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When I run large mobs of boys in my ork army, I usually run them at the same time as I do normal movement to speed up the game. Is this a generally accepted practice or frowned on? thanks in advance!

Varies.

most folk are cool with it as long as you ask first, in the interests of getting them moved before dawn..

Some folk are violently opposed to it, and assume you'll then run them all in the shooting turn as well if you are allowed to

Tournaments- ask the TO. My local is ok with it, but i was told at another that i had to measure every ork's movement individually and exactly, and that i would be dinged for slow-play if it took more than 2 minutes... And then to do the same thing in the shooting phase.

I've also had opponents declare my movement phase over 'because i moved on to shooting phase stuff' , so it does pay to check with your opponent

I really does speed up the game, especially with blocks of 30 boyz.
I always check with my opponent first. Fortunately I haven't had a problem yet.

It's always best to ask. Sometimes it can make a real difference in play; knowing ahead of time whether you rolled a 1 or a 6 can make a big difference in deciding WHICH WAY to move your regular 6" move, because a different move may make more or less sense knowing you're gettiing a a long or short Run.

Usually I'm cool with allowing it for the first turn or two, when the high model count army still has the most models on the table, speeding things up is more valuable, and the Ork player usually wants to move all his guys one direction regardless, so knowing in advance how big the Run roll is doesn't matter as much. In later turns I am usually not okay with combining them, because of the information factor. Of course, if it's the bottom of the last turn and we know exactly where a given unit is going, because they're just trying to make it to a given objective, then again, it doesn't hurt anything to combine it.