I’ll set the scene. It’s the morning of my longest race of the year - the 360k Traka through the winding dirt roads of Girona, Spain. It’s 4:30 in the morning, and I’ve laid out everything I’ll need ...

Periods are — much to the frustration of women — a routine part of life. I got my first period when I was around 12, and understood innately that this was something I would be dealing with once a week ...

I got my first period when I was 11. I remember being young enough to find it bewildering, but old enough to understand that something significant had happened. Today, 11 hardly seems exceptionally ...