Veganuary is a pledge taken by people worldwide to commit to a vegan lifestyle for one month, and the best vegan cookbooks and recipes can really help on the journey. Are you taking part in the phenomenon this year? I did my first one in 2014 and it was a big turning point in becoming more and…
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!…
How Tough is Tough Mudder?
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…
Revisiting the Race for Life
My running journey began in earnest back in the mid-90s. Prior to that, I was a keen swimmer and cyclist who’d dabbled a bit in running but never taken it very seriously. That all changed with a Race for Life 5k, which changed my life as it has for many other people. A friend asked…
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…
Chaopraya Thai Cooking School + Tofu Pad Thai Recipe
Sometimes it’s hard to be a food blogger (sing it like Tammy Wynette). Actually, that’s not true – it’s not hard, not even slightly. Especially when a restaurant like Chaopraya, gets in touch and asks if we’d like a lesson in cooking delicious Thai food. Why, yes, we most certainly would! Thank you, universe. We spent…
Yorkshire Marathon Race Report
Sunday was an emotional day for us. After months of training, it was finally time to get our tried and tested running gear on, slap on a bit of vaseline, fill our pockets with gels and Shot Bloks and run the Yorkshire Marathon. It felt like we’d been on this trajectory forever but, despite our…
Trail run up Roseberry Topping
Since I moved to Teesside earlier this year, I’ve been wanting to run up Roseberry Topping. It’s one of the highest peaks in the North York Moors, and is iconic for people in the area. I was lucky enough to get some new trail shoes this week, and wanted to give them a proper outing….
Prashad Vegetarian Restaurant – Review
As you know, we’re big fans of exciting vegetarian dishes. We’re also very fond of a good curry. So when Prashad, an Indian vegetarian restaurant just outside of Leeds, invited us to sample their wares we were, to put it mildly, deeee-flipping-lighted. Prashad is not just any old restaurant, it’s one of Britain’s best. It was…
The Murder Mile – Interview with Author Paul Collicutt
You know we love running, but were you also aware that we’re big fans of graphic novels too? Imagine our delight when we discovered that the two are not mutually exclusive. ‘The Murder Mile’ by Paul Collicutt is a murder mystery set amid the intense rivalry of the battle to run the first 4-minute mile….
The Pain Barrier 10K Mud Run – Review
Photo by SportSunday Event Photography I HATE getting my feet wet. With a passion. It’s pathological. I’ll do anything to avoid it. When I ran the West Highland Way in Scotland last year, I probably added about 10 miles to the 96 we were already running trying to find routes that didn’t involve wading through…