Karen Guttridge was smug. At the age of 56, she was sitting in her doctor’s office after a morning of Well Woman checks. She’d been fending off the worst of the menopause for years and now calmly awaited his verdict on her invincible body. ‘You have osteopenia,’ he said. Despite the fact she’d never actually heard of it, she vowed to beat this, to take it on. He looked up. ‘Do you like to hike? Or jog?’ Karen decided she was going to be a runner. Just like that. It wasn’t the monumental decision most folks face. You see, she’d always liked exercise. Not adrenalin-fuelled leaping off cliffs stuff but walking, tennis, netball, that sort of thing. So a bit of running - how hard could it be?  Forgetting that a particularly travel packed year lay ahead, Karen launched her plan. Join her as she dodges snakes, ants, caterpillars and naked man orchids whilst suffering a dog bite, swallowing insects and running away from glaciers. Finally managing to drag herself through a handful of 5K races, Karen was definitely beginning to get the hang of this and might have even completed a 10K too if it hadn’t been for Elsa from Frozen. Running Like a Wrinkly follows Karen’s often hilarious determination to keep on running whilst battling menopausal sleep deprivation, dehydration, fatigue and anxiety. From migrating eyebrows, dodgy eyesight, unruly body parts and an unsuspecting foray into the world of sex toys, this is a light hearted yet informative look at running as we age. You’re never too old or too slow.