Running – Veggie Runners

Edinburgh Marathon Festival – Bibi’s Race Report

Sunday’s Edinburgh Half Marathon was supposed to be my first sub-2hr half. Should be pretty easy when the profile looks like this, right? The biggest race I’ve ever done, the atmosphere was fantastic – kids giving high-fives from the side of the road, runners smiling as we jostled. Everybody putting so much heart into it,…

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….

Runners and Community after the Boston Marathon 2013

Running at its simplest ought to be a very solitary sport. The book isn’t called ‘The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner’ for nothing. You have no team, you have no shared uniform. Most practice is done alone. Unless you’re running a relay or a three-legged-race, your endeavours make no difference to the success of…

Running In Ibiza

Isn’t cooperation wonderful? We did a guest post, Running Around The World, for the lifestyle and fitness website, Mung Beans and Champagne. Now lovely (and lucky) Ryan who runs the site has written this great one for us about running near his home in beautiful Ibiza. Running Around Ibiza by Ryan James Lock When most people…

NVA Speed of Light – Review

NVA Speed of Light 2013 – Salford Quays from MOTHERSHIP (UK) on Vimeo. I recently had chance to take part in one of the most amazing running experiences ever. Really. Yes, yes, I know I’m occasionally prone to hyperbole but wearing an LED light suit and running in choreographed formation for four hours a night…

The 4 Raddest Races We’d Love to Try

Next weekend, mum will be running the Pain Barrier Mud 10K. She doesn’t even like getting her feet wet on a normal run! Stay tuned to see how she does. In the meantime, here are 4 races from around the world that I’d love to have a bash at, one day. 1. Color Me Rad 5K,…

4 Things to do when you can’t exercise

What should you do when you get injured? I’m not talking ice, rest, compress etc. This isn’t going to be a medical advice post – Mum’s the only doctor in Veggie Runners, and she’s a doctor of philosophy, so not much good for a broken ankle or other injuries. This post is talking about things…

5 ways to motivate yourself to get out and run (and a song, too!)

Even Mo Farah doesn’t feel bothered to run some days. Here are on getting yourself out of the door when you really don’t feel like it. Just go for 10 minutes. Chances are, you’ll get in to it while you’re out, and stay out for longer. If not, at least you got some fresh air…

Girls, Running and Body Confidence

Any parent reading this will know what an overwhelming responsibility hits you when you see your child for the first time. ‘This is so magical/blessed/beautiful/cosmic/wow’ etc – they’re the first kind of thoughts to flood your mind. Then comes the foreboding: ‘What if I get it all wrong?’ When Bibi was tiny (that’s her above;…

Running Away From It All

By Sarah Leitch Do you ever fancy running into the distance, instead of in circles? And what about running alongside mountains and rivers instead of round the park? I’ve been doing just that recently, in the Scottish Highlands where I live. I love the idea of travelling on foot along the old pathways here. I’ve found…

Speed of Light rehearsals – LED light running

Sometimes life takes unexpected twists. One minute, for example, you might be busy writing (read as ‘staring out of the window, wondering whether putting the kettle on again constitutes thinking time’). The next, you may get an email inviting you to rehearsals for the most amazingly surreal light show that you’ve never had the remotest…

Book Review: Run, Dean Karnazes

This review was written by our good friend and, though she modestly claims otherwise, very fast runner, Katie Fox. “Run” by Dean Karnazes is the first book on serious running I read. I’m not sure why I chose to start my foray into running literature with an epic about ultramarathoning (around the globe in conditions…