Today we are featuring the Vegan Runners, who are supporting our Equality for Mental Health campaign to mark World Mental Health Day in October.

We asked their regional representative in London Lina Ambruleviciute a few questions, so that we can get to know their community a bit more - see answers below:

Introducing 091 CrW from Skopje..

🔦 PRJCTRUN, São Paulo, Brazil

As part of this year’s mental health campaign, we shall be featuring some of the crews from around the globe, asking them some questions about their community and how they will be supporting the Equality for Mental Health Campaign this October.

We are kicking off with the first introduction to the Bridge Runners community, based in New York City - questions answered by their founder, Mike Saes!

Each year we create a global event, inviting runners, and communities from around the world to help us raise awareness and smash the stigma surrounding mental health, one conversation at a time.

Community Touch Point

Today we have the pleasure of introducing Turbo Runners from Sydney, Australia. A crew that is as big on the social aspect as it is on running. We are pumped to have them joining the #diyculturechallenge to mark World Mental Health Day this October.

In the lead up to our DIY Culture Challenge to mark World Mental Health Day, we are speaking to some of the communities that are joining the initiative and add some flavour to proceedings.

This has been a tough year or two for people around the world, and we’re coming up to World Mental Health Day on the 10th of October.

One thing that helps us deal with this pressure is the support of others, that helps us approach the challenges that life gives us. Last year Be More You and Love Trails put on a Virtual Race & Wellbeing Festival with lululemon. This year, the aim is for different groups, crews and individuals to challenge themselves and celebrate the values that are important to them.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines mental health as: ‘A state of well-being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to her or his community’.