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Anna Finn's 100 Marathon Club Goal
Anna has a 2010 goal of 10 marathons in 10 days around Lake Windermere, for more details visit Just Giving. At the rate Anna is completing marathons and ultra marathons, she will be rewarded soon with membership of the 100 Marathon Club. Anna is now intending to complete that one in 2010 aged 33 to hold the female record for the fastest tonne. Will there be anything left to achieve after that goal?
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.
Second London Training Meetup of 2010
All runners, supporters and curious onlookers are welcome for the second of this year's regular Sunday club training sessions. This one will be at 11am in Regent's Park on Sunday, 14th February (St Valentine's Day – What could be more romantic?). Click the headline for further details.
VRUK blog and on-line results
For details of VRUK's most recent activities, other notices and all results going back to 2008.
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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.
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Crystal Palace 10K, 4/10/09
The first running of the South of England Open 10K and Championship, held at the grand venue with a long and distinguished history which hosts international grand prix events. An honour to run in a race at this venue, we were anticipating a quality field to challenge some of our best runners such as Sid Delara!
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Robin Hood Half & Full Marathon 13/9/09
The Robin Hood events in Nottingham attracted in the region of 10,000 runners this year with approaching 7,000 in the half marathon and 1,400 in the Marathon. Running for Vegan Runners UK we had Mick Morgan from Doncaster, Anna Finn of North London and James Millington of East London. In the half we were represented by Clare Coombes a local and Peter Simpson of Milton Keynes with Vanessa Hudson our support crew and photographer. To view Vanessa's album clickhere. On the eve of the events some members of VRUK & the Vegetarian Cycling & Athletic Club met up at the Alley Cafe-bar for a meal and social.
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Lavant 5 miles, West Sussex, 24/6/09
Located just north of Chichester, the course started at Lavant village green and was an out and back course, including a lap of Goodwood motor racing circuit, providing a nice smooth tarmac running surface.