The Run Little Monkey team loves running for sure but we are also great lovers of the beautiful taco and of coming up with new and fun types of tacos. So for the summer, we're going to offer up a new taco recipe for you every Tuesday. Our first is a vegan mushroom taco. It's super fast and so delicious. Hope you enjoy them and definitely let us know if you make any. Pix always welcome. Mushroom tacos Serves 3-4 Ingredients 500-600 grams of mushrooms. Preferably not button mushrooms as they lose a lot of their structure when cooked. 1 yellow onion 1 red/orange/yellow pepper 1-2 dried chipotle chiles or chipotle in adobo sauce 1 tsp dried Mexican oregano 1...
Okay, not really running through the pain. I am not one of those “run or die” types. The pain is real. And I’ve had to dial back the running. I started back great. One week in, feeling good. Two weeks in, feeling so-so. Start of the third week in, and not so much. I felt like my calves were going to snap in half. I couldn’t shake it out or foam roll enough to get rid of the persistent pain. After two days of pity party and the “I’ll never run again” woes, I re-evaulated. And I made a decision to start to re-build strength. I signed up for an eight week home training course with “The Betty Rocker.” She’s...
Before life as Head of Monkey Business at Run Little Monkey, our company's founder Gail Cohen spent most of her life as a journalist covering the legal profession and the justice system in Canada. As such, she had a front-row seat to some of the extreme difficulty average, and particularly low-income, Canadians have not only knowing the law and their rights but having access to justice of any kind. When looking to launch our first Run Little Monkey fundraising virtual run, it was a no-brainer then to connect with a charity or non-profit that provided access to justice. So we have parntered with Pro Bono Ontario for the inaugural Run For Justice Virtual 7K race to raise money for PBO’s...
Oh hi. Remember me? I had started out as the Run Little Monkey run ambassador. I had a triumphant (though painful) finish at the London Royal Parks Half Marathon. And then I. Didn’t. Do. Anything. I was having lots of arch pain. Then I got scheduled for a totally unrelated surgery. Then I was mostly bedridden. Then it was April and I got the all clear to do whatever I wanted. With one change. On top of everything, I have Fatty Liver Disease. How does one treat not yet serious but still there Fatty Liver Disease? You exercise. You eat healthfully. You drink green tea. I’ll be honest here. I wanted to get back into running. The mental clarity, the...
Alright, first things first. The run was glorious. The weather was warm (a little too warm at times because it was so sunny). And the energy was great. As I mentioned before, I have been nursing an injury and I really wanted to complete this run. I set a “goal” of under 3:15 – but my real goal was to come in under 3:00. But let me back up… We arrived in London on Friday morning. Run was Sunday. The hotel we stayed in had an amazing bathtub which meant the epsom salts I brought were going to be used up! We did quite a bit of walking around and my hip was throbbing. Really painful. My foot was just...
