Recent Posts – Veggie Runners

Running Mix – With The Lights Down

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Light Night Art Runs 2014

Runners, join us on Friday 3rd October for a free, fantastic, active Light Night Leeds experience! Once a year, the city of Leeds becomes a massive art installation, with sound, music, colour, performance, art, projections, film and light, light, light! Our Light Night Art Runs give runners a chance to get involved, by bringing light, art…

Vegan Gingerbread-Spiced Protein Granola Bars

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman, upon finishing a half-marathon, will be in want of ALL THE FOOD. I created these protein filled bars to save my life after the Great North Run. They’re based on a recipe from the really wonderful Oh She Glows, who does incredibly beautiful vegan recipes. Her…

Running Mix – Keep Running 170bpm

It’s been a while since I made a running mix, but now that I’m training for the Yorkshire marathon with the Veggie Runners crew in support of WaterAid, I felt it necessary to make something for those long runs. This one has a faster cadence at a steady 170bpm. If that’s too much for you, give my…

Marathon Training on Tour – Bibi’s Highs and Lows in Dorset

An article I once read by Guardian author Tim Lott has been jangling around in my head a lot lately. The crux of it is, you’re more likely to be simply content in your life without children, but you experience much higher highs and lower lows as a parent, and so you can’t really choose one…

Beet Greens and Ginger Smoothie

Photo: Zsolt Sandor / mothershipUK.com Beetroot makes you run faster. You know that. We know that. Every runner on the planet who’s ever aimed for a PB knows that. We roast the sweet beets, make all manner of delicious dishes, run like the wind and pee pink and pretty. Yes, we love beetroot. But what…

Chocolate Chia Seed Protein Balls

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… No, no, not Christmas – it’s marathon training time. Yippee! Well, not always maybe. There are a lot of miles to cover and sometimes it seems like not enough legs to run them on. That said, every cloud has a silver lining and these Chocolate Chia Seed…

Vegan Peach and Prosecco Ice Cream

A recipe that leaves you with 3/4 of a bottle of prosecco that you need to drink? You’re welcome! You can thank me later… if you remember. You can even take aside some of the peach puree before mixing the other ingredients in to whip up some bellinis while you wait for the ice cream to…

Commonwealth Legacy Art Run with Architecture and Design Scotland

This summer we held the first “Leg-a-See” Art Run with Architecture and Design Scotland. We were proud to be part of Glasgow’s GREEN2014 programme exploring the environmental legacy of the Commonwealth Games. We had so much fun researching the history and regeneration of Glasgow, and were bursting to share it with the 30 dedicated runners who braved the…

Leeds Xpress Triathlon – Review

I’ve always avoided triathlon because it all seemed so complicated and technical. Oh, and really rather difficult. Then I saw the fabulous Brownlee brothers whizzing round the Commonwealth Games and thought, ‘That actually looks quite easy!’ When the first thing that I did at Leeds Xpress Triathlon was put my indelible tattoo on upside down,…