Vegan dates #2: Tony and Jen’s

Welcome back to this little series of places that my girlfriend Victoria (Retrosnowflake) and I eat in due to her plant-based/vegan life. There a lot of great vegan options in Belfast nowadays and although I am not vegan, I feel it is worthwhile mentioning these places as they go to great lengths to accommodate their customers....

Veganism: Cooking a lasagne

The first vegan meal that I cooked was a lasagne. I know how to cook one pretty well, so thought I would start pretty safe for me. I talk about preparing for the big cooking day here. I have no idea if this was too adventurous or not, it seemed simple enough. I have never written...

July workout plan: part 2

Check out part 1 from yesterday! It details what and why I am having to schedule a whole month of exercises in advance. It contained Running, cardio and weight training.So where were we? So what do I chat about now? Well, my friend, I have a lot more forms of exercise to talk about... Sorry!...

July workout plan: part 1

We have two months of the summer left and I thought it was time to really kick my fitness regime into gear. I have been too inconsistent with my workouts and training and have gained weight back and this makes me far too unhappy. I tend to work better when given targets to achieve each...

Running: How do you acknowledge other runners when on the road?

You are out on a run and another runner is coming towards you from the other direction... You want to acknowledge them and show some respect to a fellow runner, but you don't want to disrupt them. What do you do? The ultimate runner conundrum... (Well other than what to do when you need the...

Dating a vegan/only eats plant based foods

Why hello there! Today I am going to talk about something a little different than what you have read in the last few posts here. I feel it is important to provide an overall scope of things that go on as although running and fitness is important, but food and my lifestyle is key to...

Why gym first timers shouldn’t be afraid of the weights room.

Welcome to the end of week one of my blog! Sunday's blogs are all about the gym and weights... I think. It is an interesting world and one I feel people should add to their workouts! Shall we? The weights section of a gym can be a daunting place, the heavy objects the loud sounds...

Running: The fun of training part 1

Hello again! It feels like just a few hours ago I had a post written for you... Oh, wait... The avid amateur runner that I am, and how I know over time I will almost always relate something back to running... Running is love, running is life. I thought why not start off Running Fridays (running...

A day in the life

Alright? First off, apologies are in order as I got stuck in work and could not get this post up until today, so you fine folks get the joy of two posts in one day! Lucky ducks! Shall we? As I am new to this blogging malarky and we don't really know each other too...