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Not all women who run are: Itty bitty A size 6, 8,10 Slim in build Lean and toned    Sporty looking Athletic looking Front cover looking Stereotypical Muscular Gym bunnies Super fit Always training Treadmill runners Running 5k, 10k, marathons Miles and miles runners Distance runners Love hill runners Get up early runners All weather runners Prefer evening runners Sprinters Fast fast fast 7,8,9 minute mile runners At the front Plodders Slow pokes Not that fast Holding the back  Road runners Trail runners Cross country runners Endurance runners Finishing first Coming in last ..... Winning? We're all winning! Losing! No, we're not losing.  We're running! All women who run are runners. "but you don't look like a runner"

Summer running through the eyes of a slow, middle-aged, overweight Northern off road trail and moors runner. Ahhhh summer is here! The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, everyone is happy! Blazing by 8 o'clock in the fuckin morning! What's going on? It's never this warm here, ever. Its the North, you know 'it's grim oop norf!'. It's actually too hot to run after 10am? I need to be up, out and done waayyy before midday or I'll set on actual fire.  Blue skies I guess that I could run in the evening, when it's much cooler... How is it still this bloody hot at 6pm? How ! Maybe I'll just start running at midnight. In the dark.  Because it's so hot I need extra water. All the water . As much as I can physically carry. I'm like a bloody camel. I'll probably still run out!  I'm going to need sunscreen. And if I'm going to be out a few hours, especially with the heat slowing me (or sensibly) I'm...