{"id":641206,"date":"2026-08-17T04:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/641206\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T04:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:45:13","slug":"jackson-runners-share-how-they-exercise-safely-in-the-summer-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/641206\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson runners share how they exercise safely in the summer heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jackson runners share how they exercise safely in the summer heat<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wapt.com\/news-team\/35a72837-4461-4312-bdc6-858e35d127b4\" aria-label=\"Omose Ighodaro profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/35a72837-4461-4312-bdc6-858e35d127b4_1769712052.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Omose Ighodaro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><strong class=\"css-ncbpmr\">JACKSON, Miss. \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The summer heat isn\u2019t slowing down members of the JXN Run Club. Runners hit the pavement Sunday morning even as meteorologists said temperatures were nearing triple digits. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Keith Young says the heat is part of the challenge, not a reason to stay home.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">\u201cWhether it\u2019s one hundred degrees, 10 degrees, 97 degrees, still going to be out here in the heat,\u201d runner Young said. \u201cStill going to run, still going to get the work in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Young has been part of the JXN Run Club for just over a year and says the positive community keeps him coming back. State health officials warn exercising or working in extreme heat can <a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/43,3942,456,261.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">increase the risk of heat exhaustion<\/a>, dehydration and heat stroke, but JXN runners say they take precautions to protect themselves.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">\u201cI ice for like 15 to 30 minutes,\u201d said runner Aniecia Brewster. \u201cMake sure I\u2019m eating properly. Make sure I\u2019m hydrated properly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Young agreed, saying, \u201cI drink a gallon of water a day because I know I\u2019m going to sweat, so I make sure I get the water in before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Many JXN runners said water, pacing themselves, and listening to their bodies are key. They also say the support from other members helps.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">\u201cIt definitely motivates you and keeps you going with the brotherhood and sisterhood out here,\u201d said Marlon Milton, another runner.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Young says he sometimes thinks about staying home when the weather is hot, but he doesn\u2019t let the heat get in the way of his goals.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">\u201cIt\u2019s always going to be that thought in your mind like, \u2018Aw man, it\u2019s hot outside, I really don\u2019t want to go out there and do that,\u2019 but I kind of block it out,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can\u2019t sit in the house and get your goals done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">Runners say they\u2019re focused on running because it helps them reach their physical health goals while also supporting their mental health. They say the family-like run club community is also a bonus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jackson runners share how they exercise safely in the summer heat JACKSON, Miss. \u2014 The summer heat isn\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[278],"tags":[6255,7581,18,271129,525,134777,135,18330,138713,210683,271130,19,17,271128,271132,271127,271134,271135,91025,524,271133,271131,243057,27235,447],"class_list":["post-641206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-degree","tag-dehydration","tag-eire","tag-exercising-in-the-heat-safely","tag-fitness","tag-goal","tag-health","tag-heat","tag-heat-exhaustion","tag-heat-safety","tag-heat-safety-in-jackson","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jackson-run-club","tag-jackson-runner","tag-jxn-run-club","tag-jxn-runner","tag-keith-young","tag-member","tag-part","tag-runner-young","tag-running-in-the-heat","tag-summer-heat","tag-temperature","tag-water"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117109033551232351","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}