Recent Posts – Veggie Runners

Roasted Nut Protein Balls

Some people like chocolates and cupcakes. At the risk of sounding like healthy-eating uber-nerds, we Veggie Runners love a good protein ball. Yes, really. But there’s a reason for that: these Roasted Nut Protein Balls are absolutely delicious. They’re sweet, moist, tasty, vegan and incredibly good for you – what’s not to love?! No added…

Total Warrior Race (Help Me!)

It seemed like a good idea when we signed up six months ago… A fun team name (“Aching Bad”), over a dozen women in the group, a summertime obstacle course and beer afterwards. As the time for the race draws nearer, reality has begun setting in for me. Even in summer, plunging into a skip…

Triathlon: Done!

I did my first triathlon and I absolutely loved it. I wish I could do it again right away, so I could fix the bits I messed up on and get the same giddy, companionable feeling again. The swim, the bike, the run? All felt within my ability, albeit not super speedy compared to some…

Vegan Wild Garlic Pesto

If you have a nose on your face (and I really hope you do), you’ll have noticed that wild garlic is wildly in season right now in Britain.* All over the country shady woodland is carpeted with pretty white flowers and lush green leaves. I went foraging for some at the weekend, scrambling around the…

Vegan Spiced Lentil Stew

Ooh, look – Will Self loves our lentils!* *Actually, he’s never expressed the slightest interest in our lentils (though I bet he’d love them if he got the chance). What really happened was I spilt a bag of them all over – and lentils really do get all over – and he was the nearest thing…

Swim, Bike, Run – I’m doing a triathlon!

Just call me Bibi Brownlee – I’m doing a sprint triathlon THIS SUNDAY. How do I rate my chances? Well… Non Stanford really doesn’t need to be worrying any time soon. Swim It’s a 400m pool swim, which is just 16 lengths, so hopefully I can’t go too far wrong here. As I previously posted,…

Photoshoot with Top Santé Magazine

You know us, we looooove a good piece of running kit. And we also love Top Sante magazine‘s positive, friendly, healthy ethos. (I’m a subscriber and my favourite Saturday of the month is when my magazine is waiting for me at home after Parkrun). So, we jumped at the chance to do a shoot with Top…

I Believe I Can Fly – Cross Training on the Trapeze

Face your fears, they say. Try new things. Battle your demons. So when I got chance to try out the flying trapeze, I jumped at the chance!* *I didn’t. I’ve always been afraid of heights and especially of jumping from them. To my mind, this isn’t an irrational fear. If you jump from a height you…

Swede Pakoras – Eat Seasonably

I’ve made a real effort this year to eat all produce grown in my own country. The difference in flavour (not to mention the environmental impact) is fantastic. It’s really obvious with things like strawberries, which taste mealy and pappy out of season, but you can taste it too in other fruit and veg. Produce…

Vegan Nutella Cookies

These Vegan Nutella Cookies help me forget that I totally failed at Lent. I’m not religious but I do like a challenge. My Lent-alution (Lent-resolution) had been to start meditating every day for ten minutes. I managed a week. I did feel the benefits of that one week, but I didn’t properly prioritise it, and…