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Lena Dunham steps out in tiny colourful shorts in New York... as she shares motivational message on learning to love running

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 11:10 EST, 30 July 2015 | Updated: 14:42 EST, 30 July 2015

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She is currently filming season five of her HBO show Girls.

And Lena Dunham was back on set on Wednesday appearing relaxed in-between scenes as she strolled around New York.

The 29-year-old looked summery in super short leaf-print shorts and a pale blue silk blouse.

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Back to filming: Lena Dunham was spotted out in New York on Wednesday as she gets back to filming Girls

Lena flashed part of her arm tattoo in the patterned top which featured an open collar.

She completed the look in tan moccasins and wore her cropped brunette locks neatly swept to the side.

Hours earlier the actress donned blue spandex to film a running scene for her hit show.

She was seen limbering up and stretching before pounding the sidewalk on location in Brooklyn, with her midriff on display.

Proud of her achievement, Lena took to Instagram to gush about her new found love of running.

Cheery: The 29-year-old actress looked relaxed as she strolled clutching her phone wearing a pretty silk blouse and colourful shorts

Watch where you're going! The Girls star was absorbed in her her phone as she walked down the street

'Not usually one to post a paparazzi shot but this fills me with pride. Basically my whole life I have hated running and run like a wounded baby Pterodactyl. It was embarrassing and honestly I did not trust myself to escape a burning building or even move briskly towards a buffet.

'@jennikonner is directing the season finale of Girls and decided that as Hannah evolved so would her run, so she got me a training session with Matt Wilpers from Mile High Run Club.

'Within an hour I had a different relationship to this formerly torturous activity. I felt strong, swift and proud. I'm not about to embrace that triathlon life but it's a true joy to continue getting more connected to my body and its powers. '

Lena is a proponent of regular exercise, but by her own admission: 'It ain't about the a**, it's about the brain.'

Something amusing: The actress smiled as she put on a leggy display in leaf-print shorts

In an April Instagram post, the actress said fitness helped her with anxiety and her well publicised mental health issue.

She wrote: 'Promised myself I would not let exercise be the first thing to go by the wayside when I got busy with Girls Season 5 and here is why: it has helped with my anxiety in ways I never dreamed possible.'

Lena went on: 'To those struggling with anxiety, OCD, depression: I know it's mad annoying when people tell you to exercise, and it took me about 16 medicated years to listen. I'm glad I did. It ain't about the a**, it's about the brain.'

Life-changing: Lena took to Instagram to share this snap from her run on Wednesday gushing about how the activity has improved her relationship with her body

But of course every girl has her hang-ups and an appearance on stage alongside Taylor Swift and models Lily Aldridge and Gigi Hadid earlier this month left her feeling 'chubby'.

Admitting she felt self-conscious at the New Jersey Swift gig, Lena told Billboard: 'I was so thrilled to support my friend and so displeased to learn about the truth of my own height.

'I mean, on most days, I feel really great and fine about my body, but I don't think standing next to, like, three supermodels or so is anything even the most confident woman needs to do.'

Lena is currently filming season five of Girls and this week has been filming scenes with co-stars Andrew Rannells - her friend Elijah in the show and Becky Ann Baker, her on-screen mother Loreen.

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