Team Vegan are preparing to smash the tired old myth of the 'weedy vegan', in the Great North Run 2010.

Amanda Baker from The Vegan Society says, “Good vegan diets can support impressive athletic achievement. Carl Lewis partly credits his ‘best year as an athlete ever!’ to his vegan diet in 1991.”

Team Captain Fiona Oakes, an Elite marathon runner, says, “My extraordinarily physically demanding lifestyle dictates that I need a very balanced and high quality diet to sustain my levels of fitness and endurance. This is where I believe my veganism has helped me the most.”

Captain Fiona Oakes is a Retained Firefighter, and runs a Sanctuary in Essex where she cares daily for four hundred animals. Vegan since 1979, Oakes ran the 2009 London Marathon in under three hours.

The team of fifteen vegan amateur runners has been assembled by The Vegan Society.

High resolution images available on request. Contact: Amanda Baker Mobile: (07847) 664 793 Email: media@vegansociety.com Tel: (0121) 523 1737

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