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Vegan Double Ironman
Hallam Smallpiece, Vegan Ironman (and Vegan Runner member) completed not one but two (!) Ironman events, back to back, on the weekend of the 7th and 8th August 2010. He finished 11th after over 30 hours…
For those who don't know, the Ironman was invented to test multisport athletes to their limits… So what does a pair look like? In the water, 5 miles, on the bike 224 miles, on foot 52 miles (yes, two marathons).
London Training and Meetups
At the moment we only have regular sessions in London - The monthly
Sunday meet ups and training runs have been one of the successes of the
year.
Vegans, members or not, and non-running supporters are
very welcome to our club training sessions, held monthly on a
Sunday.
Read a short account of one of the club
sessions New Year, New Club Training
Sessions, or catch up with the details for the last (held on
15 August from in Hyde Park) Sunday 15 August -
London Training Meetup
VRUK blog and on-line results
10 Days, 10 Marathons!
260 miles in ten days... Anna Finn completed 10 marathons in 10 days around Lake Windermere in 39 hours 7 mins 49 secs (a women's world record), in aid of Brathay. if you want to support her mighty efforts, visit Just Giving.
For a running commentary on just how it feels to run the equivalent of London to York via Manchester, visit Anna's blog at finnsplodge
Two weeks after the 10 in 10 Anna tackled the 145 mile Grand Union Canal run from Birmingham to London, fundraising for Animal Aid. For Anna's account of her longest run to date click here.
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London Marathon 2010
Eight members of Vegan Runners UK successfully completed the London Marathon, five wearing the club kit. In the photo from the left: Cedric David, Helen Watkinson, Maria Hamilton, Peter Simpson (support), Chloe Vincent & Keith Hammond (Vegetarian C&AC). In the 2009 event we had one of our strongest teams, the highlight being our 4 sub 3-hour runners, this year the focus was on our core members. Some of our runners set large personal bests, others their first marathon or first London event. Congratulations go to all our runners who achieved the following times:
- Colin Braybrook 3:02:41
- Cedric David 3:46:51
- Verna Burgess 3:49:36
- Chloe Vincent 4:04:56
- Helen Watkinson 4:10:36
- Maria Hamilton 4:11:40
- Laurence Klein 5:12:04
- Teressa Longhurst 5:27:05
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Anna Finn Reaches 100 Marathons
33 Year old Anna Finn, a maths teacher and member of Vegan Runners UK, has run 100 Marathons. She seems to be the youngest woman to achieve the feat, and is awaiting news from Guinness about the World Record.
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Vegan Runners Cross Country Season: Victors, Veterans and Virgins …
Winter is another busy period for several members who enjoy cross country. Vegan Runners of all abilities and ambitions have taken part in races large and small over the last few weeks.
Peter Simpson reports on the South of England XC Champs held on the 30th January 2010. Beside his own well-paced race, Peter reports on Vannessa Hudson’s battle with road shoes and the mud, and a well-placed Colin Braybrook (a vegan runner competing under the St Albans Striders banner).
Neil Ford marks his come-back with a victory in the Berwick Cross Country, which was ‘somewhere between four and five miles’.
A winter-loving Clare Coombes has been mud-running through the cross country season, sporting her club vest, finally breaking the top 100 places.
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New Year, New Club Training Sessions
The reinstitution of the London club training sessions proved a success, and will hopefully lead to many more. Here Peter Simpson describes how the set worked to give everyone a challenging run and how some members took advantage of Starbucks' vegan offerings...
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Rainforest Foundation 10K, 1/11/09
The Rainforest 10K was chosen as our main event for World Vegan Day and with Vanessa in her new role as Press Secretary we had high hopes of good coverage for veganism and the club. With the experience behind her, Vanessa contacted the national press and the Vegan Society who were leading the media coverage. After last year's turnout of 8 members, the most members of clubs present, a similar number would have been good publicity.