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Something big is coming next week. 👀💚

Team VPA 2027 applications open Monday, Oct 26 for returning members and Tuesday, Oct 27 for everyone else.

We’re keeping the team to just 100 athletes this year, so mark your calendar. New year, new kit, same crew going the distance together.

Tag the athlete you want on the team with you. 👇

#TeamVPA #VeganPoweredAthlete #PlantBasedAthlete #VeganEndurance #VeganAthlete

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Trailrunnen en herfstweer gaan hand in hand!!!

#trailrunning
#hardlopen
#rennen
#drenthe
#trailrunningnl

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A weekend @farmsanctuary ✨ A great weekend with @team.vpa teammates volunteering, petting all the animals, and eating lots of delicious vegan food. The time always goes too quickly, can’t wait until the next trip. #vegan #veganathlete #farmsanctuary

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After a day of volunteering we did what endurance athletes do and hiked the Gorge Trail at Watkins Glen State Park. It’s been a long time since I’ve been there but was pumped to get back. Next time I’m not waiting as long and doing more of the trails.

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Made the very last minute decision to take part in the @team.vpa meet up weekend up at @farmsanctuary in Watkins Glen. The team volunteered at the sanctuary Saturday morning getting all the feed hay moved into the barns for the winter. Then we got to take a tour and meet some of the residents. It was a profoundly deep reminder why I chose to be vegan and continue to fight for the liberation of all these beautiful creatures. Getting to experience all their individual personalities up close, it really makes you wonder how we can continue to exploit them in the factory farming torture system. This was an experience that I won’t ever forget and it reinforced my mission to continue the fight.

Thank you to Daniel (@veganpoweredathlete) for not only providing me with an invaluable experience like this but in creating such a great community of ambassadors with the team. I’m lucky to be a part of such a great crew. Can’t wait for the next year and for more meet ups.

Note to everyone else. Check out the @farmsanctuary page. Donate, volunteer, take a weekend trip and stay on site. If Watkins Glen is a little far, look for sanctuaries near you and get involved. Every single one of them can and will appreciate any help they can get.

RIP HILDA.
You started such a movement

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I thought the main rule in life was “to not brake the rules in life”. 🤔

I guess mum should have better listened to my professors when they told her that I was not listening to them.

(Please, I’m being sarcastic).

#veganisbetter
#nomeatathlete

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@veganpoweredathlete 's most memorable running moment? His first 50-miler — run completely solo during COVID.

@team.vpa founder + leader Daniel Reintjes on the @runnerspodium podcast 🎙️🌱

Episode 8 is out now.

🎧 Spotify | 🍎 Apple Podcasts | ▶️ YouTube

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Huge congratulations to Team VPA athlete Sarah on conquering the Leadville Trail 100! 🏔️💯

There’s nothing easy about earning that buckle. One hundred miles through the Colorado Rockies, climbing to over 12,500 feet across Hope Pass, battling the altitude, the miles, the fatigue, and all the moments when your mind gives you a thousand reasons to stop.

Sarah kept moving forward.

She fought all the way to the finish and crossed that line in 29:29:38 — under the 30-hour cutoff!

We’re incredibly proud to have Sarah representing Team Vegan Powered Athlete and showing exactly what determination, resilience, community, and plant-powered endurance can accomplish.

And as Sarah said herself, sharing those miles with fellow Team VPA athletes made this one even more special. 💚🌱

Sarah, soak this one in. You earned every single mile of that finish.

WELCOME TO THE LEADVILLE 100 FAMILY! 🏔️🔥

#Ultrarunning #100Miler #VeganRunner #VeganAthlete #PlantPowered

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Is it okay to say something is hard when you don’t finish it? Can you have a sense of accomplishment in failure?

I’ve received so many messages of encouragement after my 52-mile DNF at the Leadville Trail 100. “Incredible.” “Amazing effort.” “Inspirational.”

But I didn’t accomplish what I came to Leadville to do.

And that’s okay.

This race is HARD. It took me somewhere I’ve never been before.

At 50k I was already negotiating with my mind to purposely miss the cutoff so I wouldn’t have to continue. Instead, I fought physically and mentally to make it.

Leaving Twin Lakes, I felt good. I ran toward Hope Pass, passing runners along the way. But on that climb, I have never felt so physically depleted. My hips tightened and my legs simply wouldn’t move. The buffer I thought I had for Winfield disappeared.

Suddenly, I was racing the clock.

I bombed down the backside toward Winfield feeling great—smiling, running hard and passing people. A volunteer even asked, “Why are you smiling?”

Because despite everything, I was having an incredible day.

With three miles to go, I had less than an hour. At the final turn I heard, “Winfield, 3/4 mile down the road.”

I pushed as hard as I could.

Then I looked at my watch.

6:50 p.m. The cutoff.

No tears. No anger. No sadness.

Just acceptance.

I had given everything I had that day. Even knowing my race was over, I kept running toward Winfield as hard as I could. 3 minutes too late.

I dug deep. I never gave up.

That’s Leadville.

I’m incredibly grateful for my crew and pacers who gave their time to support this crazy goal, and for my Team VPA family. Watching three teammates battle their own races and cross that red carpet was incredible.

Thank you to the entire @leadvilleraceseries family for an unforgettable summer.

Did I accomplish what I came here to do? No.

Am I proud of what I accomplished? Absolutely.

Sometimes giving everything you have doesn’t get you to the finish line. Sometimes it gets you 52 miles.

Leadville still scares me.

This story isn’t over.

Keep moving forward.

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Its go time! #Leadville100

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This weekend, four Team VPA athletes will stand on the starting line of one of the most legendary ultramarathons in the world: the Leadville Trail 100 Run.

Bryan. Daniel. Abby. Sarah.

Four athletes. Four different journeys. One hundred miles through the Colorado Rockies.

The Race Across the Sky is more than just 100 miles. Starting and finishing in Leadville at over 10,000 feet, the course climbs into the mountains, crosses Hope Pass, and asks athletes to keep moving forward through altitude, darkness, fatigue, doubt, and whatever else the day brings.

For Team VPA, having four athletes on that starting line means something special.

It represents countless early mornings, long training days, sacrifices, setbacks, comebacks, and miles when nobody was watching.

It represents a community that believes you can chase enormous endurance goals while living with compassion.

And it represents exactly what Team Vegan Powered Athlete is about: showing what is possible when plant-powered athletes are willing to dream big, put in the work, and keep moving forward.

On Saturday morning, Bryan, Daniel, Abby, and Sarah will each begin their own 100-mile journey. Their races will unfold differently, but they’ll all be carrying the same Team VPA colors through the mountains.

We’re incredibly proud to have four Team VPA athletes taking on the Leadville 100.

Now it’s time to Race Across the Sky.

Let’s go, Bryan, Daniel, Abby & Sarah!

#TeamVPA #Leadville100 #PlantPoweredAthlete #VeganAthlete #UltraRunning

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Team VPA showed up BIG in Leadville this past weekend!

Bryan and Daniel took on the Leadville Trail 10K — the highest 10K in the world — and got another taste of those thin-air Leadville miles. But if you’ve been following along, you know the 10K was just one more step toward the BIG one this weekend: the Leadville Trail 100 Run.

For Bryan, the weekend was even bigger. He completed the Leadville Trail 100 MTB on Saturday before turning around and tackling the 10K on Sunday! This marked his 4th Leadville event of the summer as he continues his pursuit of the coveted Lead Challenge Axe.

And now… it’s 100-mile week.

This weekend, Bryan and Daniel will toe the line for the Leadville Trail 100 Run, joined by fellow Team VPA athletes Abby and Sarah.

Four Team VPA athletes.
100 miles.
One legendary course through the Colorado Rockies.

Team VPA is showing up BIG in Leadville, and we couldn’t be more excited to see what this crew can do.

Follow along this weekend as Bryan, Daniel, Abby, and Sarah take on the Race Across the Sky!

Plant-powered. Mountain-tested. Keep moving forward.

#Leadville100 #PlantPoweredAthlete #VeganAthlete #UltraRunning #TrailRunning

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