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…
Leeds Waterfront Festival Art Run
We had a fab time leading an Art Run for Leeds Waterfront Festival at the weekend. Sunshine, scenery and great running buddies – just the tonic we needed! #LWF2016 #ArtRunLWF If you ever fancy joining us, sign up our newsletter in the link in the sidebar and we’ll keep you up to date on all…
Setting Our Intentions
What does setting an intention mean? The idea can sound a bit vague and woolly, as if saying ‘my intention is to be happy today’ will actually make you happy. But, hey, guess what? It can! The whole idea behind setting an intention is to generate a mindset that you apply throughout a particular period of time…
Art Run with Mima – Transporter Bridge Colour Party!
Our favourite part of crafting our Art Runs is developing a story around a place. We were both born in Teesside and have a massive affection for the area and its people, and so were so pleased to hook up with The Middlesbrough Museum of Modern Art (mima) to celebrate their ‘Localism’ exhibition. On the…
Light Night Art Runs 2015 – Photo Blog
On Friday 9th October 2015, we hosted Light Night Art Runs 2015. On Saturday 10th October, we spent most of the day saying ‘Wow’ and grinning. A lot.
This Girl Can – International Women’s Day Event
I have to admit, I got a little teary during the second of our guided 5K runs for International Women’s Day yesterday. Supporting the launch of the This Girl Can campaign with RunLeeds, we were running with our all-abilities group along the canal in a sudden burst of glorious sunshine. The more experienced runners had…
Pop Up Running Event. Join us on 8th March 2015, International Women’s Day, at Trinity Leeds
Join us on Sunday 8th March to celebrate International Women’s Day and This Girl Can! We’ll be at Trinity Leeds supporting the fantastic Pop Up Running Event. We’ll be leading FREE guided 5km city runs: 2pm Mixed group 3pm Women only All welcome – beginners, improvers and experienced runners will all be looked after. Sign…
Movember Tash-Tastic City Run, 30th Nov
It’s Movember – time to MOVE! Join us for our Tash-Tastic City Run in Leeds at 2pm on 30th November. Our 5km moustache-shaped route takes in the best of the city’s sites and will give you the best GPS map ever! That’s not all. We’ve teamed up with Outlaws Yacht Club and MPIA for an…
Light Night Art Runs
Some people when they’re tapering for a marathon lay on the sofa and eat cake. This is perfectly reasonable but we prefer a different approach. Such as planning Light Night Art Runs, that involve running with a hundred other people festooned in fairy lights and glow sticks through a crowded city that has turned itself…
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…
Art Run at Leeds Waterfront Festival
One of our favourite things to do as Veggie Runners is to organise Art Runs. We did one recently at Leeds Waterfront Festival and had a whale of a time. The ‘art’ bit of the runs is open to interpretation – it depends on where and when we do them and what there is to…