healthy hen do? Bibi’s getting married soon and, in keeping with the way we try to live every day, we tried really hard to keep it healthy for the sake of our bodies and our budgets. We had a fantastic time and lived to tell the weekend’s many tales…

How to Raise a Body Confident Daughter

Raising girls can be a torment. They face pressures from all directions: sexism, pornography, the diet industry and on and on. We brought together some great posts on how parents – male and female – can help raise their daughters to be comfortable in their own skin. A pleasant side effect – by emulating the…

Harewood House Half Marathon Race Report

Harewood House Half Marathon was amazing. That’s it. The race report. I genuinely could happily stop there and say no more. However, I suppose that in the interests of writing a blog post that behaves like a blog post, I could explain why. It’s small enough to feel like a social run It’s well-organised – British…

Vegan Green Smoothie with Basil

What’s so wonderful about smoothies? Well, there are infinite varieties, you can make them sweet or savoury and experiment endlessly with flavours, plus they’re the quickest way to get fresh, healthy food into your body. Plus, if you get the balance of ingredients right, they’re delicious. Oh, and you can make them in less time…