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Jeanne Mack

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Paine to Pain 2026 is in the books! And while we wait for our official photos (and for all the wet gear that we hauled back to P2P Global HQ to dry out), here’s a shot of 2x Champ Jeanne Mack at the tape. @jmmackattack She out dueled three prior champs in the rain to claim today’s crown after emerging from the woods to finish on the track at New Rochelle HS.
📷 @brujac04
#trailrunning
#halfmarathon by @jmmackattack

Grabbing life by the fistful of snack macros (snackros?) [chip, chocolate, tube ofc] and reflecting that this summer might have been the best one of my adult life SO FAR ??! gonna be hard to top that’s for sure by @jmmackattack

the summer I turned a crab purse into my entire personality 🦀
first time in Italy and I did NOT act like I’d been there before (cc the farmer’s market personnel who screamed at me repeatedly for touching a nectarine)! gratzeeeAY to the Rossis and Gregoires for giving me a reason to go and a beautiful and fun adventure in Bedonia. looking forward to all going back together as a fam once Eve starts paying rent jk 😎
Good photos by @jkh_photo by @jmmackattack

Countdown to solstice is on 🌞 💐🪻👽🕳️ by @jmmackattack

Here are the facts !

1. Yesterday I ran 13.1 miles 50 seconds slower than I did 1 yr ago.

2. Last year was already a result I wasn’t entirely ~ stoked ~ on.

3. And yesterday’s result on paper doesn’t tell the story of the progress I made this past year. Mindset-wise, momentum-wise, acceptance-wise. I am where I am with running right now, and all I can do is keep showing up, pounding the rock (IYKYK), getting excited about the glimmers of fitness, and believing that eventually it won’t feel like such an uphill battle. Or hell, maybe it always will.

4. And if that’s the case I’d STILL choose to do it. Because unfortunately I do love this crap. And by “this crap” I mean the awareness of my body in the world, the working hard alongside people I care about, and trying my darnedest even when (or because) it’s a struggle. ❣️

5. By “this crap” I do not mean the mindset of *locking in* [shout out @alicebaquie ] or the oversaturation of vloggers on start lines. YEEHAW she’s feelin spicy 🥵

6. Goodbye winter 2026. Ready to see some pink flowers soon. 9 weeks til I do a full marathon for the first time in 4 years?! 🤸‍♀️🤠🪲🪅

7. Ty to @umpz for the good photos! And thx to @nataliapaine for posing with shaq, @brooklyntrackclub for bringing good ppl together, @localhillrun for the reminder that consistency >>> and @paulopolooza for everything else by @jmmackattack

Would you rather race in blue capris or dye the bottom 4 inches of your hair purple?
Also in 2016: me resting in a tiny bed in capris, Paul looking like kurt cobain on multiple occasions, and a bunch of other SIMPLER AND BEAUTIFUL moments by @jmmackattack

The year my baby turned 1, my other baby started a beautiful newsletter, we went across the pond, and I ran my first two ultras.

Sue me, I miss Facebook albums part 363738. by @jmmackattack

@jfk50mile — 5️⃣th woman. The Appalachian Trail had many moments of being gnarlier than expected. The canal path went by faster than expected. The last 8.5 miles of rolling pavement were more torturous than expected. Seeing Paul and Huma at crew stations felt more life-giving than expected.

I’ve been wondering for months how running 50 miles would feel, and if it would feel like a race. And waddaya know, the moment a volunteer told me “you’re 8th woman,” it felt like a race. I was lucky to be able to share multiple miles with a few women out there and somehow felt okay enough to keep moving up even after I told @paulopolooza and @_humahusain_ I wanted to stop. They found pickle juice to revive me!!!

In the back of my head this summer, I NAIVELY wanted to step up in distance and fly through the miles with ease and have it be a piece of cake and trounce fools. Spoiler: turns out running 50 miles isn’t effortless! You heard it here first. I still found this whole escapade worthwhile even if I never do anything like it ever again (which I’m currently claiming is the case). I got to learn the ins and outs of effort and how to stay engaged and motivated and how to emotionally detach from numbers on my watch. @stephenkersh is the goat at this running and coaching thing - I actually respect what he does now!! 🤡😌

@ryan_sterner took incredible photos of me being very dramatic.

I really feel very grateful to my people for the love and support along the way of my sometimes selfish little hobby <333. by @jmmackattack

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WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW IT’S RACE WEEK 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
My sick and twisted little ultra build of 2 ultras in 2 months is coming to a close this weekend. And due to training and working and sleeping and having to leave enough time to watch 1 (one) ep of high potential each night before bed I never ended up even doing a dang 50K post-race POST. So here it is, and then a bunch of other random things that have happened in October and November.
Running 50 miles at @jfk50mile on Saturday. No it’s not around the airport, yes I still need to get 1-2 more handheld bottles.
Hard to say whether I feel completely ready, but have I ever, for anything? Let’s rideeeeeeeeeeeeeeee by @jmmackattack

pour an entire bag of Cheetos out for the end of September. even tho some of these pics are from August.
Anyway, to quote my mom’s favorite Irish blessing: may the road rise up to meet us and may we continue to occasionally find ourselves OOO, out of state, in the mountain west, on the west coast, showing Eve the good stuff (family + friends + ponderosa pines + lots of moss) 🌲🍃💚❣️❤️‍🔥 by @jmmackattack

One hectic day in Denver in July. Got there, ride-shared to a trail, ran for 2 hrs, made it to dinner and the best discoparty wedding reception, then was back home after Eve’s nap the next day. These are the moments that makes me think I can in fact fit everything into my life without sacrificing anything. ✈️ ⛰️ 🪩 🕺 ✈️ 🐦 right?? Right??? by @jmmackattack

It’s time to send your heartfelt condolences my way bc the only option left for me to try a new running distance is: an ultra.
Look, on a long enough time line we all become the people we think are dumb. 🥰
Enjoy me trying to defend my actions in between gasping for air as I swing a kettlebell quite close to my crotch.
Shout out to Steven kirsch @localhillrun
On a realer note - I’ll admit I’ve been ultra-curious for at least 7 years and this year I began to ask myself: if not now, when? Sure, it will likely involve a lot of leaning on my people but I recently got an auspicious tarot reading done that told me to remember and harness my team. So I said 🤠 🐂 (that’s an ox which makes me think of harness).
🔟weeks til my first 50k! Time to build for real. Gonna eat so many nerd clusters can’t wait 🐞 by @jmmackattack