#RunJennaRun

500! Just one mile today. I had to fight for my mile today. I have some odd overuse pains and pangs. I have a headache today when I hadn’t had one in five days. I was feeling incredibly tired and sluggish. But you don’t let 500 go. I’m not sure what the immediate future holds with regard to anything, let alone my #RunStreak. I am hopeful that I’ll continue, but I’m also watching the local numbers change. Since we don’t have bathroom in the basement, I can’t quarantine with the treadmill if I test positive. I recognize that the next milestone may not be hit and it may not be any fault of my own. I will continue to run as long as I am healthy and it’s safe for my whole family. Today’s one mile keeps my daily average right around 3.2 miles per day since Labor Day 2019. I’m hoping for longer tomorrow and Sunday with a quick mile on Saturday due to cross country. #RunJennaRun #OhioRunner #RunOhio #AutumnRunning #RunnersWithMigraines #RunLikeAWoman https://instagr.am/p/CGGP7ponvuS/

I almost didn’t run right after work, planning on a late night on the treadmill since Josh is working. But it was so gorgeous out: 55°, sunny, and lightly breezy. I just had to go run outside! 5 miles Jenna Streak Day 497 71 weeks of daily running! #RunStreak #OhioRunner #RunOhio #RunLikeAWoman #RunJennaRun #AutumnRunning https://instagr.am/p/CF-l254HwPT/

The smoke haze made it to Ohio. It looked exceptionally weird this morning. Josh and I argued about it. Isn’t marriage fun? (Yes. Yes it is. Love you, Josh!) I almost missed an outside run today which would have been a shame. The temps were so cool! I hope our schedule normalizes soon. All the same, today was #RunStreak 477. My mileage is low this month as I continue living with these migraine and we transition into this hybrid school year. There will always be time for more mileage. #RunJennaRun #OhioRunner #RunOhio #OhioSunset #SeptemberSunset https://instagr.am/p/CFLXJ0Fn0bi/

Up before sunrise today to get my miles in as today is a little ridiculous. The sky was actually much more on fire prior to this picture, but I was running in the wrong direction. By the time I got up to the church, things were starting to fade. It’s so dark at 6:00 now. Oh, summer. We shortchange you, don’t we? I didn’t want to pause my run and tank my overall pace to take this picture, but then figured that anyone creeping my overall pace is a jerk anyway, so I took the picture. Always take the picture. You won’t regret it. Ask me how I know. I thought about a lot on my run this morning. Gramps had a stroke on Saturday morning. Our lives are just filled with this nonstop grief and loss. I’m desperately trying to take care of everyone, which is why I was stress cleaning the stovetop at 10:00 last night. I don’t know when all of this will end or if it will. I’d like to take a breath. But the sun rises every morning. Every day I get another chance to love my people as fiercely as possible and be the best mom I can be in the moment I’m given. I’ll take it. 3.02 miles today for a total of 102.91 in August. (Only five days of which this month were migraine free.) #RunStreak Day 462. 66 weeks of running at least one mile every day for a total of 1479.9 which is an average of 3.2 miles per day. Onward. #RunJennaRun #RunOhio #OhioRunner #RunLikeAWoman #SunriseRun #AugustSunrise #AugustSlippedAway #MentalHealth #1w2 #Type1Enneagram https://instagr.am/p/CEje1GsnT2P/

I was near tears after dinner because my head hurt so badly. I went out to water the flowers and felt surprised by how much cooler it was than earlier in the day. So I put on my running clothes and ran a total of 3.89 miles. I had been planning on yet another treadmill run because it was supposed to storm, but the weather missed us. I’m so glad. I finished up my cooldown looking up the hill to this sight. It actually got more colorful after this shot, but I was sacked out on the porch, staring at the sky. #RunStreak Day 458 #RunJennaRun #RunOhio #OhioRunner #AugustSunset #Migraine #RunningWithMigraines https://instagr.am/p/CEaasX0n5E6/

With these migraines, my morning workouts are almost impossible. I’m listening to my body, and that means saving any workouts for later in the day when my morning pain is too much. Now that I’m employed again, that’s tricky. So, I did yoga on my lunch break. And when I turned around an hour or so later, I found the dogs on my new yoga mat. I did my running workout after dinner and cleaning to round out #RunStreak day 443. One foot in front of the other. One dog and then the other. #RunJennaRun #GSD #ThingsCallieBarksAt #ThingsMarleySmilesAt #Yoga #HomeOffice #YogaWithDogs https://instagr.am/p/CDz4bCQHoYK/

from http://twitter.com/JennaHatfield via IFTTT

Moon during a morning run remains high on the list of my favorite things. 5.39 miles, #RunStreak Day 440. #ISeeTheMoonIWin #RunJennaRun #OhioRunner #RunOhio #RunLikeAWoman #AugustSlippedAway #ForTheHopeOfItAll https://instagr.am/p/CDrJ-fgne68/

I ran two miles tonight (#runstreak day 423), an hour after dinner, listening to @Alanis’ Unplugged album. Tonight would have been the concert. I got tickets as a Christmas present from my husband. Another thing COVID-19 stole. I’m on day five of this migraine. I went back to the doctor yesterday. She gave me a new daily preventative and a referral to neurology. Neurology can’t see me until September 9th. I cried. I also cried last night before bed because the pain hit a whole new level. I took my medicine before bed like I’m supposed to and couldn’t decide if the nausea was due to the medicine or the stabbing pain above my left eyebrow. This bout started to lift at about 7pm. I ran at 8. I still can’t move my eyes much without pain and I still have consistent pain, but it’s a 3 as opposed to last night’s 10+. I’m exhausted. I’m frustrated. I’m writing a whole piece about this in my head. I hope this one ends soon so I can sit and write. Today was just hard. Tomorrow is a new day. #runjennarun #ohiorunner #runlikeawoman #thatiwouldbegood #tattooedrunner https://instagr.am/p/CDAcC0vH483/

400! 🎉 I ran 92.5 miles in June. I knew I would probably fall short of 100 with vacation and only running one mile on travel days. Here’s the thing: I ran on hot days. Some rainy days. Lots of humid days and a few oddly cool days. I ran when I was tired, grumpy, and sad. I ran with headache after headache after headache. I ran because it’s what I do. Maybe someone else ran more miles. Maybe someone else ran faster. Good for them. This is my journey. I’m loving being on it. Will I run tomorrow? Yeah. Probably. For me. On my terms. 💚 #runjennarun #runstreak #ohiorunner #runohio #runlikeawoman https://instagr.am/p/CCD1-lnnFaU/

365 days. 1,181.91 miles. An average of 3.23 miles per day. ⁣ ⁣ I cried when I passed the one mile marker this morning. I also cried for the majority of my last mile today; I ran six at the trail, the long morning shadows keeping me cool as the temps soar. ⁣ ⁣ I didn’t know I was going to run at least a mile a day every day for 365 days last year on Memorial Day. I knew I was going to attempt 40 for the #RWRunStreak, but I’d done that before, both successfully and not. It was just something to do. ⁣ ⁣ It became a lot more. ⁣ ⁣ After the summer run streak ended, I just kept running. I joked a lot about how I ran to avoid my feelings. We were still inside that first year of losing my FIL to suicide. There were other losses that compounded that grief. Running was my escape, but it was also the place I went to process some of those emotions, to find peace with loss. ⁣ ⁣ I’m stronger than I was 365 days ago, yes. But beyond physically, I’m so much stronger emotionally. So much happened this year. New jobs. A pandemic. Furloughed. Death and more death. And here I am. Still running. ⁣ ⁣ Let me tell you that you can do hard things. Even when it feels like everything around you is broken and crumbling, you can do the hard thing. I believe in you. Tell your people you love them. ⁣ ⁣ #runjennarun #runstreak #365days #ohiorunner #runohio #ididit https://instagr.am/p/CAp9a2knGjg/

I ran the #RunForIt5K this morning for @TWLOHA. I ran it for myself, for the fight I’ve put in to beat and live with depression and anxiety; for the hope that keeps me here. For my father-in-law, Bill; for Biz; for the others like them whom we’ve lost to suicide. For every mother fighting a postpartum mood and anxiety disorder. For every survivor of trauma. For everyone who woke up today with doubt and fear and a sense of dread; there is hope! For each of us who fights mental illness and pushes for mental wellness. For us all. ⁣ ⁣ #ForwardIsForwardNoMatterThePace #mentalhealth #anxiety #gad #mdd #trd #pmad #imasurvivor #twloha #twloha5k #runjennarun #runlikeawoman #ohiorunner #hopeisdefiant https://instagr.am/p/CAQPmIjgBnW/

100(.1) miles in April! I haven’t had a 100 mile month since November. I’ve been slowly coming back, and I decided to make April my month. I mean, it’s my birthday month!⁣ ⁣ And then. I got furloughed on the 15th. My dad had a severe accident on the 16th. And Mamaw died on the 22nd. I almost let my goal go. ⁣ ⁣ I realized with 4 days left, I had just over 20 miles left. So for the past four days, I’ve run 5.2+ miles each day. I ran 5.4 today to hit 100.1 miles. I did it. ⁣ ⁣ I’m on day 339 of my #RunStreak. I will finish my year (both 365 and 366 for this Leap Year) in May. I said to my husband tonight that I would not move for three weeks after I hit a year. And he said, “Yeah right.” Lol. ⁣ ⁣ I’m excited to finish this goal. I wonder what’s next? ⁣ ⁣ #runjennarun #runlikeawoman #motherrunner #ohiorunner #runohio https://instagr.am/p/B_oNLSJnkcM/

We went for a family-ish run. Nick ran two laps at the cemetery very fast. Parker ran one with me, and I finished up a two miler with an out and back on St. Louis. Josh walked one lap. (One lap is about 1.4 miles.) It was great to be out. Now back home. #thefamilythatrunstogether #runjennarun #runohio #ohiorunner https://ift.tt/3dA68Kf

From Day 1 on May 27, 2019, to Day 300 on March 22, 2020, things have changed. I have changed. Physically and just about in every way. I have run 910.52 miles in 300 days for a daily average of 3.04 miles. ⁣ ⁣ Right now, with every single run I get to take with my health in tact, I am incredibly grateful. I’m thankful to have been healthy this long—though I’ve run with a severe upper respiratory infection, post-stomach virus, and with various ailments and sniffles. You can run with anything but a fever. So I recognize how truly lucky I have been to make it thus far. If something should happen before my year of running date, I will NOT count it a failure. ⁣ ⁣ I’VE RUN 300 DAYS IN A ROW. Nothing about that is anything remotely failure-like. I have every intent to carry out my year—something that wasn’t actually a goal when I first started the #rwrunstreak on Memorial Day last year. July 4th came and went... and I just kept running. ⁣ ⁣ No one really knows what the next 66 (Leap Year!) days hold, but I will hope and pray to stay healthy through them. I hope and pray the same for you. ⁣ ⁣ #runjennarun #ohiorunner #runohio #runlikeawoman #runlikeamother #runningduringcovid19 #runstreak #jennastreak #300days #irunforme https://ift.tt/2xkwMGh

Took a half mile walk after my eight mile run to cool down and enjoy the quiet calm of the trail. As a bonus, spring is starting to show up in small and tangible ways. I’ll share a few other pics in my stories. I loved the pop of color in this macro shot of some moss. I love being outside. #socialdistancing #runjennarun #runohio #ohiorunner #cooldownwalk https://ift.tt/33mzJT2

I stayed in bed a few minutes too long this morning and missed my chance to run before a memorial lunch for which we had a two hour drive. With 45 minutes left in our drive on the way home, it started to snow. I wasn’t expecting snow, or I would have gotten out of bed on time this morning. In the end, the extra time in bed was worth it as this week has been a humdinger. At best. I ran my three for today in the snow at a slower pace than I might have run today, Jenna Streak Day 292, giving my legs a slight reprieve before tomorrow’s long run. Just keep running. #runjennarun #runstreak #ohyeah #itisstillwinter #ohiorunner #runohio https://ift.tt/39QkHah