Race Reports – Veggie Runners

Leeds Abbey Dash 10k – 31 Weeks Pregnant

Bibi Rodgers — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:09:11 +0000

“When will you stop running?” was a question I was asked a lot when I was first pregnant, and I didn’t have an answer. I knew I would run as long as I felt comfortable, and safe. So, I didn’t know that the Abbey Dash would be my last pregnant race at the time I...

Light Night Leeds Art Run 2017

Jayne Rodgers — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:28:13 +0000

A day is a dog year on the internet. So it feels like a million years since our recent Light Night Leeds Art Run, when actually it was only a couple of weeks ago. We’ve been a bit distracted doing hynobirthing classes, running one of the luscious Hardmoors races on the North Yorkshire Moors and...

Women’s Running 10K Race Report – 6 Months Pregnant

Bibi Rodgers — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 18:35:10 +0000

“It’s going to be super muddy tomorrow – you do have trail shoes, don’t you?” said Mum, the night before our Women’s Running 10K race, a trail race that we’ve have been ambassadors for for about six months. Hmm. Well, yes, I did HAVE them, in the sense that I own trail shoes. Several pairs...

Best UK Race Listing Sites – Finding your next 5K, 10K, Half Marathon or Ultra…

Jayne Rodgers — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:16:25 +0000

We know you lot well – you like to spend your weekends running trail races, or swimming lakes, or beating your PBs over 10ks, half marathons and ultras. But how do you find your next challenge? Google brings up over 25 million results when you search for ‘running races UK’. That’s a mind-boggling number...

Round Sheffield Run Race Report

Bibi Rodgers — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:28:01 +0000

“I’ve just got the opportunity to go to Glastonbury… would it be okay if I missed the Round Sheffield Run?” asked Mum on the phone, 3 weeks ago. Hm, to make her miss the most iconic festival in the world to run around South Yorkshire with me – it would have seemed churlish, wouldn’t it?...

SimplyHealth Great Run Series

Jayne Rodgers — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 06:55:07 +0000

We had a major fangirl meltdown recently when we met Brendan Foster, one of big running heroes and founder of the the Great Run Series, which includes the biggest half marathon in the whole wide world. As you can see from the photo, he already had his coat and bag and was ready to leave...

Light Night Leeds Art Runs 2016

Jayne Rodgers — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:25:52 +0000

Every year since 2012, we Veggie Runners have worked with Space2, an arts and social change charity, to bring the joy and madness of Light Night Leeds Art Runs to the city streets. The runs have grown exponentially, from 30 runners in the first year to over 200 book-up-in-a-heartbeat participants in 2016. We don’t need to...

Loch Ness Marathon Race Report 2016

Bibi Rodgers — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 18:30:57 +0000

Enjoying every mile of a whole marathon, from the first step to mile 26, sounds like an impossible hope. But that’s genuinely how I felt during Loch Ness Marathon this weekend. The entire thing was a joy, and I was so thrilled run beside my mum over the gorgeous Highland route. Everything in the run...

Edinburgh Half Marathon 2016 Race Report

Bibi Rodgers — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 15:35:48 +0000

If you had a panic attack during a race, you’d think that that would be the most important memory of the run, wouldn’t you? But no, in Edinburgh Half Marathon the views along the coast at Portobello, and the crowds along the route, and the pleasing feeling of running alongside mum in our first race...

How Tough is Tough Mudder?

Bibi Rodgers — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 07:07:21 +0000

Voluntarily receiving 10,000 volt shocks to the head is not everyone’s idea of a good weekend. And the electrocution at the end of Tough Mudder is certainly no laughing matter. My teammates and I had joked earlier in the race that we should have been training by licking batteries at home, but in reality, nothing could...