Amber Kraus

When anxiety starts to take over, most of us just want one thing—relief. Fast. For some, that means turning to medication, which can be a literal lifesaver. For others, the idea of popping a daily pill might feel overwhelming, intimidating, or just not the first step they want to take. So here’s a question we hear a lot in the Still I Run community: Can running replace anxiety medication? The short answer? It depends.

You did it. You showed up. You logged the miles. And now, the Still I Run May Runstreak has officially come to an end—with 965...

This May, something powerful happened behind the walls of a mental health hospital in Ohio—something that reminded us exactly why Still I Run exists. For the first time, a group of long-term psychiatric patients were invited to participate in our Runstreak Challenge. With support from hospital staff and the Still I Run community, these individuals laced up—some for short hallway laps, others for supervised outdoor walks—and joined 965 others across the country in logging miles for mental health.