Not all women who run are:

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"

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