Premier Kathleen Wynne is off and running — literally.

An Ontario election is not expected until next spring, but the Liberals on Wednesday released a slick new TV ad depicting her jogging through bucolic rural Ontario.

“Here are things most people don’t know about me: one, I love running,” Wynne breathlessly says as she races along rain-soaked country roads.

“Two, I try to speak simply and get to the point. Three, I set goals — really hard-to-accomplish goals,” she continues.

“Four, I never stop until they’re done.”

The 30-second commercial, which begins airing across Ontario on Thursday, was filmed Nov. 2 around the Caledon Hills near Orangeville, where Wynne’s daughter and son-in-law live with her three grandchildren.

Prepared by the agency Bensimon Byrne, it is virtually identical to the faux Nike spot done for the 2000 Mel Gibson-Helen Hunt romantic comedy, What Women Want, about an ad man who can read women’s minds.

The pastoral Wynne spot is being aired more than six months before a provincial election that could come on May 29 if her minority government is defeated over the spring budget.

“Premier Wynne has been a runner her entire life and it shows in the principled approach she brings to leadership. This ad showcases her fierce determination and unwavering pursuit of her goals,” said Liberal campaign co-chair Tim Murphy.

Health Minister Deb Matthews, the other co-chair, said Wynne “has shown us her ability to govern and find real solutions, but this ad is a window into what motivates and defines her.”

Other Liberals confide that the spot — entitled Never Stop — is aimed at women and potential Grit/NDP swing voters.

It is also designed to demonstrate the 60-year-old premier is as vigorous as her younger main rivals, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, 46, and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, 51.

But it opens her to criticism that she is running away from the record of her controversial predecessor Dalton McGuinty, who she replaced in February.

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The premier jogs every morning around Toronto, escorted by officers from her elite Ontario Provincial Police security detail. They sometimes follow on bicycles.

This newest ad is the second Liberal commercial to showcase Wynne. In July, the party released one touting her as a “job creator.”

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