{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"Vicki Cosio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/vickicosio\/","title":"First Pro Vegan Footballer Neil Robinson's Cycling Challenge - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IGTcAKkcac\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/first-pro-vegan-footballer-neil-robinson-cycling-challenge\/\">First Pro Vegan Footballer Neil Robinson&#8217;s Cycling Challenge<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/first-pro-vegan-footballer-neil-robinson-cycling-challenge\/embed\/#?secret=IGTcAKkcac\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;First Pro Vegan Footballer Neil Robinson&#8217;s Cycling Challenge&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"IGTcAKkcac\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Neil-Robinson_Banana-Man.jpg","thumbnail_width":1916,"thumbnail_height":1421,"description":"The legendary Neil Robinson (the first professional vegan footballer in the world) is gathering a group of elite vegan athletes to participate in a cycling challenge. The cycling challenge is over 900 miles, from southern England to northern Scotland. The cycling challenge will raise money for charities and awareness for veganism at the same time. I recently caught up with Neil, and was able to talk to him about his newest endeavor: Vicki:\u00a0 Neal, most people know you as a professional football player from the U.K. How did the idea for the cycling challenge (made up of vegan athletes) come about? Neal: I met up with Dean Howell (the other vegan professional football player in the UK) at the recent London Vegfest in September, and he said he was doing a lot of cycling of late. Well, I&#8217;ve always wanted to do some sort of sporting challenge for charity and I thought, &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if the two vegan former footballers did a cycling challenge together for charity AND raise awareness of veganism at the same time?&#8221; So I emailed Dean with my suggestion and he agreed! Shortly after I thought, &#8220;Why not ask other vegan athletes from different [&hellip;]"}