Hear why Kate is cycling 3,000 miles around GB on a hand-made bamboo bike as well as how she’s using her sport to motivate others to take positive action around climate change and veganism.

New to a plant based diet or want to improve your athletic performance? This is talk for you.

Christine Vardaros, a 20-year vegan pro cyclist, shares all that she’s learned while competing at the highest level on a plant-based diet. Expect to walk away feeling inspired and armed with concrete tips on how to positively tweak your own diet to tackle your personal athletic adventures.

Kate is joined by a number of highly achieving athletes who have competed at top level on a plant based diet.

Brendon Bale will share his journey creating Green Gazelles Rugby Club and how he is using this community to normalise veganism through sport.

Vegan athletes have different nutritional needs than other less-active vegans. In this talk, Leila discusses how eating a sport-specific diet will provide the unique nutrient needs of athletes and demonstrates how you can work the right foods into your training plan in the right amounts.

Represented team G.B at junior level with n track and field for a number of years. Boxed and trained with pro boxers and played and trained with pro rugby players. Currently I am an IFBB Pro athlete. I’ve competed against the best in my category and traveled overseas on numerous occasions that helped me gain valuable experience in the sport. Now I currently skydive, snowboard, rock climb and scuba dive (the lata is on the to do list actually). Basically anything extreme!!!

Plant based diets have become very popular amongst athletes but how can vegans best optimise their diets for athletic performance and muscle building? Where do vegans get protein? Can vegans build muscle the same as omnivores? What about supplements? Join Dr Patel discuss these questions and more.